Day 13. (Genesis 25, 26; Psalm 13) ..."Oh Well!"

There are geographic movements in the Bible that happen over disputes. One of those disputes is recorded in chapter 26 in what I call the "Oh Well!" dispute..." Isaac's servants dug in the valley and discovered a well of fresh water there. But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac's herdsmen and said, "The water is ours!" So he named the well Esek, because they disputed with him. Then they dug another well, but they quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah. He moved on from there and dug another well, and no one quarreled over it. He named it Rehoboth, saying, "Now the LORD has given us room and we will flourish in the land." Quarrels are a part of the shaping the biblical story. We will see this again in Acts and the early church. Quarrels can be redeemed for higher purposes if God redeems them.