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flowing water
This phrase refers to a natural spring they uncovered when they were digging a new well. It provided a continuous flow of fresh drinking water. AT: "fresh water" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)
herdsmen
"men who tended the herds"
This water is ours
Here "ours" refers to the herdsmen of Gerar. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-exclusive)
Esek
Translators may also add a footnote that says "The name Esek means 'quarrel' or 'argue.'" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)