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# flowing water
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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]])
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# herdsmen
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"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]])