Genesis 26:21 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over that also; so he called its name Sitnah.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Then [his servants] dug another well, and they quarreled over that also; so he named it Sitnah [enmity].

American Standard Version (1901)

And they digged another well, and they strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.

Common English Bible

They dug another well and argued about it too, so he named it Sitnah.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Then they dug up yet another one. And over that one also they fought, and he called it, 'Enmity.'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And they digged also another; and for that they quarreled likewise, and he called the name of it, Enmity.

Genesis 26:21 Cross References

Genesis 21:25

When Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well of water which Abimelech's servants had seized,

Genesis 26:20

the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, “The water is ours.” So he called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him.

Genesis 26:22

And he moved from there and dug another well, and over that they did not quarrel; so he called its name Rehoboth, saying, “For now the Lord has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.”

Ezra 4:6

And in the reign of Ahasu-erus, in the beginning of his reign, they wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.