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

²¹ Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over that also; so he called its name Sitnah.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ Then [his servants] dug another well, and they quarreled over that also; so he named it Sitnah [enmity].

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ And they digged another well, and they strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.

Common English Bible

²¹ They dug another well and argued about it too, so he named it Sitnah.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ 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

²¹ 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.