Genesis 26:21

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Isaac's servants dug another well, and the shepherds also quarrelled about it. So that well was named “Jealous”.

Cross References

Genesis 21:25

One day, Abraham told Abimelech, “Some of your servants have taken over one of my wells.”

Genesis 26:20

But the shepherds of Gerar Valley quarrelled with Isaac's shepherds and claimed the water belonged to them. So the well was named “Quarrel”, because they had quarrelled with Isaac.

Genesis 26:22

Finally, they dug one more well. There was no quarrelling this time, and the well was named “Lots of Room”, because the LORD had given them room and would make them very successful.

Ezra 4:6

In the first year that Xerxes was king, the neighbouring people brought written charges against the people of Judah and Jerusalem.