Then Abraham complained to Abimelech. Abraham complained because Abimelech’s servants had captured a well of water.
Genesis 26:21 - Easy To Read Version Then Isaac’s servants dug another well. The people of that place also argued because of that well. So Isaac named that well Sitnah. [154] Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
Then Abraham complained to Abimelech. Abraham complained because Abimelech’s servants had captured a well of water.
But the men who herded sheep in the Valley of Gerar argued with Isaac’s servants. They said, “This water is ours.” So Isaac named that well Esek. [153] He gave it that name because that was the place where those people argued with him.
Isaac moved from there and dug another well. No men came to argue about that well. So Isaac named that well Rehoboth. [155] Isaac said, “Now the Lord has found a place for us. We will grow and be successful in this place.”
Those enemies even wrote letters to the king of Persia trying to stop the Jews. They wrote a letter the year that Xerxes {\cf2\super [15]} became the king of Persia.