Now Abraham had rebuked Abimelech because of the well of water that Abimelech’s servants had seized.
Genesis 26:21 - Tree of Life Version Then he dug another well and they quarreled over it too, so he named it Accusation. 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. |
Now Abraham had rebuked Abimelech because of the well of water that Abimelech’s servants had seized.
But the shepherds of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s shepherds saying, “The water is ours!” So he named the well Quarrel, because they quarreled with him.
Then he moved from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. So he named it Wide Spaces and said, “Because now Adonai has created wide spaces for us and we will be fruitful in the land.”
During the reign of Ahasuerus at the beginning of his reign, they wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.