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


In Context

18 And Isaac dug again the wells of water that they had dug in the days of Abraham his father, and that the Philistines had stopped after the death of Abraham; and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.

19 And Isaac's servants dug in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.

20 But the shepherds of Gerar strove with Isaac's shepherds, saying, The water is ours. And he called the name of the well Esek, because they had quarrelled with him.

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

22 And he removed thence and dug another well; and they did not strive for that. And he called the name of it Rehoboth, and said, For now Jehovah has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.

23 And he went up thence to Beer-sheba.

Genesis 26:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:21And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

26:21Then they dug another well, but they quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

26:21And they digged also another; and for that they quarreled likewise, and he called the name of it, Enmity.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

26:21And they digged another well, and they strove for that also. And he called the name of it Sitnah.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

26:21And they digged another well, and they strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:21And they digged another well, and contended for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:21They dug another well, and they argued over that, also. He called its name Sitnah.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

26:21and they dig another well, and they strive also for it, and he calleth its name 'Hatred.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:21And they dig another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.