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


In Context

18 Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the time of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died, and he gave them the same names his father had given them.

19 Isaac's servants dug in the valley and discovered a well of fresh water there.

20 But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac's herdsmen and said, "The water is ours!" So he named the well Esek, because they disputed with him.

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

22 He moved on from there and dug another well, and no one quarreled over it. He named it Rehoboth, saying, "Now the Lord has given us room and we will flourish in the land."

23 From there he went up to Beersheba.

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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:21And they dug 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.