KJV King James Version
And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.
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Genesis 26:21
And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then they dug another well and quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.
WEB World English Bible
They dug another well, and they argued over that, also. He called its name Sitnah.
ASV American Standard Version
And they digged another well, and they strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and they dig another well, and they strive also for it, and he calleth its name ‘Hatred.’
Surrounding context — Genesis 26
18 And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them 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 digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
20 And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac’s herdmen, saying, The water [is] ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.
21 And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.
22 And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
23 And he went up from thence to Beersheba.
24 And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I [am] the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I [am] with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham’s sake.
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