◄ Genesis 26:21 ►
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Good News Translation
Isaac's servants dug another well, and there was a quarrel about that one also, so he named it "Enmity."

New Revised Standard Version
Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over that one also; so he called it Sitnah.

Contemporary English Version
Isaac's servants dug another well, and the shepherds also quarreled about it. So that well was named "Jealous."

New American Bible
Then they dug another well, and they argued over that one too; so he named it Sitnah.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they digged also another; and for that they quarrelled likewise, and he called the name of it, Enmity.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And they digged also another; and for that they quarrelled likewise, and he called the name of it, Enmity.

Sitnah.

Ezra 4:6 And in the reign of Assuerus, in the beginning of his reign, they wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Juda and Jerusalem.

Context
Isaac's Prosperity
…20But there also the herdsmen of Gerara strove against the herdsmen of Isaac, saying: It is our water. Wherefore he called the name of the well, on occasion of that which had happened, Calumny. 21And they digged also another; and for that they quarrelled likewise, and he called the name of it, Enmity.22Going forward from thence, he digged another well, for which they contended not; therefore he called the name thereof, Latitude, saying: Now hath the Lord given us room, and made us to increase upon the earth.…
Cross References
Genesis 26:20
But there also the herdsmen of Gerara strove against the herdsmen of Isaac, saying: It is our water. Wherefore he called the name of the well, on occasion of that which had happened, Calumny.

Genesis 26:22
Going forward from thence, he digged another well, for which they contended not; therefore he called the name thereof, Latitude, saying: Now hath the Lord given us room, and made us to increase upon the earth.

Genesis 26:20
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