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Genesis 26:21
Genesis 26:21 is verse 21 of Genesis chapter 26, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Then they dug another well and quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.
Sitnah means enmity or hostility.
King James Version
And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.
World English Bible
They dug another well, and they argued over that, also. So he called its name Sitnah.
“Sitnah” means “hostility”.
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Genesis 26:19–23 · Berean Standard Bible
19 Then Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found 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 contended with him.
21 Then they dug another well and quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.
22 He moved on from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. He named it Rehoboth and said, “At last the LORD has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”
23 From there Isaac went up to Beersheba,
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