Genesis 26:21

Genesis chapter 26 · verse 21 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.20And the herdsmen of Gerar strove with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him.

v.21This passage

v.22And 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 Jehovah hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Ezra 4:6

    And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.