Genesis 26:21
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.
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 Beer-sheba.
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- BSB
- Then they dug another well and quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.
- KJV
- And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.
- WEB
- They dug another well, and they argued over that, also. So he called its name Sitnah.
- ASV
- And they digged another well, and they strove for that also. And he called the name of it Sitnah.
- DARBY
- And they dug another well, and they strove for that also; and he called the name of it Sitnah.
- BLB
- And they dug another well, and they strove also over it. And he called its name Sitnah.
- ÅB
- Siden gravde de en annen brønn, og den trettet de også om; og han kalte den Sitna[^2].
- OTB
- Da gravde de en annen brønn, og de kranglet om den også; så han kalte den Sitnah.
- B1930
- Siden gravde de en annen brønn, og den trettet de også om; og han kalte den Sitna. / < fiendskap.>
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Ezra 4:6
And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.
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