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Genesis 26:21
And they digged also another; and for that they quarrelled likewise, and he called the name of it, Enmity.
Genesis 26:21 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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Genesis 26:21 in other translations
And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.
Then they dug another well and quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.
They dug another well, and they argued over that, also. So he called its name Sitnah.
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In context
18 And he digged again other wells, which the servants of his father, Abraham, had digged, and which, after his death, the Philistines had of old stopped up: and he called them by the same names, by which his father before had called them.
19 And they digged in the torrent, and found living water:
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.
21 And they digged also another; and for that they quarrelled likewise, and he called the name of it, Enmity.
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.
23 And he went up from that place to Bersabee,
24 Where the Lord appeared to him that same night, saying: I am the God of Abraham thy father, do not fear, for I am with thee: I will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake.
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