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Genesis 26:21
Afterwarde they digged another well, and stroue for that also, and he called the name of it Sitnah.
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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 Izhak returning, digged the welles of water, which they had digged in the dayes of Abraham his father: for the Philistims had stopped them after the death of Abraham, and hee gaue them the same names, which his father gaue them.
19 Izhaks seruantes then digged in the valley, and found there a well of liuing water.
20 But the herdmen of Gerar did striue with Izhaks herdmen, saying, The water is ours: therefore called he the name of the well Esek, because they were at strife with him.
21 Afterwarde they digged another well, and stroue for that also, and he called the name of it Sitnah.
22 Then he remoued thence, and digged an other well, for the which they stroue not: therefore called hee the name of it Rehoboth, and sayde, Because the Lord hath nowe made vs roome, we shall increase vpon the earth.
23 So he went vp thence to Beer-sheba.
24 And the Lord appeared vnto him the same night, and sayde, I am the God of Abraham thy father: feare not, for I am with thee, and wil blesse thee, and will multiplie thy seede for my seruant Abrahams sake.
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