Catholic Public Domain Version
"Then they dug up yet another one. And over that one also they fought, and he called it, ‘Enmity.’ "
— Genesis 26:21, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.”
“And they digged another well, and they strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah. ”
“They dug another well, and they argued over that, also. He called its name Sitnah.”
“His servants dug another well, but they quarreled over it too, so Isaac named it Sitnah.”
“And they digged also another; and for that they quarrelled likewise, and he called the name of it, Enmity.”
“Then they made another water-hole, and there was a fight about that, so he gave it the name of Sitnah.”
“And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.”
Again, he dug up other wells, which the servants of his father Abraham had dug, and which, after his death, the Philistines had formerly obstructed. And he called them by the same names that his father had called them before.
And they dug in the torrent, and they found living water.
But in that place also the shepherds of Gerar argued against the shepherds of Isaac, by saying, “It is our water.” For this reason, he called the name of the well, because of what had happened, ‘Calumny.’
Then they dug up yet another one. And over that one also they fought, and he called it, ‘Enmity.’
Advancing from there, he dug another well, over which they did not contend. And so he called its name, ‘Latitude,’ saying, “Now the Lord has expanded us and caused us to increase across the land.”
Then he ascended from that place into Beersheba,
where the Lord appeared to him on the same night, saying: “I am the God of Abraham your father. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you, and I will multiply your offspring because of my servant Abraham.”