Genesis 26:21
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And they digged also another; and for that they quarrelled likewise, and he called the name of it, Enmity.

Genesis 26:20
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.

Genesis 26:22
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.

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And they digged also another; and for that they quarrelled likewise, and he called the name of it, Enmity.

Sitnah.

Ezra 4:6 And in the reign of Assuerus, in the beginning of his reign, they wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Juda and Jerusalem.

Context
Isaac's Prosperity
20But 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. 21And they digged also another; and for that they quarrelled likewise, and he called the name of it, Enmity.22Going 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.…
Lexicon
And they dug
וַֽיַּחְפְּרוּ֙ (way·yaḥ·pə·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2658: To pry into, to delve, to explore

another
אַחֶ֔רֶת (’a·ḥe·reṯ)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 312: Hinder, next, other

well
בְּאֵ֣ר (bə·’êr)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 875: A pit, a well

and quarreled
וַיָּרִ֖יבוּ (way·yā·rî·ḇū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7378: To toss, grapple, to wrangle, controversy, to defend

over
עָלֶ֑יהָ (‘ā·le·hā)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

that one also;
גַּם־ (gam-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

so he named
וַיִּקְרָ֥א (way·yiq·rā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7121: To call, proclaim, read

it
שְׁמָ֖הּ (šə·māh)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8034: A name

Sitnah.
שִׂטְנָֽה׃ (śiṭ·nāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7856: Sitnah -- 'hostility', the name of a well near Gerar


Additional Translations
Then they dug another well and quarreled over that one as well; so he named it Sitnah.And they dig 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.

And having departed thence he dug another well, and they strove also for that; and he named the name of it, Enmity.

And they dug another well, and they 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.

And they digged another well, and contended 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.

and they dig another well, and they strive also for it, and he calleth its name 'Hatred.'
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