And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And they digged another well, and they strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.
WEB
Then they dug another well and quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.
YLT
and they dig another well, and they strive also for it, and he calleth its name `Hatred.'
DBT
And they dug another well, and they strove for that also; and he called the name of it Sitnah.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)