This invention relates to new benzamide derivatives having a vasopressin antagonistic activity, etc. and represented by the general formula (I): wherein R1 is aryl optionally substituted with lower alkyl, etc., R2 is lower alkyl, etc., R3 is hydrogen, etc., R4 is aryl, etc., X is CH or N, and Y is CH or N, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, to processes for the preparation thereof and to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same.