Genesis - 26:21



21 They dug another well, and they argued over that, also. He called its name Sitnah.

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Explanation and meaning of Genesis 26:21.

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And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.
And they digged also another; and for that they quarreled likewise, and he called 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 contended for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.
and they dig another well, and they strive also for it, and he calleth its name 'Hatred.'
And they dig another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.
Then they made another water-hole, and there was a fight about that, so he gave it the name of Sitnah.
Then they dug up yet another one. And over that one also they fought, and he called it, 'Enmity.'
Et foderunt puteum alium, et litigaverunt etiam super eo: et vocavit nomen ejus Sitnah.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

They dug another well - Never did any man more implicitly follow the Divine command, Resist not evil, than Isaac; whenever he found that his work was likely to be a subject of strife and contention, he gave place, and rather chose to suffer wrong than to have his own peace of mind disturbed. Thus he overcame evil with good.

And they digged another well,.... That is, Isaac's servants:
and strove for that also; the herdsmen of Gerar disputed their right to that also, and strove to get it from them:
and he called the name of it Sitnah; which signifies "hatred", it being out of hatred and malice to him that they gave him so much trouble; from this word Satan has his name, and these men were of a diabolical spirit, envious, spiteful, and malicious.

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