And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.
21. Sitnah ] That is, Enmity. This name is connected with the same root as the word satan, “adversary”; cf. Num 20:22; 1Sa 29:4. It has been doubtfully identified with a modern name, Wady-Sutem.
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Verse 21. They digged 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.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
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.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Sitnah means hatred
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Gen 26:21 And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.
Ver. 21. And he called the name of it Sitnah. ] Of Satan; to hate deadly, as the devil doth. So the Preacher in his Travels a tells us of a place called, The mouth of hell. And we read of a country called, Terra del fuego. b Savoy, for the strait passages infested with thieves, was once called Malvoy; till a worthy adventurer cleared the coasts, and then it was called Salvoy, or Savoy, quasi salva via. c So, King Alfred, as he divided the kingdom into shires, so the subjects, in the several shires, into tens, or tithings; every of which should give bond for the good bearing of each other. The most ancient of the ten, was called the tithing man. And the kingdom was called Regnum Dei, and Albion, quasi Olbion, d happy; as Angli quasi Angeli; for that then a poor girl might safely travel with a bag of gold in her hand, and none durst meddle with her.
a Preach. Trav., p. 10.
b Heyl., Geog. 130.
c Ibid., 474
d Polyd., Virg.
Sitnah. Hebrew opposition.
Sitnah: i.e. Hatred, Ezr 4:6
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge