The Meaning of Genesis 26:21 Explained

Genesis 26:21

KJV: And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.

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

Darby: And they dug another well, and they strove for that also; and he called the name of it Sitnah.

ASV: And they digged another well, and they strove for that also. And he called the name of it Sitnah.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And they digged  another  well,  and strove  for that also: and he called  the name of it  Sitnah. 

What does Genesis 26:21 Mean?

Context Summary

Genesis 26:18-35 - Isaac's Wells And Covenant
It is interesting to follow Isaac in his well-digging. Let us also dig wells and set streams flowing, which will bless men long after we have gone home to heaven. The first well was Esek-strife. The second, Sitnah-hatred. The third, Rehoboth-room. Thus is human life, too often, till it ends with Sheba-oath or covenant. But even the outward repose to which life may attain, as the result of the struggles of earlier life, may be interrupted by anxiety and trial, caused by children or grandchildren. Esau's marriage brought endless trouble in its train. And grief of mind will sow life with thorns. Let children take care lest they give needless pain to those who love them. That which hurts tender and true hearts is not likely to carry with it the blessing of God. As soon as a wandering soul gets back to God even his enemies make peace with him; he is at least secure from their hurt. See Proverbs 16:7. [source]

Chapter Summary: Genesis 26

1  Isaac, because of famine, sojourns in Gerar, and the Lord blesses him
7  He is reproved by Abimelech for denying his wife
12  He grows rich, and the Philistines envy his prosperity
18  He digs wells
23  God appears to him at Beersheba, and blesses him;
26  and Abimelech makes a covenant with him
34  Esau's wives

What do the individual words in Genesis 26:21 mean?

And they dug well another and they quarreled also over that [one] so he called its name Sitnah
וַֽיַּחְפְּרוּ֙ בְּאֵ֣ר אַחֶ֔רֶת וַיָּרִ֖יבוּ גַּם־ עָלֶ֑יהָ וַיִּקְרָ֥א שְׁמָ֖הּ שִׂטְנָֽה

וַֽיַּחְפְּרוּ֙  And  they  dug 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: חָפַר  
Sense: to dig, search for.
בְּאֵ֣ר  well 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: בְּאֵר  
Sense: well, pit, spring.
אַחֶ֔רֶת  another 
Parse: Adjective, feminine singular
Root: אַחֵר  
Sense: another, other, following.
וַיָּרִ֖יבוּ  and  they  quarreled 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: רִיב  
Sense: to strive, contend.
גַּם־  also 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: גַּם  
Sense: also, even, indeed, moreover, yea.
עָלֶ֑יהָ  over  that  [one] 
Parse: Preposition, third person feminine singular
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
וַיִּקְרָ֥א  so  he  called 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: קָרָא  
Sense: to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim.
שְׁמָ֖הּ  its  name 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: שֵׁם  
Sense: name.
שִׂטְנָֽה  Sitnah 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: שִׂטְנָה  
Sense: the 2nd of the 2 wells dug by Isaac in the valley of Gerar.

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