And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.
And they digged another well, and they strove 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 dug another well, and they strove for that also; and he called the name of it Sitnah.
Genesis — 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.
Voices4
(Verse 21.) And they dug another well, and they quarreled over it. And he called its name Enmity. Concerning enmity, because Aquila and Symmachus translated it as τὴν ἀντικειμένην, and ἐναντίωσιν, which means opposing and contrary, in Hebrew it is Satana (). From which we understand Satana to be interpreted as the opposite.
Jerome· Hebrew Questions on Genesis, 420patristic
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.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
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.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical
In this sense, Jeremiah was a man of contention ( Jer. xv. 10 ), and Christ himself, though he is the prince of peace. [3.] What a mercy it is to have plenty of water, to have it without striving for it. The more common this mercy is the more reason we have to be thankful for it.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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Ezra 4:6At the beginning of the reign of Xerxes, an accusation was lodged against the people of Judah and Jerusalem.
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This is what happened in the days of Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces from India to Cush.
In the first year of Darius son of Xerxes, a Mede by descent, who was made ruler over the kingdom of the Chaldeans—
Above His head they posted the written charge against Him: THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
When Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges that they could not prove.
Nor can they prove to you any of their charges against me.
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At the beginning of the reign of Xerxes, an accusation was lodged against the people of Judah and Jerusalem.
