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Genesi 26:21

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21 Poi i servi scavarono un altro pozzo, e per questo ancora quelli altercarono. E Isacco lo chiamò Sitna.

Genesi 26:21 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 26:21

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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Genesi 26:21 In-Context

19 E i servi d’Isacco scavarono nella valle, e vi trovarono un pozzo d’acqua viva.
20 Ma i pastori di Gherar altercarono coi pastori d’Isacco, dicendo: "L’acqua è nostra". Ed egli chiamò il pozzo Esek, perché quelli aveano conteso con lui.
21 Poi i servi scavarono un altro pozzo, e per questo ancora quelli altercarono. E Isacco lo chiamò Sitna.
22 Allora egli si partì di là, e scavò un altro pozzo per il quale quelli non altercarono. Ed egli lo chiamò Rehoboth "perché", disse, "ora l’Eterno ci ha messi al largo, e noi prospereremo nel paese".
23 Poi di là Isacco salì a Beer-Sceba.
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