Text -- Genesis 26:21 (NET)

26:21 His servants dug another well, but they quarreled over it too, so Isaac named it Sitnah.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Gen 26:21

¹ tn Heb “they”; the referent (Isaac’s servants) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “and he called its name.” The referent (Isaac) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ sn The name Sitnah (שִׂטְנָה, sitnah) is derived from a Hebrew verbal root meaning “to oppose; to be an adversary” (cf. Job 1:6). The name was a reminder that the digging of this well caused “opposition” from the Philistines.