Genesis 26:21

26:21 His servants 1  dug another well, but they quarreled over it too, so Isaac named it 2  Sitnah. 3 

Genesis 33:6

33:6 The female servants came forward with their children and bowed down. 4 

Genesis 42:10

42:10 But they exclaimed, 5  “No, my lord! Your servants have come to buy grain for food!

Genesis 44:19

44:19 My lord asked his servants, ‘Do you have a father or a brother?’

Genesis 44:21

44:21 “Then you told your servants, ‘Bring him down to me so I can see 6  him.’ 7 

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.

4 tn Heb “and the female servants drew near, they and their children and they bowed down.”

5 tn Heb “and they said to him.” In context this is best understood as an exclamation.

6 tn The cohortative after the imperative indicates purpose here.

7 tn Heb “that I may set my eyes upon him.”