Bible Location
Meaning: hatred · 1 cross reference · Modern-day map available
Sitnah was the second contested well in Isaac's story in the Gerar region. It is important because it preserves another moment where the search for water exposed conflict and required patience. First appears in Gen 26:21.1
Place meaning
hatred
Coordinates
31.39, 34.56
First appears
Gen 26:21
AI summary: Sitnah matters because the patriarchal story turns ordinary wells into lasting memories of strife and restraint. The place belongs to the pastoral geography of contention before peace.1
Place meaning
hatred
Latitude
31.39
Longitude
34.56
Bible references
1
Strife, the second of the two wells dug by Isaac, whose servants here contended with the Philistines (Gen. 26:21). It has been identified with the modern Shutneh, in the valley of Gerar, to the west of Rehoboth, about 20 miles south of Beersheba. 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.