-
Verse Genesis 26:10. _THOU SHOULDEST HAVE BROUGHT GUILTINESS UPON
US._] It is likely that Abimelech might have had some knowledge of
God's intentions concerning the family of Abraham, and that it mus...
-
- The Events of Isaac’s Life
5. משׁמרת _mı̂shmeret_, “charge, ordinance.” מציה
_mı̂tsvâh_, “command,” special order. חק _choq_, “decree,
statute,” engraven on stone or metal. תירה _tôrâh_,
“law,”...
-
CHAPTER 26 ISAAC IN GERAR
_ 1. The famine (Genesis 26:1)_
2. Jehovah appears unto Isaac (Genesis 26:2)
3. Isaac in Gerar where he denies Rebekah (Genesis 26:6)
4. Isaac's prosperity and the diggin...
-
GENESIS 26. ISAAC AND THE PHILISTINES. Apart from Genesis 26:34 f.
this chapter belongs to J. The original has been expanded in Genesis
26:1, and Genesis 26:15;...
-
WHAT... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6.
GUILTINESS. See App-15 and App-44....
-
_lightly_ Lit. "as a little": i.e. "it might easily have happened."
See Genesis 12:18; Genesis 20:10. For "lien" = "lain," cf. Psalms
68:13 A.V. and P.B.V.).
_guiltiness_ Heb. _âshâm_; LXX ἄγνοιαν; La...
-
4. _The Threat to Rebekah's Honor_ (Genesis 26:6-11). Because Gerar
was situated in the Judean foothills south of Gaza and likely
controlled the inland caravan route to Egypt, no doubt it was a
commer...
-
_AND ISAAC DWELT IN GERAR:_
Isaac dwelt in Gerar; and the men of the place asked him of his wife.
During his sojourn in the Philistine capital, Isaac, apprehensive of
personal danger on account of Re...
-
ISAAC AT GERAR
Many of the notes on Genesis 20, 21 are applicable to this chapter It
is thought probable that the present narrative is in the main a
repetition from another source of events already r...
-
Abimelech insisted on right moral standards. Probably he knew what had
happened when Abraham visited Gerar. Probably his father had told him
about his dream. (See Genesis 20:3. For ‘his father’ see th...
-
GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE
GENESIS
_ALUN OWEN_
CHAPTER 26
ISAAC AMONG THE *PHILISTINES
V1 Now there was a *famine in the country. It was like the previous
*famine when Abraham did not have enough food....
-
THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29).
THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.
Abraham begat Isaac — The _Tôldôth_ in its original form gave
probably a complete genealogy of Isaac, tracing up his des...
-
וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר אֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְ מַה ־זֹּ֖את
עָשִׂ֣יתָ...
-
ISAAC IS BLESSED AND GROWS RICH
Genesis 26:1
There was no harm in Isaac's going to Gerar, as he had a distinct
command to that effect, Genesis 26:2. But he does not seem to have
been strong enough to...
-
We have here the account of the first direct divine communication of
Jehovah to Isaac. It came in a time of difficulty such as that which
had caused his father to go down into Egypt. Warned against re...
-
ISAAC AND ABIMELECH
Like his father before him, Isaac went to Gerar in a time of famine.
God instructed him not to go down into Egypt and repeated the promise
of the blessing. He lied about Rebekah by...
-
And Abimelech said, What [is] this thou hast done unto us? one of the
people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have
brought (f) guiltiness upon us.
(f) In all ages men were pe...
-
Genesis 20:9...
-
Having already shown the position of Isaac, I resume briefly with the
remark that he stands before us clearly as the representative of the
Son, and this too as dead, risen, and in heaven. All will und...
-
10._What is this thou hast done unto us? _The Lord does not chastise
Isaac as he deserved, perhaps because he was not so fully endued with
patience as his father was; and, therefore, lest the seizing...
-
Here (chap. 26) Isaac replaces Abraham as heir upon the earth. It is a
new revelation, when Isaac is himself in a strange land, like the one
made to Abraham at the first; only that Isaac was already i...
-
AND ABIMELECH SAID, WHAT IS THIS THOU HAST DONE UNTO US?.... By
entertaining suspicions and jealousies of us as bad men, and by
exposing us to the temptation of committing iniquity; why hast thou
deal...
-
And Abimelech said, What [is] this thou hast done unto us? one of the
people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have
brought guiltiness upon us.
Ver. 10. _Brought guiltiness up...
-
_Lightly_ Here, means _perhaps._ The heathen considered fornication
either as no sin, or a very little one; but they had a different idea
of adultery, considering it as heinous. Therefore, with a refe...
-
1 Isaac because of famine went to Gerar.
2 God instructeth, and blesseth him.
7 Hee is reproued by Abimelech for denying his wife.
12 He groweth rich.
18 He diggeth Esek, Sitnah, and Rehoboth.
23...
-
THIRD SECTION
_Isaac in the region of Abimelech at Gerar. The manifestation of God,
and confirmed promise. His imitation of the maxim of his father. The
exposure of Rebekah. The living figure of a ri...
-
ISAAC IN GERAR
A famine occurs in the land, just as it had in the days of Abraham
(ch.12:10). In that case Abraham went down to Egypt, whereas Isaac
went only as far as Gerar, in the land of the Phili...
-
6-11 There is nothing in Isaac's denial of his wife to be imitated,
nor even excused. The temptation of Isaac is the same as that which
overcame his father, and that in two instances. This rendered h...
-
The heathens esteemed fornication either no sin, or a very little one;
but adultery was heinous and formidable even among the heathens, and
especially here, because it was fresh in memory how sorely G...
-
The opening verse of this chapter connects itself with Genesis
12:1-20. "There was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that
was in the days of Abraham." The trials which meet God's people, i...
-
Genesis 26:10 Abimelech H40 said H559 (H8799) done H6213 (H8804) One
H259 people H5971 soon H4592 lain...
-
THE FIRST THEOPHANY - PROMISE OF BLESSING AND PROSPERITY TO HIM AND TO
THE WORLD (GENESIS 26:2)....
-
CONTENTS: Covenant confirmed to Isaac. Isaac's lapse at Gerar, Isaac
as a well digger.
CHARACTERS: Isaac, Rebekah, Abimelech, Ahuzzath, Phichol, Esau,
Judith.
CONCLUSION: It is peculiarly comforting...
-
Genesis 26:1. _Abimelech_ was a name common to the kings of Gerar, and
the _Philistines_ were of African descent. Genesis 10:14.
Genesis 26:2. _The Lord appeared unto him._ The infancy of the
patriarc...
-
_He said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife_
ISAAC’S FALSE EXPEDIENT
I. THE TEMPTATION COMES AFTER A TIME OF GREAT BLESSING. We are wise
and happy if we can use the time of grea...
-
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 26:1 The events in this chapter are
difficult to date precisely but they probably took place after the
death of Abraham (Genesis 25:8), when Esau and Jacob were young men.
-
CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 26:8. Sporting.] “That is, taking freedoms—using
familiarities with her, such as exceeded those that were common
between brothers and sisters.” (_Bush._)—
GENESIS 26:10. ONE...
-
EXPOSITION
GENESIS 26:7
AND THE MEN OF THE PLACE (_i_._e_. the inhabitants of Gerar) ASKED HIM
(literally, asked, or made inquiries; probably first at each other,
though ultimately the interrogations...
-
Now there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was
in the days of Abraham. [And like father, like son,] Isaac went to
Abimelech the king of the Philistines unto Gerar (Genesis 26:1)....
-
Genesis 12:18 Genesis 12:19 Genesis 20:9 Genesis 20:10...
-
Lightly — Perhaps....