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Genesis 26:16

And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we. To the act of spite was added the direct expulsion by the Philistine king, the reason being that Isaac had become mightier in wealth and power than the Philistines cared to see. Thus the believers of all times are obliged to endure acts of jealousy and open enmity on account of the blessing which the Lord lays upon them; and they must learn to suffer cheerfully for His sake.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Genesis 26:16. _GO FROM US; FOR THOU ART MUCH MIGHTIER THAN WE._] This is the first instance on record of what was termed among the Greeks _ostracism_; i.e., the banishment of a person from the...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    - 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,”...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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;...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Go from us_ Abimelech recognized that, after such conduct on the part of his people, it would be best in the interests of peace that Isaac should withdraw. Isaac's attitude is one of concession and c...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    GO—FOR THOU ART MUCH, &C.— In consequence of the envy arising from Isaac's prosperity, Abimelech desired him to leave his country. That this envy was joined with fear, is evident as well from the expr...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    5. _Isaac's Successful Venture into Agriculture_ (Genesis 26:12-17). Besides planting trees, Abraham was to the end of his life a nomad, Isaac, however, begins to pursue agriculture along with his nom...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND ABIMELECH SAID UNTO ISAAC, GO FROM US; FOR THOU ART MUCH MIGHTIER THAN WE._ No JFB commentary on this verse....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Abimelech would not attack Isaac. But he could not prevent his people from attacking Isaac. So he advised Isaac to go away. V17 So Isaac left there. He put his tents in the valley of Gerar and he liv...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֥אמֶר אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ אֶל ־יִצְחָ֑ק לֵ֚ךְ...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Depart. Instead of repressing the outrages of his subjects, the king enters into their jealousies, and banishes a wealthy person, (Haydock) as the Athenians so frequently did afterwards with respect...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Exodus 1:9...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    16._And Abimelech said unto Isaac_. It is uncertain whether the king of Gerar expelled Isaac of his own accord from his kingdom, or whether he commanded him to settle elsewhere, because he perceived h...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND ABIMELECH SAID UNTO ISAAC, GO FROM US,.... Which was either said by way of advice, consulting Isaac's good, and the peace of his own kingdom; or else by way of command, enjoining him to depart, ha...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we. Ver. 16. _Go from us; for thou art, &c._] _Isaaco ob benedictionem Dei Ostracismus indicitur._ It was well they had noth...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Go from us: for thou art much mightier than we_ It seems Isaac's increasing riches and power caused envy, jealousy, and fear among Abimelech's subjects, and he was afraid that unpleasant consequences...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    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...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    12-17 God blessed Isaac. Be it observed, for the encouragement of poor tenants who occupy other people's lands, and are honest and industrious, that God blessed him with a great increase. The Philist...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Which breeds envy, and jealousy, and fear among my subjects, and may occasion greater mischiefs; and therefore it is better that we should part friends, than by continuing together be turned into enem...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Genesis 26:16 Abimelech H40 said H559 (H8799) Isaac H3327 Go H3212 (H8798) much H3966 mightier H6105 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ISAAC AND ABIMELECH - A STORY OF WELLS (GENESIS 26:12). Genesis 26:12 ‘And Isaac sowed in that land and found in that same year a hundredfold, and Yahweh blessed him. And the man became great (in ri...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _The Philistines envied him_ THE PROSPEROUS ARE SUBJECT TO ENVY 1. Great estates subject the best of men to envy. 2. Philistine spirits envy all increase of good to the Church of God (Genesis 26:1...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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.

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 26:13. Went forward.] Heb. “Went or walked, going;” _i.e.,_ “Became increasingly greater.” The Heb. term for walk is frequently used in the sense of continued increase. GENE...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION GENESIS 26:12 THEN ISAAC SOWED IN THAT LAND,—viz; Philistia. Though a distinct advance on the purely nomadic life pursued by Abraham, this did not imply fixed property in, or even permanen...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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)....

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Go. mightier. Exodus 1:9...

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