The Lord said, go not down into Egypt. Sojourn in this land — There was a famine in Jacob's days, and God bid him go down into Egypt, Genesis 46:3, a famine in Isaac's days, and God bid him not go down: a famine in Abraham's days, and God left him to his liberty, directing him neither way, which (co... [ Continue Reading ]
Abraham obeyed my voice — Do thou do so too, and the promise shall be sure to thee. A great variety of words is here used to express the Divine Will to which Abraham was obedient, my voice, my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws — Which may intimate, that Abraham's obedience was univer... [ Continue Reading ]
He said, she is my sister — So Isaac enters into the same temptation that his father had been once and again surprised and overcome by, viz. to deny his wife, and to give out that she was his sister! It is an unaccountable thing, that both these great and good men should be guilty of so odd a piece... [ Continue Reading ]
This Abimelech was not the same that was in Abraham's days, Genesis 20:2, for this was near an hundred years after, but that was the common name of the Philistine kings, as Caesar of the Roman emperors.... [ Continue Reading ]
Lightly — Perhaps.... [ Continue Reading ]
Isaac received an hundred fold — And there seems to be an emphasis laid upon the time; it was that same year when there was a famine in the land; while others scarce reaped at all, he reaped thus plentifully.... [ Continue Reading ]
Esek — That is, contention.... [ Continue Reading ]
Sitnah — That is, hatred.... [ Continue Reading ]
He digged a well, and for that they strove not — Those that follow peace, sooner or later, shall find peace: those that study to be quiet seldom fail of being so. This well they called Rehoboth — Enlargements, room enough.... [ Continue Reading ]
Fear not, I am with thee, and will bless thee — Those may remove with comfort that are sure of God's presence with them wherever they go.... [ Continue Reading ]
The Lord is with thee, and thou art the blessed of the Lord, q.d. Be persuaded to overlook the injuries offered thee, for God has abundantly made up to thee the damage thou receivedst. Those whom God blesseth and favours, have reason enough to forgive those that hate them, since the worst enemy they... [ Continue Reading ]
He took to wife — Marrying Canaanites, who were strangers to the blessing of Abraham, and subject to the curse of Noah.... [ Continue Reading ]