Genesis 26:5

because that, &c. The blessing of Isaac is here treated as the reward of the obedience of Abraham; the emphasis is laid on the unity and continuity of the Chosen Family.

my charge … my laws A strange redundancy of expression, reminding us of the style of Deut. The four words "charge," "commandments," "statutes," "laws," correspond to the more simple phrase "the way of the Lord" in Genesis 18:19. The observance of legal enactments, ascribed to Abraham, is, strictly speaking, an anachronism. Cf. Deuteronomy 11:1, "Therefore thou shall love the Lord thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgements, and his commandments, alway"; 1 Kings 2:3.