Chapter 26

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am 2200, bc 1804

the first Gen 12:10

And Isaac Gen 25:11

Abimelech Gen 20:2, Gen 21:22-32


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appeared Gen 12:7, Gen 17:1, Gen 18:1, Gen 18:10-20

dwell Gen 12:1; Ps 37:3


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Sojourn Gen 26:12, Gen 26:14, Gen 20:1; Ps 32:8, Ps 37:1-6, Ps 39:12; Heb 11:9, Heb 11:13-16

I will be Gen 28:15, Gen 39:2, Gen 39:21; Isa 43:2, Isa 43:5; Phil 4:9

unto thee Gen 12:1, Gen 12:7, Gen 13:15, Gen 13:17, Gen 15:18, Gen 17:8

oath Gen 22:16, Gen 22:18; Ps 105:9; Mic 7:20; Heb 6:17


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multiply Gen 13:16, Gen 15:5, Gen 15:18, Gen 17:4-8, Gen 18:18, Gen 22:17; Heb 11:2

seed shall Gen 12:2-3, Gen 22:18; Ps 72:17; Acts 3:25; Gal 3:8, Gal 3:16


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Gen 12:4, Gen 17:23, Gen 18:19, Gen 22:16, Gen 22:18; Ps 112:1-2, Ps 128:1-6; Matt 5:19, Matt 7:24; 1Cor 15:58; Gal 5:6; Heb 11:8; Jas 2:21


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Gerar Gen 20:1


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She is my sister Gen 12:13, Gen 20:2, Gen 20:5, Gen 20:12-13; Prov 29:25; Matt 10:28; Eph 5:25; Col 3:9

fair Gen 24:16


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a window Judg 5:28; Prov 7:6; Song 2:9

sporting Prov 5:18-19; Eccl 9:9; Isa 62:5


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Gen 12:18-19, Gen 20:9-10


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toucheth Gen 20:6; Ps 105:15; Prov 6:29; Zech 2:8


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sowed The author of the "History of the Piratical States of Barbary" observes (p. 44), that the Moors of that country are divided into tribes like the Arabians, and like them dwell in tents, formed into itinerant villages; that "these wanderers farm lands of the inhabitants of the towns, sow and cultivate them, paying their rent with the produce, such as fruits, corn, wax, etc. They are very skilful in choosing the most advantageous soils for every season, and very careful to avoid the Turkish troops, the violence of the one little suiting the simplicity of the other." It is natural to suppose, that Isaac possessed the like sagacity, when he sowed in the land of Gerar, and received that year an hundred-fold.

received Heb. found

an hundredfold Ps 67:6, Ps 72:16; Eccl 11:6; Zech 8:12; Matt 13:8, Matt 13:23; Mark 4:8; 1Cor 3:6; 2Cor 9:10-11; Gal 6:7-8

blessed Gen 26:3, Gen 26:29, Gen 24:1, Gen 24:35, Gen 30:30; Job 42:12


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And the man waxed great Dr. Adam Clarke remarks, that there is a strange and observable occurrence of the same term in the original, which is literally, "And the man was GREAT, and he went, going on, and was GREAT, until that he was exceeding GREAT." How simple is this language, and yet how forcible!

waxed great Gen 24:35; Ps 112:3

went forward Heb. went going


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had possession Gen 12:16, Gen 13:2; Job 1:3, Job 42:12; Ps 112:3, Ps 144:13-14; Prov 10:22

servants or, husbandry

envied Gen 37:11; 1Sam 18:9; Job 5:2; Ps 112:10; Prov 27:4; Eccl 4:4


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his father's Gen 21:30

had stopped In those countries, a well of water was a great acquisition; and hence, this mode of injuring new settlers, or revenging themselves on their enemies, is still resorted to among the inhabitants.


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Go Dr. A. Clarke observes, that this is the first instance on record of what was termed among the Greeks, ostracism, i.e., the banishment of person from the state, of whose power, influence, or riches, the people were jealous.

mightier Exod 1:9


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in the days Houbigant contends, that instead of bimey, "in the days," we should read, avdey, "servants;" agreeably to the Samaritan, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate: "And Isaac digged again the wells of water which the servants of Abraham his father had digged."

and he Gen 21:31; Num 32:38; Ps 16:4; Hos 2:17; Zech 13:2


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springing water Heb. living, Song 4:15; John 4:10-11, John 7:38


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did strive Gen 21:25

Esek i.e. Contention


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Sitnah i.e. Hatred, Ezra 4:6


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digged The wells in Arabia are generally dug in the rock. Their mouths are about six feet in diameter, and they are from nineteen to twenty feet in depth. But Niebuhr informs us, that many wells are from 160 to 170 feet deep.

Rehoboth i.e. Room

the Lord Ps 4:1, Ps 18:19, Ps 118:5

be fruitful Gen 17:6, Gen 28:3, Gen 41:52; Exod 1:7


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Beersheba Gen 21:31, Gen 46:1; Judg 20:1


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I am the Gen 15:1, Gen 17:7, Gen 24:12, Gen 28:13, Gen 31:5; Exod 3:6; Matt 22:32; Acts 7:32

fear Gen 26:3-4, Gen 13:16, Gen 22:19; Ps 27:1-3, Ps 46:1-2; Isa 12:2, Isa 41:10, Isa 41:13-15, Isa 43:1-2; Isa 44:2, Isa 51:7, Isa 51:12; Luke 12:32; Heb 13:6; Rev 1:17


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builded Gen 8:20, Gen 12:7, Gen 13:18, Gen 22:9, Gen 33:20, Gen 35:1; Exod 17:15

called Ps 116:17


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Abimelech Gen 20:3, Gen 21:22-32

Phichol Phichol, as well as Abimelech, "father king," seems to have been a name of office or dignity among the Philistines; for it is not probable that they were the same as are mentioned in the days of Abraham (Gen 21:22, Gen 21:32).


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seeing Gen 26:14, Gen 26:16; Judg 11:7; Acts 7:9, Acts 7:14, Acts 7:27, Acts 7:35; Rev 3:9

sent me Gen 26:16


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We saw certainly Heb. Seeing we saw

was with Gen 21:22-23, Gen 39:5; Josh 3:7; 2Chr 1:1; Isa 45:14, Isa 60:14, Isa 61:6, Isa 61:9; Rom 8:31; 1Cor 14:25; Heb 13:5

Let there Gen 21:31-32, Gen 24:3, Gen 24:41, Gen 31:49-53; Heb 6:16


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That thou wilt Heb. If thou shalt, etc

not Gen 26:11, Gen 26:14-15

the blessed Gen 26:12, Gen 12:2, Gen 21:22, Gen 22:17, Gen 24:31; Ps 115:15


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Gen 19:3, Gen 21:8, Gen 31:54; Rom 12:18; Heb 12:14; 1Pet 4:9


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betimes Gen 19:2, Gen 21:14, Gen 22:3, Gen 31:55

sware Gen 14:22, Gen 21:23, Gen 21:31-32, Gen 25:33, Gen 31:44; 1Sam 14:24, 1Sam 20:3, 1Sam 20:16-17, 1Sam 30:15; Heb 6:16


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We have Gen 26:25; Prov 2:4-5, Prov 10:4, Prov 13:4; Matt 7:7


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Shebah i.e. an oath

therefore Gen 21:31

Beersheba i.e. the well of the oath, Gen 26:28; This may have been the same city which was called Beer-sheba a hundred years before this, in the time of Abraham; but as the well, from which it had its name originally, was closed up by the Philistines, the name of the place might have been abolished with the well; when, therefore, Isaac re-opened it, he restored the ancient name of the place.


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am 2208, bc 1796

And Esau Gen 36:2, Gen 36:5, Gen 36:13

the daughter Gen 24:3; Exod 34:16; 1Cor 7:2; Heb 12:16

Bashemath Gen 36:2


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Which Gen 6:2, Gen 27:46, Gen 28:1-2, Gen 28:8

grief of mind Heb. bitterness of spirit


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