Genesis 26:1, Isaac, because of famine, sojourns in Gerar, and the Lord instructs and blesses him; Genesis 26:7, He is reproved by Abimelech for denying his wife; Genesis 26:12, He grows rich, and the Philistines envy his prosperity; Genesis 26:18, He digs Esek, Sitnah, and Rehoboth; Genesis 26:23, God appears to him at Beer-sheba, and blesses him; and Abimelech makes a covenant with him; Genesis 26:34, Esau’s wives.
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Genesis 26
Genesis 26 — Overview
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Genesis 26 — OverviewGenesis 26 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIn this chapter we have, I. Isaac in adversity, by reason of a famine
in the land, which, 1. Obliges him to change his quarters, ver. 1. But,
2. God visits him with direction and comfort, ver. 2-5. 3. He foolishly…Genesis 26 — OverviewGenesis 26 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter treats of Isaac's removal to Gerar, occasioned by a famine, Ge 26:1; of the Lord's appearance to him there, advising him to sojourn in that place, and not go down to Egypt; renewing the covenant he had made…Genesis 26:1-5Genesis 26:1-5 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleHere, I. God tried Isaac by his providence. Isaac had been trained up
in a believing dependence upon the divine grant of the land of Canaan
to him and his heirs; yet now there is a famine in the land, v. 1. What…Genesis 26:1Genesis 26:1 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledgeam 2200, bc 1804
the first: Genesis 12:10
And Isaac: Genesis 25:11
Abimelech: Genesis 20:2, Genesis 21:22-32Genesis 26:2Genesis 26:2 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledgeappeared: Genesis 12:7, Genesis 17:1, Genesis 18:1, Genesis 18:10-20
dwell: Genesis 12:1; Psalms 37:3Genesis 26:2Genesis 26:2 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleAnd the Lord appeared unto him,.... In a vision or dream, when he was at Gerar:and said, go not down into Egypt; as his father had done in the like case, and where Isaac thought to have gone, and the rather, as that was…
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