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: Psalms 67:6, Psalms 72:16; Ecclesiastes 11:6; Zechariah 8:12; Matthew 13:8, Matthew 13:23; Mark 4:8; 1 Corinthians 3:6; 2 Corinthians 9:10-11; Galatians 6:7-8
blessed: Genesis 26:3, Genesis 26:29, Genesis 24:1, Genesis 24:35, Genesis 30:30; Job 42:12