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Verse Genesis 26:15. _FOR ALL THE WELLS - THE PHILISTINES HAD STOPPED
THEM_] In such countries a good well was a great acquisition; and
hence in predatory wars it was usual for either party to fill th...
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- The Events of Isaac’s Life
5. משׁמרת _mı̂shmeret_, “charge, ordinance.” מציה
_mı̂tsvâh_, “command,” special order. חק _choq_, “decree,
statute,” engraven on stone or metal. תירה _tôrâh_,
“law,”...
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CHAPTER 26 ISAAC IN GERAR
_ 1. The famine (Genesis 26:1)_
2. Jehovah appears unto Isaac (Genesis 26:2)
3. Isaac in Gerar where he denies Rebekah (Genesis 26:6)
4. Isaac's prosperity and the diggin...
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GENESIS 26. ISAAC AND THE PHILISTINES. Apart from Genesis 26:34 f.
this chapter belongs to J. The original has been expanded in Genesis
26:1, and Genesis 26:15; Genesis 26:18 are harmonistic insertion...
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_his father's servants_ Cf. Genesis 21:25.
_had stopped them_ Wells were of priceless value to large owners of
cattle and sheep. The "Philistines" adopted the most malignant method
of spiting the Heb...
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5. _Isaac's Successful Venture into Agriculture_ (Genesis 26:12-17).
Besides planting trees, Abraham was to the end of his life a nomad,
Isaac, however, begins to pursue agriculture along with his nom...
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_FOR ALL THE WELLS WHICH HIS FATHER'S SERVANTS HAD DIGGED IN THE DAYS
OF ABRAHAM HIS FATHER, THE PHILISTINES HAD STOPPED THEM, AND FILLED
THEM WITH EARTH._
Wells ... Philistines had stopped ... - the...
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26:15 earth. (b-26) Lit. 'dust.'...
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ISAAC AT GERAR
Many of the notes on Genesis 20, 21 are applicable to this chapter It
is thought probable that the present narrative is in the main a
repetition from another source of events already r...
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GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE
GENESIS
_ALUN OWEN_
CHAPTER 26
ISAAC AMONG THE *PHILISTINES
V1 Now there was a *famine in the country. It was like the previous
*famine when Abraham did not have enough food....
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THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29).
THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.
Abraham begat Isaac — The _Tôldôth_ in its original form gave
probably a complete genealogy of Isaac, tracing up his de...
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וְ כָל ־הַ בְּאֵרֹ֗ת אֲשֶׁ֤ר
חָֽפְרוּ֙ עַבְדֵ֣י אָבִ֔יו בִּ ימֵ֖י
אַבְרָהָ֣ם אָבִ֑יו סִתְּמ֣וּם
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים
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ISAAC IS BLESSED AND GROWS RICH
Genesis 26:1
There was no harm in Isaac's going to Gerar, as he had a distinct
command to that effect, Genesis 26:2. But he does not seem to have
been strong enough to...
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We have here the account of the first direct divine communication of
Jehovah to Isaac. It came in a time of difficulty such as that which
had caused his father to go down into Egypt. Warned against re...
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ISAAC AND ABIMELECH
Like his father before him, Isaac went to Gerar in a time of famine.
God instructed him not to go down into Egypt and repeated the promise
of the blessing. He lied about Rebekah b...
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This was contrary to their covenant. Genesis 21:25...
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Having already shown the position of Isaac, I resume briefly with the
remark that he stands before us clearly as the representative of the
Son, and this too as dead, risen, and in heaven. All will und...
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Here (chap. 26) Isaac replaces Abraham as heir upon the earth. It is a
new revelation, when Isaac is himself in a strange land, like the one
made to Abraham at the first; only that Isaac was already i...
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FOR ALL THE WELLS WHICH HIS FATHER'S SERVANTS HAD DIGGED, IN THE DAYS
OF ABRAHAM HIS FATHER,.... For the watering of his flocks and herds,
see Genesis 21:25:
THE PHILISTINES HAD STOPPED THEM, AND FIL...
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_For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days
of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled
them with earth._
Ver. 15. _The Philistines had stopped them....
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1 Isaac because of famine went to Gerar.
2 God instructeth, and blesseth him.
7 Hee is reproued by Abimelech for denying his wife.
12 He groweth rich.
18 He diggeth Esek, Sitnah, and Rehoboth.
23...
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REBEKAH'S DANGER...
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THIRD SECTION
_Isaac in the region of Abimelech at Gerar. The manifestation of God,
and confirmed promise. His imitation of the maxim of his father. The
exposure of Rebekah. The living figure of a ri...
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ISAAC IN GERAR
A famine occurs in the land, just as it had in the days of Abraham
(ch.12:10). In that case Abraham went down to Egypt, whereas Isaac
went only as far as Gerar, in the land of the Phil...
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12-17 God blessed Isaac. Be it observed, for the encouragement of poor
tenants who occupy other people's lands, and are honest and
industrious, that God blessed him with a great increase. The
Philisti...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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The opening verse of this chapter connects itself with Genesis
12:1-20. "There was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that
was in the days of Abraham." The trials which meet God's people, i...
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Genesis 26:15 Philistines H6430 up H5640 (H8765) wells H875 fathers H1
servants H5650 dug H2658 (H8804) days H3117 Abraham H85 father H1
filled H4390 (H8762) earth H6083
HIS FATHER'S - GENESIS 21:30...
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ISAAC AND ABIMELECH - A STORY OF WELLS (GENESIS 26:12).
Genesis 26:12
‘And Isaac sowed in that land and found in that same year a
hundredfold, and Yahweh blessed him. And the man became great (in
r...
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CONTENTS: Covenant confirmed to Isaac. Isaac's lapse at Gerar, Isaac
as a well digger.
CHARACTERS: Isaac, Rebekah, Abimelech, Ahuzzath, Phichol, Esau,
Judith.
CONCLUSION: It is peculiarly comforting...
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Genesis 26:1. _Abimelech_ was a name common to the kings of Gerar, and
the _Philistines_ were of African descent. Genesis 10:14.
Genesis 26:2. _The Lord appeared unto him._ The infancy of the
patriarc...
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_The Philistines envied him_
THE PROSPEROUS ARE SUBJECT TO ENVY
1.
Great estates subject the best of men to envy.
2. Philistine spirits envy all increase of good to the Church of God
(Genesis 26:1...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 26:1 The events in this chapter are
difficult to date precisely but they probably took place after the
death of Abraham (Genesis 25:8), when Esau and Jacob were young men.
⇐ ⇔...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 26:13. Went forward.] Heb. “Went or walked, going;”
_i.e.,_ “Became increasingly greater.” The Heb. term for walk is
frequently used in the sense of continued increase.
GENE...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 26:12
THEN ISAAC SOWED IN THAT LAND,—viz; Philistia. Though a distinct
advance on the purely nomadic life pursued by Abraham, this did not
imply fixed property in, or even permanen...
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Now there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was
in the days of Abraham. [And like father, like son,] Isaac went to
Abimelech the king of the Philistines unto Gerar (Genesis 26:1)....
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his father's. Genesis 21:30 had stopped....