"Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;"
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Verse Genesis 26:3. _SOJOURN IN THIS LAND_] In Gerar, whither he had
gone, Genesis 26:1, and where we find he settled, Genesis 26:6, though
the _land of Canaan_ in general might be here intended. Tha...
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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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UNTO THEE. So to each Patriarch: Abraham (Genesis 13:15), Jacob
(Genesis 28:13, &c), involving resurrection. See note on Genesis
50:24, and Matthew 22:23....
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_sojourn … land_ The temporary dwelling of one who as a stranger had
none of the rights of a native inhabitant; so LXX παροίκει;
Lat. _peregrinare_. See note on Genesis 23:4, and cf. Hebrews 11:9.
_I...
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PART THIRTY-EIGHT
THE STORY OF ISAAC: HIS SOJOURN IN PHILISTIA
(Genesis 26:1-34)
The Biblical Record
1 And there was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that
was in the days of Abraham, A...
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_AND THE LORD APPEARED UNTO HIM, AND SAID, GO NOT DOWN INTO EGYPT;
DWELL IN THE LAND WHICH I SHALL TELL THEE OF:_
And the Lord appeared unto him. This was the first divine
communication made to Isaac...
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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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גּ֚וּר בָּ † אָ֣רֶץ הַ זֹּ֔את וְ
אֶֽהְיֶ֥ה עִמְּךָ֖ וַ אֲבָרְכֶ֑ךָּ
כִּֽי ־לְךָ֣ וּֽ...
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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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Psalms 37:3; Genesis 12:10
Very sweet are the renewals of divine assurances. My brother! if you
know what it is, as one of old did, against hope to believe in hope,
you will know also how to walk by...
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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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_HEREDITARY BLESSING_
‘I will bless thee … because that Abraham obeyed My voice.’
Genesis 26:3; Genesis 26:5
The child is blessed for the father’s sake.
I. IF I HAVE A GODLY ANCESTRY, THEN THE CO...
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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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SOJOURN IN THIS LAND,.... The land of Canaan, where he now was; either
in Gerar, which though in the land of the Philistines was a part of
Canaan, the place of his present residence; or in any other p...
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_Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee;
for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and
I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy fathe...
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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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The Lord Blesses Isaac...
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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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1-5 Isaac had been trained up in a believing dependence upon the
Divine grant of the land of Canaan to him and his heirs; and now that
there is a famine in the land, Isaac still cleaves to the covenan...
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UNTO THEE, AND UNTO THY SEED; to thee to enjoy for thy present
comfort, and to them to possess as an inheritance. SEE POOLE ON
"GENESIS 13:15", SEE POOLE ON "GENESIS 15:18". I WILL PERFORM THE
OATH, i...
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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 26:3 Dwell H1481 (H8798) land H776 bless H1288 (H8762)
descendants H2233 give H5414 (H8799) these H411 lands H776 perform
H6965 (H8689) oath H7621 swore H7650 (H8738) Abraham H85 father H1
Soj...
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‘And Yahweh appeared to him and said, “Do not go down into Egypt.
Dwell in the land which I will tell you of. Sojourn in this land and I
will be with you and will bless you. For to you and to your see...
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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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_Unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I
will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father._
THE COVENANT RENEWED TO ISAAC
I. IT WAS RENEWED TO HIM IN A TIME O...
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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 26:1. The first famine that was in the days of Abraham.] This
happened nearly an hundred years before the present one. _Abimelech._
Means, “My father, the king.” This was pro...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 26:1
AND THERE WAS A FAMINE IN THE LAND (of Canaan), BESIDE THE FIRST
(_i_._e_. first recorded) FAMINE THAT WAS IN THE DAYS OF ABRAHAM—at
least a century previous (_vide _Genesis 1...
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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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Sojourn. Genesis 26:12 Genesis 26:14 Genesis 20:1 Psalms 32:8 Psalms
37:1 Psalms 39:12 Hebrews 11:9 Hebrews 11:13 I will be. Genesis 28:15
Gen