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Verse Genesis 26:5. _ABRAHAM OBEYED MY VOICE_] מימרי _meimeri_,
my WORD. See Genesis 15:1.
_MY CHARGE_] משמרתי _misitmarti_, from שמר _shamar_, he kept,
observed, c., the _ordinances_ or _appointment...
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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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MY. Repeated. times for emphasis. The No. of Grace. See App-10
VOICE, to be heard and believed (Romans 10:17).
CHARGE, to be observed.
COMMANDMENTS, to he obeyed.
STATUTES, i.e. decrees, to be ack...
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_because that_, &c. The blessing of Isaac is here treated as the
reward of the obedience of Abraham; the emphasis is laid on the unity
and continuity of the Chosen Family.
_my charge … my laws_ A str...
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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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עֵ֕קֶב אֲשֶׁר ־שָׁמַ֥ע אַבְרָהָ֖ם בְּ
קֹלִ֑י וַ יִּשְׁמֹר֙ מִשְׁמַרְתִּ֔י
מִצְוֹתַ֖י חֻקֹּותַ֥י וְ תֹורֹתָֽי׃...
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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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Because that Abraham (c) obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my
commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
(c) He commends Abraham's obedience, because Isaac should be even more
ready to follow the sam...
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_Ceremonies of religion, observed under the law of nature.
(Menochius)_...
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So did Abraham. Genesis 20:5. See also Genesis 12:13. Reader! do not
hastily pass over this verse; but remark, in the perusal, the weakness
of the patriarch's faith. Was it not enough that the Lord ha...
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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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5._Because that Abraham obeyed my voice_. Moses does not mean that
Abraham’s obedience was the reason why the promise of God was
confirmed and ratified to him; but from what has been said before,
(Gen...
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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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BECAUSE THAT ABRAHAM OBEYED MY VOICE,.... In all things, and
particularly in offering up his son at his command:
AND KEPT MY CHARGE; whatever was given him in charge to observe; this,
as Aben Ezra th...
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Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my
commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
Ver. 5. _Because that Abraham._] His obedience was universal to all
the wills of God; and is here...
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Gen. 26:5. If God had such respect to Abraham's righteousness and
obedience, and particularly to his offering up his son in obedience to
God, as to give the earthly Canaan to his seed, much more will...
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_My voice, my charge, my commandments_ This variety of expression
seems to be designed to show the universality and exactness of
Abraham's obedience, that he readily complied with every intimation of...
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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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Here was a covenant made between God and Abraham; and as, if Abraham
had broken the condition of walking before God required on his part,
God had been discharged from the promise made on his part; so...
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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 26:5 because H6118 Abraham H85 obeyed H8085 (H8804) voice
H6963 kept H8104 (H8799) charge H4931 commandments H4687 statutes
H2708 laws H8451
Genesis 12:4, Genesis 17:23, Genesis 18:19,...
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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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Genesis 12:4 Genesis 17:23 Genesis 18:19 Genesis 22:16 Genesis 22:18
Psalms 112:1 Psalms 112:2 Psalms 128:1 Matthew 5:19 Matthew 7:24...
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Abraham obeyed my voice — Do thou do so too, and the promise shall
be sure to thee. A great variety of words is here used to express the
Divine Will to which Abraham was obedient, my voice, my charge,...