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Genesis 26:16 KJV
Genesis · chapter 26 · verse 16
And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.Genesis 26:16 · King James Version
Genesis 26:16 in context
14For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.
15For 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.
16And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.
17And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
18And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- AbimelechʼĂbîymelekAbimelek, the name of two Philistine kings and of two IsraelitesH40 →
- IsaacYitschâqJitschak , son of AbrahamH3327 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- muchmᵉʼôdproperly, vehemenceH3966 →
- Goyâlakto walkH3212 →
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Here we have, I. The tokens of God's good-will to Isaac. He blessed him, and prospered him, and made all that he had to thrive under his hands. 1. His corn multiplied strangely, Gen 26:12. He had no land of his own, but took land of the Philistines, and sowed it;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-25