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Genesis 26:17 KJV
Genesis · chapter 26 · verse 17
And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.Genesis 26:17 · King James Version
Genesis 26:17 in context
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.
19And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- departedyâlakto walkH3212 →
- valleynachala stream, especially a winter torrentH5158 →
- IsaacYitschâqJitschak , son of AbrahamH3327 →
- GerarGᵉrârGerar, a Philistine cityH1642 →
- dweltyâshabproperly, to sit downH3427 →
- tentchânâhproperly, to inclineH2583 →
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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