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Genesis 26:4-5 KJV
Genesis · chapter 26 · verses 4–5
4And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; 5Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.Genesis 26:4-5 · King James Version
Genesis 26:4-5 in context
2And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:
3Sojourn 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;
4And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
5Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
6And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:
7And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.
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- commandmentsmitsvâha command, whether human or divineH4687 →
- countriesʼeretsthe earthH776 →
- statuteschuqqâh{an enactmentH2708 →
- nationsgôwya foreign nationH1471 →
- AbrahamʼAbrâhâmAbraham, the later name of AbramH85 →
- heavenshâmayimthe sky (as aloftH8064 →
- obeyedshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- chargemishmerethwatchH4931 →
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Here, I. God tried Isaac by his providence. Isaac had been trained up in a believing dependence upon the divine grant of the land of Canaan to him and his heirs; yet now there is a famine in the land, Gen 26:1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5