Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Genesis Chapter 26
Overview
Gen 26:1, Isaac, because of famine, sojourns in Gerar, and the Lord instructs and blesses him; Gen 26:7, He is reproved by Abimelech for denying his wife; Gen 26:12, He grows rich, and the Philistines envy his prosperity; Gen 26:18, He digs Esek, Sitnah, and Rehoboth; Gen 26:23, God appears to him at Beer-sheba, and blesses him; and Abimelech makes a covenant with him; Gen 26:34, Esau's wives.
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the first: Gen 12:10
And Isaac: Gen 25:11
Abimelech: Gen 20:2, Gen 21:22-32
appeared: Gen 12:7, Gen 17:1, Gen 18:1, Gen 18:10-20
Sojourn: Gen 26:12, Gen 26:14, Gen 20:1; Psa 32:8, Psa 37:1-6, Psa 39:12; Heb 11:9, Heb 11:13-16
I will be: Gen 28:15, Gen 39:2, Gen 39:21; Isa 43:2, Isa 43:5; Phi 4:9
unto thee: Gen 12:1, Gen 12:7, Gen 13:15, Gen 13:17, Gen 15:18, Gen 17:8
oath: Gen 22:16, Gen 22:18; Psa 105:9; Mic 7:20; Heb 6:17
multiply: Gen 13:16, Gen 15:5, Gen 15:18, Gen 17:4-8, Gen 18:18, Gen 22:17; Heb 11:2
seed shall: Gen 12:2, Gen 12:3, Gen 22:18; Psa 72:17; Act 3:25; Gal 3:8, Gal 3:16
Gen 12:4, Gen 17:23, Gen 18:19, Gen 22:16, Gen 22:18; Psa 112:1, Psa 112:2, Psa 128:1-6; Mat 5:19, Mat 7:24; Co1 15:58; Gal 5:6; Heb 11:8; Jam 2:21
Gerar: Gen 20:1
She is my sister: Gen 12:13, Gen 20:2, Gen 20:5, Gen 20:12, Gen 20:13; Pro 29:25; Mat 10:28; Eph 5:25; Col 3:9
fair: Gen 24:16
a window: Jdg 5:28; Pro 7:6; Sol 2:9
sporting: Pro 5:18, Pro 5:19; Ecc 9:9; Isa 62:5
Gen 12:18, Gen 12:19, Gen 20:9, Gen 20:10
toucheth: Gen 20:6; Psa 105:15; Pro 6:29; Zac 2:8
sowed: The author of the "History of the Piratical States of Barbary" observes (p. 44), that the Moors of that country are divided into tribes like the Arabians, and like them dwell in tents, formed into itinerant villages; that "these wanderers farm lands of the inhabitants of the towns, sow and cultivate them, paying their rent with the produce, such as fruits, corn, wax, etc. They are very skilful in choosing the most advantageous soils for every season, and very careful to avoid the Turkish troops, the violence of the one little suiting the simplicity of the other." It is natural to suppose, that Isaac possessed the like sagacity, when he sowed in the land of Gerar, and received that year an hundred-fold.
received: Heb. found
an hundredfold: Psa 67:6, Psa 72:16; Ecc 11:6; Zac 8:12; Mat 13:8, Mat 13:23; Mar 4:8; Co1 3:6; Co2 9:10, Co2 9:11; Gal 6:7, Gal 6:8
blessed: Gen 26:3, Gen 26:29, Gen 24:1, Gen 24:35, Gen 30:30; Job 42:12
And the man waxed great: Dr. Adam Clarke remarks, that there is a strange and observable occurrence of the same term in the original, which is literally, "And the man was GREAT, and he went, going on, and was GREAT, until that he was exceeding GREAT." How simple is this language, and yet how forcible!
waxed great: Gen 24:35; Psa 112:3
went forward: Heb. went going
had possession: Gen 12:16, Gen 13:2; Job 1:3, Job 42:12; Psa 112:3, Psa 144:13, Psa 144:14; Pro 10:22
servants: or, husbandry
envied: Gen 37:11; Sa1 18:9; Job 5:2; Psa 112:10; Pro 27:4; Ecc 4:4
his father's: Gen 21:30
had stopped: In those countries, a well of water was a great acquisition; and hence, this mode of injuring new settlers, or revenging themselves on their enemies, is still resorted to among the inhabitants.
Go: Dr. A. Clarke observes, that this is the first instance on record of what was termed among the Greeks, ostracism, i.e., the banishment of person from the state, of whose power, influence, or riches, the people were jealous.
mightier: Exo 1:9
in the days: Houbigant contends, that instead of bimey, "in the days," we should read, avdey, "servants;" agreeably to the Samaritan, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate: "And Isaac digged again the wells of water which the servants of Abraham his father had digged."
and he: Gen 21:31; Num 32:38; Psa 16:4; Hos 2:17; Zac 13:2
springing water: Heb. living, Sol 4:15; Joh 4:10, Joh 4:11, Joh 7:38
did strive: Gen 21:25
Esek: i.e. Contention
Sitnah: i.e. Hatred, Ezr 4:6
digged: The wells in Arabia are generally dug in the rock. their mouths are about six feet in diameter, and they are from nineteen to twenty feet in depth. But Niebuhr informs us, that many wells are from 160 to 170 feet deep.
Rehoboth: i.e. Room
the Lord: Psa 4:1, Psa 18:19, Psa 118:5
be fruitful: Gen 17:6, Gen 28:3, Gen 41:52; Exo 1:7
Beersheba: Gen 21:31, Gen 46:1; Jdg 20:1
I am the: Gen 15:1, Gen 17:7, Gen 24:12, Gen 28:13, Gen 31:5; Exo 3:6; Mat 22:32; Act 7:32
fear: Gen 26:3, Gen 26:4, Gen 13:16, Gen 22:19; Psa 27:1-3, Psa 46:1, Psa 46:2; Isa 12:2, Isa 41:10, Isa 41:13-15, Isa 43:1, Isa 43:2; Isa 44:2, Isa 51:7, Isa 51:12; Luk 12:32; Heb 13:6; Rev 1:17
builded: Gen 8:20, Gen 12:7, Gen 13:18, Gen 22:9, Gen 33:20, Gen 35:1; Exo 17:15
called: Psa 116:17
Abimelech: Gen 20:3, Gen 21:22-32
Phichol: Phichol, as well as Abimelech, "father king," seems to have been a name of office or dignity among the Philistines; for it is not probable that they were the same as are mentioned in the days of Abraham (Gen 21:22, Gen 21:32).
seeing: Gen 26:14, Gen 26:16; Jdg 11:7; Act 7:9, Act 7:14, Act 7:27, Act 7:35; Rev 3:9
sent me: Gen 26:16
We saw certainly: Heb. Seeing we saw
was with: Gen 21:22, Gen 21:23, Gen 39:5; Jos 3:7; Ch2 1:1; Isa 45:14, Isa 60:14, Isa 61:6, Isa 61:9; Rom 8:31; Co1 14:25; Heb 13:5
Let there: Gen 21:31, Gen 21:32, Gen 24:3, Gen 24:41, Gen 31:49-53; Heb 6:16
That thou wilt: Heb. If thou shalt, etc
not: Gen 26:11, Gen 26:14, Gen 26:15
the blessed: Gen 26:12, Gen 12:2, Gen 21:22, Gen 22:17, Gen 24:31; Psa 115:15
Gen 19:3, Gen 21:8, Gen 31:54; Rom 12:18; Heb 12:14; Pe1 4:9
betimes: Gen 19:2, Gen 21:14, Gen 22:3, Gen 31:55
sware: Gen 14:22, Gen 21:23, Gen 21:31, Gen 21:32, Gen 25:33, Gen 31:44; Sa1 14:24, Sa1 20:3, Sa1 20:16, Sa1 20:17, Sa1 30:15; Heb 6:16
We have: Gen 26:25; Pro 2:4, Pro 2:5, Pro 10:4, Pro 13:4; Mat 7:7
Shebah: i.e. an oath
therefore: Gen 21:31
Beersheba: i.e. the well of the oath, Gen 26:28; This may have been the same city which was called Beer-sheba a hundred years before this, in the time of Abraham; but as the well, from which it had its name originally, was closed up by the Philistines, the name of the place might have been abolished with the well; when, therefore, Isaac re-opened it, he restored the ancient name of the place.
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And Esau: Gen 36:2, Gen 36:5, Gen 36:13
the daughter: Gen 24:3; Exo 34:16; Co1 7:2; Heb 12:16
Bashemath: Gen 36:2
Which: Gen 6:2, Gen 27:46, Gen 28:1, Gen 28:2, Gen 28:8
grief of mind: Heb. bitterness of spirit