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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 26:12-33

Isaac and Abimelech - a Story of Wells (Genesis 26:12-33 ). Genesis 26:12 ‘And Isaac sowed in that land and found in that same year a hundredfold, and Yahweh blessed him. And the man became great (in riches) and grew more and more until he was very wealthy. And he had possessions of flocks, and possessions of herds and a large household, and the Philistines envied him.’ Isaac was now settled in Gerar and the famine had long passed. Good relations had been established with the local king and... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 26:1-35

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-Joshua :, and Genesis 26:15; Genesis 26:18 are harmonistic insertions. Apart from Genesis 26:12-Esther : the incidents are parallel to incidents recorded of Abraham. On the relation to the earlier adventures of Sarah in Egypt and Gerar, see Genesis 26:20 *. The incident is misplaced; obviously it is earlier than the birth of Esau and Jacob. The dispute... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Genesis 26:12-33

CRITICAL NOTES.—Genesis 26:13. Went forward.] Heb. “Went or walked, going;” i.e., “Became increasingly greater.” The Heb. term for walk is frequently used in the sense of continued increase. Genesis 26:20. Strove.] Heb. “They oppressed him.”—Genesis 26:21. Strove for that also.] This is a different word from the former, and signifies contended. Situah. From the term Satan, meaning accusation. Genesis 26:22. Rehoboth.] Meaning space, enlargement.—Genesis 26:26. Ahuzzath.] Called here “one of his... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Genesis 26:20-22

Genesis 26:20-22 , Genesis 26:33 These four names are the names of four wells of springing water, dug in a valley, to feed families and flocks. Esek means strife; Sitnah, hatred; Rehoboth, room; and Shebah, oath. Have you not been at them all? I. When you began life you found people trying to put you down by saying that the well was theirs, and that you were crowding yourself upon their grounds. If they did not try to put you down, you tried to put them down. The well is there in life, strife,... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Genesis 26:1-35

CHAPTER 26Now 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 ).Now, it was to Abimelech that Abraham went, but certainly not the same one that Isaac went to because this is a hundred years later, more than a hundred years later. So Abimelech was sort of a title of the king of the Philistines. And so Isaac went unto the land of the PhilistinesAnd... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 26:1-35

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 patriarchal family was the infancy of the church, which needed the fostering care of God. A removal to Egypt at this period might have been eventful to Isaac. The Egyptians might have seized his substance for the supply of bread. If Abimelech was jealous of Isaac, Pharaoh might have been so too.... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 26:17-33

Genesis 26:17-33Isaac digged again the wells of waterIsaac’s wellsThese four names are the names (Genesis 26:20-22; Genesis 26:33) of four wells of springing water, dug in a valley, to feed families and flocks.“Esek” means Strife; “Sitnah,” Hatred; “Rehoboth,” Room; “Shebah,” Oath. Have you not been at them all? I. When you began life you found people trying to put you down by saying that the well was theirs, and that you were crowding yourself upon their ground. If they did not try to put you... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 26:22

Gen 26:22 And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land. Ver. 22. And he removed from thence, &c. ] See here a pattern of a patient and peaceable disposition, not broken by the continual injuries and affronts of the Philistines, that maligned and molested him, "I am peace," saith David; Psa 120:7 and I, saith Isaac; and I,... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 26:22

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: Psalms 4:1, Psalms 18:19, Psalms 118:5 be fruitful: Genesis 17:6, Genesis 28:3, Genesis 41:52, Exodus 1:7 Reciprocal: Genesis 46:1 - Beersheba 2 Samuel 22:20 - brought read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Genesis 26:22

And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.He digged a well, and for that they strove not — Those that follow peace, sooner or later, shall find peace: those that study to be quiet seldom fail of being so. This well they called Rehoboth - Enlargements, room enough. read more