Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 26:26-33
"Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahazzah his friend, and Phicol the captain of his host. And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore are ye come unto me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me from you? And they said, We saw plainly that Jehovah was with thee: and we said, Let there now be an oath betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee, that thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace:... read more
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 26:28
saw certainly. Figure of speech Polyptoton ( App-6 ), for emphasis. Hebrew "seeing we saw". Compare Genesis 2:16 " freely eat"; Genesis 27:30 " scarce gone out"; Genesis 43:3 " solemnly protest"; Genesis 43:7 "asked us straitly ", "could we certainly know"; Genesis 43:20 "came indeed down"; Exodus 5:23 "not delivered us at all "; Genesis 18:18 "wilt surely wear away"; Genesis 21:5 "shall plainly say"; Job 37:2 "hear attentively "; Numbers 22:17 , Numbers 22:37 "promote thee to very... read more