Genesis 26:1-2

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 26:1

Genesis 26:1There was a famine in the landThe famine1.Here the first thing that suggests itself is the apparent contradiction of the promise given to Abraham, for instead of the land of abundance and rest Isaac found famine and unrest. Let us endeavour to understand that, and then we shall better understand this life of ours; for our life is to us a Canaan, a land of abundant promises, and especially so in youth. But we have not been long in this land of promise before we begin to discover that... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 26:2-5

Genesis 26:2-5Unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father.The covenant renewed to IsaacI. IT WAS RENEWED TO HIM IN A TIME OF TRIAL. Divine help comes when all human efforts are exhausted. II. IT WAS RENEWED TO HIM IN THE OLD TERMS, BUT RESTING ON NEW GROUNDS. Abraham was the beginning of the Church, and therefore God, in speaking to His servant whom He had called, rested upon His own Almightiness (Genesis... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 26:1

Gen 26:1 And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar. Ver. 1. Beside the first famine. ] New sins bring new plagues Flagitium et flagellura, ut acus et filum. Where iniquity breakfasts, calamity will be sure to dine - to sup where it dines, and to lodge where it sups. If the Canaanites had amended by the former famine, this later had been prevented; for "God afflicts not... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 26:2

Gen 26:2 And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: Ver. 2. And the Lord appeared unto him. ] God knows our souls, and our souls him, best in adversity. See Zechariah 13:9 . This famine was to the Canaanites in the nature of a curse; to Isaac, of a cure. Hinc distinctio illa poenae in conferentem et nocentem, sive in suffocantem et promoventem; item in poenam vindictae et poenam cautelae, sire in condemnantem et corrigentem. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 26:1

am 2200, bc 1804 the first: Genesis 12:10 And Isaac: Genesis 25:11 Abimelech: Genesis 20:2, Genesis 21:22-Jonah : Reciprocal: Genesis 10:19 - Gerar Genesis 20:1 - Gerar Genesis 24:17 - water of Genesis 42:5 - for Joshua 13:2 - borders Ruth 1:1 - a famine 2 Samuel 21:1 - a famine 2 Kings 8:1 - sojourn 2 Chronicles 14:13 - Gerar read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 26:2

appeared: Genesis 12:7, Genesis 17:1, Genesis 18:1, Genesis 18:10-Proverbs : dwell: Genesis 12:1, Psalms 37:3 Reciprocal: Genesis 12:10 - went Genesis 17:21 - my Genesis 35:9 - General Genesis 46:3 - fear not Exodus 4:5 - the Lord Jeremiah 42:10 - abide Hebrews 1:1 - at read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Genesis 26:2

And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:The Lord said, go not down into Egypt.Sojourn in this land — There was a famine in Jacob's days, and God bid him go down into Egypt, Genesis 46:3,4, a famine in Isaac's days, and God bid him not go down: a famine in Abraham's days, and God left him to his liberty, directing him neither way, which (considering that Egypt was always a place of trial to God's people) some ground upon the... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 26:1

1. A famine Abraham’s, Isaac’s, and Jacob’s history are each distinguished by a famine, that frequent plague of the East . Besides the first famine Our historian was not so obtuse, as some critics have assumed, as not to know that Abraham’s life had passages very much like Isaac’s . But he knew, what some critics seem unable to comprehend, that two men’s lives may be largely the one a repetition of the other . Thus history has often repeated itself in less than a century . Abimelech ... read more

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