Genesis 26:1-16

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 26:7

Genesis 26:7. She is my sister, &c.— The same remarks are to be made on this transaction, as on the similar one upon which we have commented, ch. Genesis 20:2, &c. It was wrong, it was very wrong. But it deserves notice again, from what is said by Abimelech, Gen 26:10 in how great detestation the crime of adultery was held, even by these people, among whom little sense of religion was expected to be found either by Abraham or Isaac. They regarded adultery as so peculiarly offensive to... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 26:11

Genesis 26:11. He that toucheth— i.e.. defiles. See Genesis 20:6. Proverbs 6:29. REFLECTIONS.—We have here, 1. A famine, which obliges Isaac to remove from Canaan into the land of the Philistines. He must, like his father before him, learn to suffer, ere he receive the promise. 2. God's appearing to him. He forbids his journey to AEgypt. Note; We are always right, when given up to the Divine guidance. 3. The promise made him. As Abraham's chosen son, he is his successor in the covenant, and God... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 26:12

Genesis 26:12. Then Isaac sowed, &c.— Continuing a long time in the land, Gen 26:8 he applied himself to husbandry, for his own and his family's support; and that God, whose blessing maketh rich the hand of the diligent, crowned his labours with very great increase, in proof of his regard to his promise, and to shew Isaac that he lost nothing by not going into AEgypt. The expression of an hundred fold is indefinite, and expresses a very great increase. Indeed God's benediction was not... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 26:16

Genesis 26:16. Go—for thou art much, &c.— In consequence of the envy arising from Isaac's prosperity, Abimelech desired him to leave his country. That this envy was joined with fear, is evident as well from the expression, for thou art much mightier than we, as from Genesis 26:28-29. See Exodus 1:9. We are to remember, that princes and princedoms in those days were but petty and inconsiderable: and if Abraham so many years before could arm three hundred and eighteen of his own domestics,... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Genesis 26:1

1. And there was a famine in the land . . . And Isaac went unto . . . Gerar—The pressure of famine in Canaan forced Isaac with his family and flocks to migrate into the land of the Philistines, where he was exposed to personal danger, as his father had been on account of his wife's beauty; but through the seasonable interposition of Providence, he was preserved (Psalms 105:14; Psalms 105:15). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Genesis 26:12

12. Then Isaac sowed in that land—During his sojourn in that district he farmed a piece of land, which, by the blessing of God on his skill and industry, was very productive (Isaiah 65:13; Psalms 37:19); and by his plentiful returns he increased so rapidly in wealth and influence that the Philistines, afraid or envious of his prosperity, obliged him to leave the place (Proverbs 27:4; Ecclesiastes 4:4). This may receive illustration from the fact that many Syrian shepherds at this day settle for... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Genesis 26:15

15. all the wells which his father's servants had digged . . . the Philistines had stopped, &c.—The same base stratagem for annoying those against whom they have taken an umbrage is practiced still by choking the wells with sand or stones, or defiling them with putrid carcases. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 26:1-6

Isaac was evidently considering going to Egypt to escape the famine. He was in Gerar when God spoke to him. This was God’s first revelation to Isaac (cf. Genesis 25:23). Therefore, it appears that Isaac may have previously moved north from Beer-lahai-roi. Of course, constant relocating was common for the nomadic patriarchs, and these places were not far from one another.The major migration of the Philistines into Canaan took place in the twelveth century B.C. However, there were some... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 26:1-11

3. Isaac and Abimelech 26:1-11God prevented Isaac from leaving the Promised Land and renewed the covenant with him, but then He had to protect Rebekah when Isaac lied about his relationship with her to Abimelech."In the short span of one chapter, the writer shows how the whole of the life of Isaac was a rehearsal of that which happened to Abraham. Thus the lesson that is conveyed is that God’s faithfulness in the past can be counted on in the present and the future. What he has done for the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 26:7-11

For an explanation of this strange incident, see the notes on chapter 20. When endangered, Isaac, like Abraham, resorted to an ethic in which the end justified the means. "Like father, like son." Isaac and Rebekah must have been childless at this time.A period of between 70 and 97 years had elapsed between Abraham’s sojourn in Gerar and Isaac’s. Abimelech could have been the same man in both cases since lifespans of 150 years were not uncommon at that time. Abimelech demonstrated pious conduct... read more

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