Genesis 26:20-25

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 26:23

Verse 23 23.And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba. Next follows a more abundant consolation, and one affording effectual refreshment to the mind of the holy man. In the tranquil enjoyment of the well, he acknowledges the favor which God had showed him: but forasmuch as one word of God weighs more with the faithful than the accumulated mass of all good things, we cannot doubt that Isaac received this oracle more joyfully than if a thousand rivers of nectar had flowed unto him: and truly Moses... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 26:24

Verse 24 24.And the Lord appeared unto him. This vision (as I have elsewhere said) was to prepare him to listen more attentively to God, and to convince him that it was God with whom he had to deal; for a voice alone would have had less energy. Therefore God appears, in order to produce confidence in and reverence towards his word. In short, visions were a kind of symbols of the Divine presence, designed to remove all doubt from the minds of the holy fathers respecting him who was about to... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 26:25

Verse 25 25.And he builded an altar there. From other passages we are well aware that Moses here speaks of public worship; for inward invocation of God neither requires an altar; nor has any special choice of place; and it is certain that the saints, wherever they lived, worshipped. But because religion ought to maintain a testimony before men, Isaac, having erected and consecrated an altar, professes himself a worshipper of the true and only God, and by this method separates himself from the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 26:1-35

Line upon line, in God's teaching. Isaac, like his father, has his time of sojourn among the Philistines. The events of his intercourse with the Abimelech of his day resemble those of the former patriarch, though there are differences which show that the recurrence is historical . I. GOD REPEATS HIS LESSONS that they may make the deeper impression. The intention of the record is to preserve a certain line of Divine guidance . Isaac trod in the footsteps of Abraham. We have... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 26:12-22

A good man's prosperity. I. WHENCE IT PROCEEDED . 1. The industry of Isaac . "Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold." An intimate connection subsists between diligence and prosperity. 2. The blessing of God . "And the Lord blessed him. As without Divine assistance the best contrived and most laboriously applied means may fail in the accumulation of material goods, so with heavenly succor the least likely instruments can achieve... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 26:20

And the herdmen of Gerar — i . e . Abimelech's servants ( Genesis 21:25 )— did strive with Isaac's herdmen ,—as Lot's with those of Abraham ( Genesis 13:7 )— saying, The water is ours :—literally, to us (belong) the waters — and he called the name of the well Esek ("Strife"); because they strove with him —the verb being עָשַׂק , to strive about anything. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 26:21

And they digged another well (Isaac having yielded up the first), and strove for that also :—"The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water" ( Proverbs 17:14 ) and he called the name of it Sitnah —"Contention" (from שָׂטָן , to lie in wait as an adversary; whence Satan); probably in Wady-es-Shutein , near Rehoboth ( vide infra ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 26:22

And he removed from thence (yielding that too), and digged another well; and for that they strove not (perhaps as being beyond the boundaries of Gerar): and he called the name of it Reheboth ;—i.e. "Wide spaces" (hence "streets," Genesis 19:2 ); from רָחַב , to be or become broad; conjectured to have been situated in the Wady Ruhaibeh , about eight and a half hours to the south of Beersheba, where are still found a well named Bir-Rohebeh and ruins of a city of the same name— ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 26:22

Digging wells of salvation. "And he removed from thence, and digged another well." Historically, an instance of a meek and quiet spirit in contact with the world. Wells precious. Often formed with much labor. Herdsmen of Gerar took what Isaac had digged. Twice he yielded for the sake of peace. Then he digged another, and for it they strove not. His example (cf. Matthew 5:39 ; 1 Corinthians 6:7 ). But we may also observe a typical significance. Wells, fountains, sources of "living... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 26:23

And he (viz; Isaac) went up from thence (Rehoboth, where latterly he had been encamped) to Beer-sheba —a former residence of Abraham ( Genesis 21:33 ), situated "near the water-shed between the Mediterranean and the Salt Sea" (Murphy), hence approached from the low-lying wady by an ascent. read more

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