“ And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days. ”
- The Birth of Isaac 7. מלל mı̂lēl “speak,” an ancient and therefore solemn and poetical word. 14. חמת chêmet “bottle,” akin to חמה chāmâh , “surround, enclose,” and הוּם chu...
Genesis 12:1 to Genesis 25:18 . The Story of Abraham. In this section the three main sources, J. E, P are present. Gunkel has given strong reasons for holding that J is here made up of two main...
And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days. Commentary on the Bible, by Adam Clarke [1831].
And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days. Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days. Beer-sheba itself was not in the Philistine territory, but the wilderness-the g...
Birth of Isaac. Dismissal of Hagar and Ishmael. Covenant between Abraham and Abimelech 8. Weaned] in his second or third year, as is usual among Orientals.
In the Philistines’ land — In Genesis 21:32 Abimelech on returning to Gerar is said to have gone back “into the land of the Philistines!’ But Beer-sheba also in a general way belonged to his domi...
ISHMAEL AND ISAAC Genesis 21:1-34 ; Genesis 22:1-24 Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman. Which things are an allegory.- Galatians 4:22 . "Abraham stretched...
Abraham and Abimelech Covenant Genesis 21:22-34 Abimelech was impressed with Abraham's growing prosperity. He felt that it could not be explained on merely natural grounds. “God is with thee in...
At last in God's 'Set time," and in spite of all natural difficulties, the long-promised son was born. Sarah who at an earlier point had laughed with the laughter of incredulity, now laughed with the...
And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days. REFLECTIONS THE long exercise of Abraham and Sarah's faith respecting this child of promise, and the happy issue of it, may serve to teach...
And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days. Even many years, days being sometimes put for years; having entered into covenant with Abimelech, the king of the country, and settled a go...
And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days. Ver. 34. Many days. ] Twenty-five years at least: for so old was Isaac when he went to be sacrificed. Some halcyons God vouchsafes to his...
THE PROMISE FULFILLED IN ISAAC Now the grace of God bears its most important fruit in the history of Abraham. Sarah, at the unlikely age of 90 years, gives birth to Isaac, at the time God Himself...
33 And Abraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the L ORD , the everlasting God. 34 And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days. Observ...
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‘And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.' Notice the stress on the fact that he is a sojourner. Though he has settled down there the land is not his people's, as one day it wi...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 21:33 . And Abraham planted a grove.] Properly, the Oriental tamarisk tree or grove. They grow to a remarkable height, and furnish a wide shade. It seems as if this were...
Genesis 21 In the story of Hagar and Ishmael, we notice: I. The outcast. As Abraham is the father of all the faithful, so the Arab Ishmael is the father of all our outcasts. He was an impudent bo...
Genesis 21:3 . Isaac; that is, laughter or holy joy. Luke 6:21 . Sarah had once laughed through unbelief; now being ashamed of that, she could sing with Mary, My soul doth magnify the Lord, and m...
Abraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the Lord Abraham the godly man I. HE MAKES PROVISION FOR DIVINE WORSHIP. 1. It was intelligent. 2. It was grateful....
EXPOSITION Genesis 21:22 And it came to pass at that time ,—possibly in immediate sequence to the incident of the preceding chapter, but, "according to the common law of Hebrew narrative,...
The Covenant Between Abraham and Abimelech
Genesis 20:1 1 Chronicles 29:15 Psalms 39:12 Hebrews 11:9 Hebrews 11:13 1 Peter 2:11