Genesis 26:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants:c and the Philistines envied him. ”

Genesis 26:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- The Events of Isaac’s Life 5. משׁמרת mı̂shmeret , “charge, ordinance.” מציה mı̂tsvâh , “command,” special order. חק choq , “decree, statute,” engraven on stone or metal. תירה tôr...
Genesis 26:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines (g) envied him. (g) The malicious always envy the graces of God in others.
Genesis 26:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 26. Isaac and the Philistines. Apart from Genesis 26:34 f. this chapter belongs to J. The original has been expanded in Genesis 26:1-6 , and Genesis 26:15 ; Genesis 26:18 are harmonis...
Genesis 26:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

store . body.
Genesis 26:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

14. And the Philistines envied him. We are taught by this history that the blessings of God which pertain to the present earthly life are never pure and perfect, but are mixed with some troub...
Genesis 26:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him. He had possession of flocks - He who blessed him in the increase of his fields b...
Genesis 26:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him. Then Isaac sowed. During his sojourn in that district he farmed a piece of land which, b...
Genesis 26:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaac at Gerar Many of the notes on Genesis 20, 21 are applicable to this chapter It is thought probable that the present narrative is in the main a repetition from another source of events alread...
Genesis 26:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC ( Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29 ). THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS. Abraham begat Isaac — The Tôldôth in its original form gave probably a complete genealogy of Isaac, tracing...
Genesis 26:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaac Is Blessed and Grows Rich Genesis 26:1-17 There was no harm in Isaac's going to Gerar, as he had a distinct command to that effect, Genesis 26:2-3 . But he does not seem to have been str...
Genesis 26:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

We have here the account of the first direct divine communication of Jehovah to Isaac. It came in a time of difficulty such as that which had caused his father to go down into Egypt. Warned against r...
Genesis 26:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 144:13-14
Genesis 26:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds ,.... Many flocks of sheep, and herds of cattle, of oxen, asses and camels, in which the riches of men in those times and countries chiefly l...
Genesis 26:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him. Ver. 14. And the Philistines envied him. ] Envy is the constant companion of...
Genesis 26:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

ISAAC IN GERAR A famine occurs in the land, just as it had in the days of Abraham (ch.12:10). In that case Abraham went down to Egypt, whereas Isaac went only as far as Gerar, in the land of the P...
Genesis 26:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaac's Removal to Beersheba. B. C. 1804. 12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and receiv...
Genesis 26:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Great store of servants; or rather, of husbandry, as this word is elsewhere used; of corn-fields, vineyards, &c.; for he is describing his riches, which then consisted in the two things here...
Genesis 26:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaac and Abimelech - a Story of Wells ( Genesis 26:12-33 ). Genesis 26:12 ‘And Isaac sowed in that land and found in that same year a hundredfold, and Yahweh blessed him. And the man became g...
Genesis 26:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 26:13 . Went forward.] Heb. “Went or walked, going;” i.e., “Became increasingly greater.” The Heb. term for walk is frequently used in the sense of continued increase....
Genesis 26:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Genesis 26:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

The Philistines envied him The prosperous are subject to envy 1. Great estates subject the best of men to envy. 2. Philistine spirits envy all increase of good to the Church of God ( Genes...
Genesis 26:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 26:12 Then Isaac sowed in that land ,—viz; Philistia. Though a distinct advance on the purely nomadic life pursued by Abraham, this did not imply fixed property in, or e...
Genesis 26:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Rebekah's Danger
Genesis 26:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

had possession. Genesis 12:16 Genesis 13:2 Job 1:3 Job 42:12 Psalms 112:3 Psalms 144:13 Psalms 144:14 Proverbs 10:22 servants. or, husbandry. envied. Genesis 37:11 1 Samuel 18:9...

Genesis 26:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 26:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Genesis 26:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 26:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 26:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 26:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 26:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 26:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 26:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 26:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 26:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 26:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 26:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 26:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 26:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 26:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 26:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 26:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 26:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 26:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 26:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 26:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 26:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 26:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge