Genesis 26:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: ”

Genesis 26:2 - 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 26:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, (b) Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: (b) God's providence always watches to direct the ways of his children.
Genesis 26:2 - 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 26:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Go not down (as Abraham did, Genesis 12:10 ).
Genesis 26:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2. And the Lord appeared unto him. I do not doubt but a reason is here given why Isaac rather went to the country of Gerar than to Egypt, which perhaps would have been more convenient for him...
Genesis 26:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: Go not down into Egypt - As Abraham had taken refuge in that country, it is probable th...
Genesis 26:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And the Lord, &c.— I should be for rendering the vau here, for , instead of and, as the French version has it, car; because this second verse gives the reason why Isaac went to Gerar, an...
Genesis 26:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: And the Lord appeared unto him. This was the first divine communication made to...
Genesis 26:2 - 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 26:2 - 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 26:2 - 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 26:2 - 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 26:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 37:3 ; Genesis 12:10 Very sweet are the renewals of divine assurances. My brother! if you know what it is, as one of old did, against hope to believe in hope, you will know also how to wal...
Genesis 26:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the Lord appeared unto him ,.... In a vision or dream, when he was at Gerar: and said, go not down into Egypt ; as his father had done in the like case, and where Isaac thought to have gone, a...
Genesis 26:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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, be...
Genesis 26:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Go not down into Egypt Whither, it is likely, Isaac had intended to go, it being a very fruitful country, and he being encouraged to go thither by his father's example, on a similar occasion. No do...
Genesis 26:2 - 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 26:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Removal of Isaac to Gerar. B. C. 1804. 1 And there was a famine in the land, beside the...
Genesis 26:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

To Egypt it seems Isaac intended to go, it being a very fruitful place, and being encouraged to do so by his father's example upon the same occasion. But God saw good reasons to forbid Isaac to go th...
Genesis 26:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And Yahweh appeared to him and said, “Do not go down into Egypt. Dwell in the land which I will tell you of. Sojourn in this land and I will be with you and will bless you. For to you and to your se...
Genesis 26:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 26:1 . The first famine that was in the days of Abraham.] This happened nearly an hundred years before the present one. Abimelech. Means, “My father, the king.” This wa...
Genesis 26:2 - Scofield Reference Notes

Go not down ( See Scofield) - ( Genesis 46:3 ).
Genesis 26:2 - 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 26:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Unto 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 Isaac I. IT WAS RENEWED TO HIM IN A TIM...
Genesis 26:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 26:1 And there was a famine in the land (of Canaan), beside the first ( i . e . first recorded) famine that was in the days of Abraham —at least a century previous (...
Genesis 26:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Lord Blesses Isaac
Genesis 26:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

appeared. Genesis 12:7 Genesis 17:1 Genesis 18:1 Genesis 18:10-20 dwell. Genesis 12:1 Psalms 37:3
Genesis 26:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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...

Genesis 26:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 26:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Genesis 26:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 26:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 26:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 26:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 26:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 26:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 26:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 26:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 26:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 26:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 26:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 26:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 26:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 26:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 26:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 26:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 26:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 26:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 26:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 26:2 - Scofield Reference Notes

Genesis 26:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 26:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 26:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 26:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 26:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 26:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes