“ And he went up from thence to Beersheba. ”
- 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. 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...
Beer-sheba. Hebrew the well of the oath.
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 w...
And he went up from thence to Beersheba.
And he went up from thence to Beersheba. No JFB commentary on this verse.
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...
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...
Isaac's Wells and Covenant Genesis 26:18-35 It is interesting to follow Isaac in his well-digging. Let us also dig wells and set streams flowing, which will bless men long after we have gone ho...
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...
Beersheba a city to the south of Canaan.
And he went up from thence to Beersheba. From the place he last, removed unto Beersheba; the famine being over, he returns to the place where he and his rather formerly lived, Genesis 21:33 .
And he went up from thence to Beersheba. Ver. 23. And he went up. ] To the place of God's worship. Strabo writeth that the Metapontines, when they were enriched by a good year of grain, dedicated...
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...
Isaac's Removal to Beersheba. B. C. 1804. 12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and receiv...
Where he lived before the famine drove him thence.
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...
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 26:1 . 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...
Isaac digged again the wells of water Isaac’s wells These four names are the names ( Genesis 26:20-22 ; Genesis 26:33 ) of four wells of springing water, dug in a valley, to feed families and...
EXPOSITION 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 ), situate...
The Enmity of the Philistines
Beer-sheba. Genesis 21:31 Genesis 46:1 Judges 20:1