Genesis 26:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. ”

Genesis 26:5 - 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 26:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Because that Abraham (c) obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. (c) He commends Abraham's obedience, because Isaac should be even more ready to follow the sa...
Genesis 26:5 - 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 26:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

My. Repeated. times for emphasis. The No. of Grace. See App-10 voice, to be heard and believed ( Romans 10:17 ). charge, to be observed. commandments, to he obeyed. statutes, i.e. decre...
Genesis 26:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

5. Because that Abraham obeyed my voice. Moses does not mean that Abraham’s obedience was the reason why the promise of God was confirmed and ratified to him; but from what has been said befo...
Genesis 26:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. Abraham obeyed my voice - מימרי meimeri, my Word. See Genesis 15:1 . My charge - משמרתי mishmart...
Genesis 26:5 - 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 26:5 - 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 26:5 - 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 26:5 - 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 26:5 - 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 26:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

So did Abraham. Genesis 20:5 . See also Genesis 12:13 . Reader! do not hastily pass over this verse; but remark, in the perusal, the weakness of the patriarch's faith. Was it not enough that the Lo...
Genesis 26:5 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

HEREDITARY BLESSING ‘I will bless thee … because that Abraham obeyed My voice.’ Genesis 26:3 ; Genesis 26:5 The child is blessed for the father’s sake. I. If I have a godly ancestry, the...
Genesis 26:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Because that Abraham obeyed my voice ,.... In all things, and particularly in offering up his son at his command: and kept my charge ; whatever was given him in charge to observe; this, as Aben Ez...
Genesis 26:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. Ver. 5. Because that Abraham. ] His obedience was universal to all the wills of God; and is her...
Genesis 26:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

My voice, my charge, my commandments This variety of expression seems to be designed to show the universality and exactness of Abraham's obedience, that he readily complied with every intimation of...
Genesis 26:5 - 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 26:5 - 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 26:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Here was a covenant made between God and Abraham; and as, if Abraham had broken the condition of walking before God required on his part, God had been discharged from the promise made on his part; so...
Genesis 26:5 - 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 26:5 - 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 26:5 - 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 26:5 - 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 26:5 - 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 26:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Lord Blesses Isaac
Genesis 26:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 12:4 Genesis 17:23 Genesis 18:19 Genesis 22:16 Genesis 22:18 Psalms 112:1 Psalms 112:2 Psalms 128:1-6 Matthew 5:19 Matthew 7:24 1 Corinthians 15:58 Galatians 5:6 Hebr...
Genesis 26:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Abraham obeyed my voice — Do thou do so too, and the promise shall be sure to thee. A great variety of words is here used to express the Divine Will to which Abraham was obedient, my voice, my char...

Genesis 26:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 26:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Genesis 26:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 26:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 26:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 26:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 26:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 26:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 26:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 26:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 26:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 26:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 26:5 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 26:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 26:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 26:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 26:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 26:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 26:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 26:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 26:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 26:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 26:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 26:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 26:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 26:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 26:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes