Genesis 26:15

This was contrary to their covenant. Genesis 21:25

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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,...
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 ,...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them wit...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

It is said that Arabs still fill up the wells on pilgrimage roads, if they do not receive the toll they demand. The conduct of Abimelech's people was...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The wells. — In the East the digger of a well is regarded as a public benefactor; but the Philistines stopped those that Abraham had digged, probab...
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, Gene...
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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For all the wells which his father's servants had digged, in the days of Abraham his father ,.... For the watering of his flocks and herds, see Gen...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with e...
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 Isa...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaac's Removal to Beersheba. B. C. 1804....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
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 hundred...
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 fr...
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 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...
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 A...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham, his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with e...
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his father's. Genesis 21:30 had stopped.

¹⁵ For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.

Related Commentaries of Genesis 26:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 26:15