Beersheba a city to the south of Canaan.
- The Events of Isaac’s Life 5. משׁמרת mı̂shmeret , “charge, ordinance.” מציה mı̂tsvâh , “command,” special order. חק choq , “decree,...
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 ,...
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 o...
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...
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 gav...
(23-25) He went up from thence to Beer-sheba. — This was a very serious act on Isaac’s part He leaves the solitudes where he had found a refuge fro...
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 flowin...
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...
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 an...
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...
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...
Isaac's Removal to Beersheba. B. C. 1804....
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 hundred...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 26:13 . Went forward.] Heb. “Went or walked, going;” i.e., “Became increasingly greater.” The Heb. term for walk is fr...
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 ....
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 sprin...
Fear not, for I am with thee Lessons 1. The return from exilement to their own, God giveth to His sojourners as He pleaseth. 2. Beer-sheba...
EXPOSITION Genesis 26:23 And he (viz; Isaac) went up from thence (Rehoboth, where latterly he had been encamped) to Beer-sheba —a form...
The Enmity of the Philistines
And he went up from thence to Beersheba, a matter of some twenty miles to the north.
Beer-sheba. Genesis 21:31 Genesis 46:1 Judges 20:1
23 And he went up from thence to Beersheba.