Genesis 26:17

And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.

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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,...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the (k) valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. (k) The Hebrew word signifies a flood, or valley, where...
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 ,...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. Isaac departed ... and pitched his tent in the valle...
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...
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 gav...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The valley of Gerar. — The word nahal, rendered “valley,” means a narrow defile through which a summer torrent flows. In the bed of these streams...
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

And Isaac departed thence ,.... At once, peaceably and quietly, though to his loss and disadvantage, without taking himself either to argument or ar...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. Ver. 17. And Isaac departed thence. ] Was compelled to do...
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

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...
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

And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. He left the city of Gerar and the domain of the Philistines...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Enmity of the Philistines
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Genesis 26:17

¹⁷ And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.

Related Commentaries of Genesis 26:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole 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 26:17