She is my sister: Genesis 12:13, Genesis 20:2, Genesis 20:5, Genesis 20:12-13; Proverbs 29:25; Matthew 10:28; Ephesians 5:25; Colossians 3:9
fair: Genesis 24:16
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Genesis 26:7
Genesis 26:7
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Genesis 26 — OverviewGenesis 26 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIn this chapter we have, I. Isaac in adversity, by reason of a famine
in the land, which, 1. Obliges him to change his quarters, ver. 1. But,
2. God visits him with direction and comfort, ver. 2-5. 3. He foolishly…Genesis 26 — OverviewGenesis 26 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeGenesis 26:1, Isaac, because of famine, sojourns in Gerar, and the Lord instructs and blesses him; Genesis 26:7, He is reproved by Abimelech for denying his wife; Genesis 26:12, He grows rich, and the Philistines envy…Genesis 26 — OverviewGenesis 26 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter treats of Isaac's removal to Gerar, occasioned by a famine, Ge 26:1; of the Lord's appearance to him there, advising him to sojourn in that place, and not go down to Egypt; renewing the covenant he had made…Genesis 26:6-11Genesis 26:6-11 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIsaac had now laid aside all thoughts of going to Egypt, and, in
obedience to the heavenly vision, sets up his staff in Gerar, the
country in which he was born (v. 6), yet there he enters into
temptation, the…Genesis 26:7Genesis 26:7 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleAnd the men of the place asked [him] of his wife,.... The inhabitants of Gerar inquired of Isaac who she was, whether she was his wife or not, or in what relation she stood in to him; this was not a mere civil inquiry,…