And the Lord appeared unto him,.... In a vision or dream, when he was at Gerar:and said, go not down into Egypt; as his father had done in the like case, and where Isaac thought to have gone, and the rather, as that was a fruitful country; and so the Targum of Jonathan,"and it was in the heart of Isaac to go down into Egypt, and the Lord appeared unto him, &c.'
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Genesis 26:2
Genesis 26:2
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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 26:1-5Genesis 26:1-5 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleHere, I. God tried Isaac by his providence. Isaac had been trained up
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