And Isaac's servants digged in the valley,.... In the valley of Gerar, as the Septuagint version expresses it:and found there a well of springing water; or "living water" , which continually flows, as Aben Ezra rightly interprets it: hence this phrase is used of the perpetual and ever living graces of the Spirit of God, Joh 4:10.
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Genesis 26:19
Genesis 26:19
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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 26:12-25Genesis 26:12-25 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleHere we have,
I. The tokens of God's good-will to Isaac. He blessed him, and
prospered him, and made all that he had to thrive under his hands. 1.
His corn multiplied strangely, v. 12. He had no land of his own,…Genesis 26:19Genesis 26:19 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledgespringing water: Heb. living, Song of Solomon 4:15; John 4:10-11, John 7:38