Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Genesis 26:30


And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.

Geneva Bible - Then he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.

Genesis 26:29


That thou wilt do us no hurt [harm], as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou [art] now the blessed of the LORD.

Geneva Bible - (l) If thou shalt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have
done unto thee nothing but good, and sent thee away in peace. Thou now, the
blessed of the LORD, do this.
(l) The Hebrews in swearing begin commonly with, If, and understand the rest, that is, that God shall
punish him that breaketh the oath; here the wicked shew that they are afraid lest that come to them
which they would do to others.

Genesis 26:28


And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath [treaty] betwixt us, [even] betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;

Geneva Bible - Who answered, We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee, and we
thought thus, Let there be now an oath between us, even between us and thee,
and let us make a covenant with thee.

Genesis 26:27


And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?

Geneva Bible - To whom Isaac said, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me and have
put me away from you?

Genesis 26:26


Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.

Geneva Bible - Then came Abimelech to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends,
and Phichol the captain of his army.

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Genesis 26:25


And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well.

Geneva Bible - Then he built an (k) altar there, and called upon the Name of the LORD, and
there spread his tent; where also Isaac’s servants dug a well.
(k) To signify that he would serve none other God, but the God of his father Abraham.

Genesis 26:24


And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I [am] the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I [am] with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed [descendants] for my servant Abraham's sake.

Geneva Bible - And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God (i)
of Abraham thy father; fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and
multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham’s sake.
(i) God assureth Isaac against all fear by rehearsing the promise made to Abraham.

Genesis 26:23


And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba.

Geneva Bible - So he went up thence to Beer-sheba.

Genesis 26:22


And he removed [moved] from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth [spaciousness]; and he said, For now the LORD hath made [enlarged] room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.

Geneva Bible - Then he removed thence, and dug another well, for the which they strove not;
therefore called he the name of it (*) Rehoboth, and said, Because the LORD hath
now made us room, we shall increase upon the earth.
(*) Or, largeness, room.

Genesis 26:21


And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah [enmity].

Geneva Bible - Afterward they dug another well, and strove for that also, and he called the
name of it (*) Sitnah.
(*) Or, hatred.

Monday, November 5, 2012

Genesis 26:20


And the herdmen of Gerar did strive [quarrel] with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water [is] ours: and he called the name of the well Esek [Quarrel]; because they strove with him.

Geneva Bible - But the herdsmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, The
water is ours. Therefore called he the name of the well (*) Esek, because they were
at strife with him.
(*) Or, contention, strife.

Genesis 26:19


And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing [running] water.

Geneva Bible - Isaac’s servants then dug in the valley, and found there a well of (*) living
water.
(*) Or, springing.

Genesis 26:18


And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.

Geneva Bible - And Isaac returning, dug the wells of water, which they had dug in the days
of Abraham his father, for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of
Abraham; and he gave them the same names, which his father gave them.

Genesis 26:17


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

Geneva Bible - Therefore Isaac departed thence and pitched his tent in the (h) valley of
Gerar, and dwelt there.
(h) The Hebrew word signifieth a flood, or valley, where water at any time runneth.

Genesis 26:16


And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.

Geneva Bible - Then Abimelech said unto Isaac, Get thee from us, for thou art mightier than
we a great deal.

Thursday, November 1, 2012

Genesis 26:15


For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines
had stopped them, and filled them with earth.

Geneva Bible - In so much that the Philistines stopped and filled up with earth all the wells,
which his father’s servants dug in his father Abraham’s time.

Genesis 26:14


For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store [a great number] of servants: and the Philistines envied him.

Geneva Bible - For he had flocks of sheep, and herds of cattle, and a mighty household,
therefore the Philistines had (g) envy at him.
(g) The malicious, envy always, the graces of God in others.

Genesis 26:13


And the man waxed [grew] great, and went forward [continued prospering] , and grew until he became very great:

Geneva Bible - And the man waxed mighty, and (*) still increased, till he was exceeding great,
(*) Hebrew: he went forth going and increasing.

Genesis 26:12


Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received [reaped] in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.

Geneva Bible - Afterward Isaac sowed in that land, and found in the same year a (*)
hundredfold by estimation. And so the LORD blessed him.
(*) Or, a hundred measures.

Genesis 26:11


And Abimelech charged all [his] people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.

Geneva Bible - Then Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man, or
his wife, shall die the death.