5 because that Abraham hath hearkened to My voice, and keepeth My charge, My commands, My statutes, and My laws.'
and saith, `By Myself I have sworn -- the affirmation of Jehovah -- that because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only one --
and blessed themselves in thy seed have all nations of the earth, because that thou hast hearkened to My voice.'
And Abram goeth on, as Jehovah hath spoken unto him, and Lot goeth with him, and Abram `is' a son of five and seventy years in his going out from Charan.
And Abraham taketh Ishmael his son, and all those born in his house, and all those bought with his money -- every male among the men of Abraham's house -- and circumciseth the flesh of their foreskin, in this self-same day, as God hath spoken with him.
Praise ye Jah! O the happiness of one fearing Jehovah, In His commands he hath delighted greatly. Mighty in the earth is his seed, The generation of the upright is blessed.
A Song of the Ascents. O the happiness of every one fearing Jehovah, Who is walking in His ways. The labour of thy hands thou surely eatest, Happy `art' thou, and good `is' to thee. Thy wife `is' as a fruitful vine in the sides of thy house, Thy sons as olive plants around thy table. Lo, surely thus is the man blessed who is fearing Jehovah. Jehovah doth bless thee out of Zion, Look, then, on the good of Jerusalem, All the days of thy life, And see the sons of thy sons! Peace on Israel!
`Therefore, every one who doth hear of me these words, and doth do them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house upon the rock;
so that, my brethren beloved, become ye stedfast, unmovable, abounding in the work of the Lord at all times, knowing that your labour is not vain in the Lord.
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Commentary on Genesis 26 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 26
In this chapter we have,
Gen 26:1-5
Here,
Gen 26:6-11
Isaac 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 same temptation that his good father had been once and again surprised and overcome by, namely, to deny his wife, and to give out that she was his sister. Observe,
Gen 26:12-25
Here we have,
Gen 26:26-33
We have here the contests that had been between Isaac and the Philistines issuing in a happy peace and reconciliation.
Gen 26:34-35
Here is,