Genesis 26:14
“For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
For all the wells which his father's servants had digged, in the days of Abraham his father,.... For the watering of his…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Genesis 26:1-35
- The Events of Isaac’s Life 5. משׁמרת mı̂shmeret, “charge, ordinance.” מציה mı̂tsvâh, “command,” special order. חק…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
He had possession of flocks - He who blessed him in the increase of his fields blessed him also in the increase of his…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Genesis 26:12-25
Here 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…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
and a great household i.e. a large number of slaves and attendants.
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