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This is the history of the generations of Isaac, Abraham`s son. Abraham became the father of Isaac.
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A New Chapter Begins
Commentators observe that this verse marks a significant transition. After detailing Ishmael's descendants, the narrative returns to its central focus: the 'generations of Isaac.' This signals the start of a new major section in Genesis, tracing God's covenant promises through the next patriarch.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
פדן padān — Paddan, “plowed field;” related: “cut, plow.”
עשׂי ‛êśâv, Esau, “hairy, or made.”
19th Century
Anglican
THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29).
THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.
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16th Century
Protestant
These are the generations of Isaac. Because what Moses has said concerning the Ishmaelites was incidental, he now returns to the principal…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And these [are] the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son Moses, having given the genealogy of Ishmael and his posteri…
Isaac seems not to have been much tried, but to have spent his days in quietness. Jacob and Esau were prayed for; their parents, after being long c…