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Abimelech charged all the people, saying, "He who touches this man or his wife will surely be put to death."
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God's Protective Providence
Commentators like Calvin and Barnes highlight that God was actively protecting Isaac, despite Isaac's own sinful deception. God moved the heart of the pagan king Abimelech to issue an extraordinarily severe edict—death—for anyone who harmed Isaac or Rebekah. This demonstrates God's merciful care for His people even when they falter.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
משׁמרת mı̂shmeret — “charge, ordinance.”
עשׂק ‛êśeq — Esek, “strife.”
שׂטנה śı̂ṭnâh<…
19th Century
Anglican
THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19–35:29).
THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.
Abraham beg…
16th Century
Protestant
And Abimelech charged all his people. In denouncing capital punishment against anyone who should do injury to this stranger, we may suppos…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Abimelech charged all [his] people All his subjects throughout his kingdom, and particularly the inhabitants of Gerar…
There is nothing in Isaac's denial of his wife to be imitated, nor even excused. The temptation of Isaac is the same as that which overcame his fat…
