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Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year one hundred times what he planted. Yahweh blessed him.
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God's Tangible Blessing
Commentators unanimously agree that Isaac's extraordinary hundredfold harvest was not merely good fortune or agricultural skill. They emphasize that the text explicitly states, "And Jehovah blessed him," identifying God's direct intervention as the true source of this miraculous prosperity.
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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
Then Isaac sowed. Here Moses proceeds to relate in what manner Isaac reaped the manifest fruit of the blessing promised to him by God; for…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then, Isaac sowed in that land In the land of Gerar; after matters were settled between him and Abimelech, and he ha…
God blessed Isaac. It should be observed, for the encouragement of poor tenants who occupy other people's lands and are honest and industrious, tha…
