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A Thriving Enterprise
Commentators explain that Isaac's wealth wasn't just in livestock. The phrase "great household" or "store of servants" points to a large, active business. It involved extensive farming, tillage, and many employees, making his success highly visible and a clear source of the Philistines' envy.
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Albert Barnes
On Genesis 26:1–35
18th Century
Theologian
משׁמרת mı̂shmeret — “charge, ordinance.”
עשׂק ‛êśeq — Esek, “strife.”
שׂטנה śı̂ṭnâh<…
Charles Ellicott
On Genesis 26:14
19th Century
Bishop
Great store of servants. —Margin: husbandry. In Job 1:3, the word is rendered household in the text, and hus…
John Calvin
On Genesis 26:14
16th Century
Theologian
And the Philistines envied him. We are taught by this history that the blessings of God which relate to the present earthly life are never…
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John Gill
On Genesis 26:14
17th Century
Pastor
For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds
Many flocks of sheep, and herds of cattle, of oxen, asses a…
Matthew Henry
On Genesis 26:12–17
17th Century
Minister
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…