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Yahweh appeared to him, and said, "Don`t go down into Egypt. Dwell in the land which I will tell you of.

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God's Tailored Protection

Commentators suggest God forbade Isaac from going to Egypt, a journey his father Abraham had made, because God knew Isaac's particular weaknesses. This divine prohibition was not arbitrary but a protective measure, showing that God's guidance is personally tailored to our individual strengths and vulnerabilities, preventing us from facing temptations we cannot bear.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

On Genesis 26:1–35

18th Century

Theologian

משׁמרת mı̂shmeret — “charge, ordinance.”

עשׂק ‛êśeq — Esek, “strife.”

שׂטנה śı̂ṭnâh<…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

On Genesis 26:2

19th Century

Bishop

The Lord appeared unto him.—Only one other time does Jehovah manifest himself to Isaac (Genesis 26:24), and s…

John Calvin

John Calvin

On Genesis 26:2

16th Century

Theologian

And the Lord appeared to him. I do not doubt that a reason is given here why Isaac went to the country of Gerar rather than to Egypt, whic…

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John Gill

John Gill

On Genesis 26:2

17th Century

Pastor

And the Lord appeared unto him In a vision or dream, when he was at Gerar:

and said, go not down into …

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On Genesis 26:1–5

17th Century

Minister

Isaac had been trained in a believing dependence on the Divine grant of the land of Canaan to him and his heirs; and now that there is a famine in …