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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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18th Century
Theologian
משׁמרת mı̂shmeret — “charge, ordinance.”
עשׂק ‛êśeq — Esek, “strife.”
שׂטנה śı̂ṭnâh<…
19th Century
Bishop
The Lord appeared unto him.—Only one other time does Jehovah manifest himself to Isaac (Genesis 26:24), and s…
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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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 …
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 …