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that you will do us no harm, as we have not touched you, and as we have done to you nothing but good, and have sent you away in peace.` You are now the blessed of Yahweh."
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God's Blessing Brings Peace
Commentators agree that Abimelech sought peace because he clearly saw Isaac was "blessed of the Lord." Isaac's undeniable prosperity was a visible sign of God's favor, which turned former antagonists into allies. As one scholar notes, this event perfectly illustrates the principle from Proverbs 16:7: "When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him."
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18th Century
Presbyterian
משׁמרת mı̂shmeret — “charge, ordinance.”
עשׂק ‛êśeq — Esek, “strife.”
שׂטנה śı̂ṭnâh<…
19th Century
Anglican
Let there be now an oath. —The word literally signifies a curse. Each side uttered an imprecation, with the pray…
16th Century
Protestant
As we have not touched thee. An accusing conscience urges them to desire to hold him closely bound to them; and therefore they require an …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
That you will do us no hurt Neither to our persons nor properties, to our kingdom and subjects, by invading our land, and seizing o…
When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him (Proverbs 16:7). Kings' hearts are in hi…
