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God's Unchanging Promise
Commentators emphasize that God's promise to Isaac is a direct renewal of the covenant made with Abraham. By repeating key phrases about descendants being like the 'stars of heaven' and inheriting 'all these lands,' God shows His faithfulness across generations. The promise did not end with Abraham but was securely passed to his heir.
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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 26:3–4
19th Century
Bishop
These countries. —On the archaic form of the pronoun these, see Note on Genesis 19:8. The countries are enumerated in Gen…
John Gill
On Genesis 26:4
17th Century
Pastor
And I will make your seed to multiply as the stars of heaven ,
&c.] Meaning in the line of Jacob especially, if not …
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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 …