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Obedience as Proof, Not Price
Commentators like Calvin, Gill, and Henry agree that Abraham's obedience did not earn God's promises, which are a gift of grace. Instead, his obedience is presented as the outward evidence and fruit of his justifying faith. God commends this faithfulness not as a condition for the covenant, but as proof of Abraham's genuine relationship with Him.
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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 26:1–35
19th Century
Bishop
John Calvin
On Genesis 26:5
16th Century
Theologian
Because that Abraham obeyed my voice. Moses does not mean that Abraham’s obedience was the reason why the promise of God was confirmed and…
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John Gill
On Genesis 26:5
17th Century
Pastor
Because that Abraham obeyed my voice
In all things, and particularly in offering up his son at his command: …
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 …