And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.
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Gill's Exposition
And there was a famine in the land,.... In the land of Canaan, as the Targum of Jonathan expresses it:
besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham; of which see Gen 12:10; which was an…
- The Events of Isaac’s Life 5. משׁמרת mı̂shmeret, “charge, ordinance.” מציה mı̂tsvâh, “command,” special order. חק choq, “decree, statute,” engraven on stone or metal. תירה tôrâh, “law,” doctrine,…
Adam Clarke
There was a famine - When this happened we cannot tell; it appears to have been after the death of Abraham. Concerning the first famine, see Gen 12:10.
Abimelech - As we know not the time when the…
Here, I. God tried Isaac by his providence. Isaac had been trained up in a believing dependence upon the divine grant of the land of Canaan to him and his heirs; yet now there is a famine in the land,…
Cambridge Bible
beside the first famine Referring to the famine mentioned in Gen 12:10. This clause is probably added by the Compiler (R).
Abimelech king of the Philistines This can hardly be the Abimelech mentioned…
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