22And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place.
And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-25)Here we have, I. The tokens of God’s good-will to Isaac. He blessed him , and prospered him, and made all that he had to thrive under his hands. 1. His corn multiplied strangely, Gen. 26:12. He had no land of his own, but took land of the Philistines, and sowed it; and (be it observed for the encouragement of poor tenants, that occupy other people’s lands, and are honest and industrious) God bless…
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