23And he went up from thence to Beersheba.
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Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.
And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.
Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.
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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