27And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.
And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father's house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?
This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.
Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 26-33)We have here the contests that had been between Isaac and the Philistines issuing in a happy peace and reconciliation. I. Abimelech pays a friendly visit to Isaac, in token of the respect he had for him, Gen. 26:26. Note, When a man’s ways please the Lord he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him , Prov. 16:7. Kings’ hearts are in his hands, and when he pleases he can turn them to favour h…
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