Genesis 26:27
in Genesis 26“Why have you come to me?” Isaac asked them. “You hated me and sent me away.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore are ye come unto me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?
KJV
And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?
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This verse in Genesis 26
Commentary
8 notes on this verseSeeing ye hate me - He was justified in thinking thus, because if they did not injure him, they had connived at their servants doing it.
This site's exposition
Abimelech came to Isaac from Gerar
on Genesis 26:26-31
The men who told him to go now come after him to swear a treaty. Their reason is that they can plainly see the LORD has been with him. Abraham swore the same kind of oath at this place in chapter 21, with a king of this name and a commander called Phicol. Isaac answers them with a feast.
This site's exposition
You hated me and sent me away
Isaac names the injury plainly: You hated me and sent me away. Adam Clarke held the charge fair, because even if the king's men did no harm themselves, they allowed their servants to do it. Abimelech's reply in verse 29 claims they did only good.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
And Isaac said unto them, wherefore come ye to me,....
And Isaac said unto them, wherefore come ye to me,....
Note, In settling friendships and correspondences, there is need of the wisdom of the serpent, as well as the innocence of the dove; nor is it any transgression of the law of meekness and love plainly to signify our strong perception of injuries received, and to stand upon our guard in dealing with those that have acted unfairly.
Note, In settling friendships and correspondences, there is need of the wisdom of the serpent, as well as the innocence of the dove; nor is it any transgression of the law of meekness and love plainly to signify our strong perception of injuries received, and to stand upon our guard in dealing with those that have acted unfairly.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Then Abimelech went to him--As there was a lapse of ninety years between the visit of Abraham and of Isaac, the Abimelech and Phichol spoken of must have been different persons' official titles. Here is another proof of the promise (Ge 12:2) being fulfilled, in an overture of peace being made to him by the king of Gerar.
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֲלֵהֶם֙ | ʾalehem | to them | H413 → | 5510 times |
| יִצְחָ֔ק | yitzchak | Isaac | H3327 → | 108 times |
| מַדּ֖וּעַ | madua' | why? | H4069 → | |
| בָּאתֶ֣ם | batem | have you come | H935 → | 2568 times |
| אֵלָ֑י | ʾelai | to me | H413 → | 5510 times |
| וְאַתֶּם֙ | veatem | and you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| שְׂנֵאתֶ֣ם | senetem | you hate | H8130 → | 146 times |
| אֹתִ֔י | ʾoti | <obj.> me | H853 → | 10935 times |
| וַתְּשַׁלְּח֖וּנִי | vateshalechuni | and you sent away me | H7971 → | 845 times |
| מֵאִתְּכֶֽם׃ | meitekhem | from with <the> you | H854 → | 929 times |
וַיֹּ֤אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
אֲלֵהֶם֙to them
ʾalehemH413 →5510 times
יִצְחָ֔קIsaac
yitzchakH3327 →108 times
מַדּ֖וּעַwhy?
madua'H4069 →
בָּאתֶ֣םhave you come
batemH935 →2568 times
אֵלָ֑יto me
ʾelaiH413 →5510 times
וְאַתֶּם֙and you
veatemH859 →1094 times
שְׂנֵאתֶ֣םyou hate
senetemH8130 →146 times
אֹתִ֔י<obj.> me
ʾotiH853 →10935 times
וַתְּשַׁלְּח֖וּנִיand you sent away me
vateshalechuniH7971 →845 times
מֵאִתְּכֶֽם׃from with <the> you
meitekhemH854 →929 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Judges 11:7Jephthah replied to the elders of Gilead, “Did you not hate me and expel me from my father’s house? Why then have you come to me now, when you are in distress?”
it leads to
- Proverbs 17:17
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
- Genesis 45:4–5
Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come near me.” And they did so. “I am Joseph, your brother,” he said, “the one you sold into Egypt!
- Revelation 3:9
Look at those who belong to the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews but are liars instead. I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and they will know…
- Acts 7:9–14
Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him
- Isaiah 60:14
The sons of your oppressors will come and bow down to you; all who reviled you will fall facedown at your feet and call you the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy…
- Proverbs 17:17
Through
Genesis 26:16Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us.”
it leads to
- Exodus 1:9
“Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become too numerous and too powerful for us.
- Exodus 1:9
Through
Genesis 26:14He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.
it leads to
- Genesis 37:11
And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.
- Genesis 37:11
Through
Acts 7:35This Moses, whom they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’ is the one whom God sent to be their ruler and redeemer through the angel who appeared to him…
it leads to
- Psalms 118:22–23
The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
- Psalms 118:22–23
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.