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Genesis 26:29

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that you will not harm us, just as we have not harmed you but have done only good to you, sending you on your way in peace. And now you are blessed by the LORD.”

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

that thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of Jehovah.

KJV

That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the Lord.

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This verse in Genesis 26

Commentary

7 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

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.

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

sending you on your way in peace

The king recasts the expulsion as kindness. Isaac lets the claim stand, and Ambrose of Milan praised him for yielding to those who drove him out and receiving them again when they were sorry. Their last words, you are blessed by the LORD, echo Laban's greeting at 24:31.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

That thou wilt do us no hurt,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Or, "For this reason we desire thy friendship, because God is with thee. " Note, It is good to be in covenant and communion with those who are in covenant and communion with God, 1 John i.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

THESE words truly describe the position of many whom I address at this time. There are hundreds here upon whom my eyes can rest and to any one of whom I might point with this finger, or rather, to whom I might extend this hand, to give a hearty shake, and say, "You are now the blessed of the Lord." I need not say it in the same spirit, nor for the same reason that the Philistines did. They had behaved basely towards Isaac and now that he had prospered, they urged him to forget the past. They meant, "This is why we trust that you will deal kindly with us and overlook our harsh conduct, for, in spite of all, God has so blessed you that you need not be fretful and pettish and remember what we have done." I am glad that I am under no necessity to strive to make up a quarrel in this way! These many years we have dwelt in peace and have enjoyed sweet fellowship together. You have often borne with my weaknesses and bestowed upon me a wealth of affection which I am sure I do not deserve. So, though I use the language of Abimelech and his friends, my motive is a very different one! Yet the truth is the same concerning many a one here—"You are now the blessed of the Lord." There is, however, much force in the argument which these Philistines used. If God has richly blessed us, notwithstanding all our faults and failures, surely we should learn to forgive many injuries done to ourselves. If the Lord forgives us our debt of10,000 talents, we must be willing to forgive our fellow servant his debt of100 pence! Child of God, if you are now the blessed of the Lord, you will often turn a blind eye towards the offenses of your fellow men. You will say, "God has so blessed me that I can well overlook any wrongs that you have inflicted; any harsh words that you have said.
THESE words truly describe the position of many whom I address at this time. There are hundreds here upon whom my eyes can rest and to any one of whom I might point with this finger, or rather, to whom I might extend this hand, to give a hearty shake, and say, "You are now the blessed of the Lord." I need not say it in the same spirit, nor for the same reason that the Philistines did. They had behaved basely towards Isaac and now that he had prospered, they urged him to forget the past.

The words behind it

18 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • אִם־if

    ʾim-H518 →1069 times

  • תַּעֲשֵׂ֨הyou will do

    taasehH6213 →2628 times

  • עִמָּ֜נוּwith us

    ʾimanuH5973 →1050 times

  • רָעָ֗הharm

    raahH7451 →662 times

  • כַּאֲשֶׁר֙just as

    kaasherH834 →5497 times

  • לֹ֣אnot

    lo'H3808 →5168 times

  • נְגַֽעֲנ֔וּךָwe have touched you

    negaanukhaH5060 →150 times

  • וְכַאֲשֶׁ֨רand just as

    vekhaasherH834 →5497 times

  • עָשִׂ֤ינוּwe have done

    ʾasinuH6213 →2628 times

  • עִמְּךָ֙with you

    ʾimekhaH5973 →1050 times

  • רַק־only

    rak-H7535 →109 times

  • ט֔וֹבgood

    tovH2896 →538 times

  • וַנְּשַׁלֵּֽחֲךָ֖and we sent away you

    vaneshalechakhaH7971 →845 times

  • בְּשָׁל֑וֹםin peace

    beshalomH7965 →236 times

  • אַתָּ֥הyou

    ʾatahH859 →1094 times

  • עַתָּ֖הnow

    ʾatahH6258 →433 times

  • בְּר֥וּךְ[are] blessed of

    berukhH1288 →330 times

  • יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

10 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Genesis 24:31“Come, you who are blessed by the LORD,” said Laban. “Why are you standing out here? I have prepared the house and a place for the camels.”8 worksGenesis 26:12Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,8 worksGenesis 21:22At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, “God is with you in all that you do.7 worksGenesis 12:2I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.6 worksGenesis 22:17I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.5 worksPsalms 115:15May you be blessed by the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.5 works
The other 4 cross-references, with their words ▾
Genesis 26:14–15He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.4 worksGenesis 26:11–12So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “Whoever harms this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”4 worksActs 15:33After spending some time there, they were sent off by the brothers in peace to return to those who had sent them.3 worksGenesis 44:17But Joseph replied, “Far be it from me to do this. The man who was found with the cup will be my slave. The rest of you may return to your father in peace.”2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Genesis 12:2

    I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.

    it leads to

    • 2 Samuel 7:9

      I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make for you a name like the greatest in the land.

    • Galatians 3:14

      He redeemed us in order that the blessing promised to Abraham would come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.

    • Genesis 18:18

      Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and through him all the nations of the earth will be blessed.

    • Genesis 17:4–6

      “As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.

    • Genesis 28:3–4

      May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.

  • Through

    Genesis 22:17

    I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.

    it leads to

    • Genesis 15:5

      And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”

    • Genesis 24:60

      And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands upon thousands. May your offspring possess the gates of their enemies.”

    • Jeremiah 33:22

      As the hosts of heaven cannot be counted and as the sand on the seashore cannot be measured, so too will I multiply the descendants of My servant David and the Levites who minister…

Where this verse is studied

About Genesis

The Tower of Babel, Pieter Brueghel the Elder, 1563. Public domain.
The Tower of Babel, Pieter Brueghel the Elder, 1563. Public domain.
Genesis: the study guide →Read Genesis 26 →

This page draws on Ambrose of Milan, On the Decease of His Brother Satyrus, Book 2, Section 99; Charles Spurgeon, The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2238: “"You Are Now the Blessed of the Lord"” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition); 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.

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