Genesis 26:30
in Genesis 26So Isaac prepared a feast for them, and they ate and drank.
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ASV
And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.
KJV
And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.
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This verse in Genesis 26
Commentary
9 notes on this verseA commentator
Ambrose of MilanOn the Decease of His Brother Satyrus, Book 2, Section 99 · Written before 397.
Let us imitate Isaac's goodness; let us imitate his purity. Isaac was certainly a good and virtuous man, devoted to God and faithful to his wife. He did not return evil for evil. He yielded to those who drove him out, but he received them again when they were sorry, being neither harsh to insolence nor obdurate to kindness. When he went away from others, he fled to avoid strife. When he received them again, he readily forgave them, and he was exceptionally kind when he pardoned. Men sought to associate with him, and he added a delightful feast.
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
Isaac prepared a feast for them
Adam Clarke took the feast to be eaten from a sacrifice offered as the covenant was made, which he called a common custom. Jacob and Laban seal their covenant the same way at 31:54, with a sacrifice and a meal. The meal comes first and the oath the next morning.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
For it is certain that he who serves the Word "is debtor to the wise and the unwise." Because, therefore, he is producing a feast for the wise, for this reason it is said that "he made" not a small but "a great feast."And you, if you should not still be "a little child" and in need of "milk" but should bring your "senses exercised" and should come more capable to an understanding of the Word of God after very much instruction has been set before you, there will also be "a great feast" for you. The "vegetables" of the weak will not be prepared for you as food, nor will you be nourished with milk with which "little children" are nourished, but the servant of the Word will make a "great feast" for you. He will speak to you the "wisdom" that is offered "among the perfect." He will offer you the "wisdom of God hidden in a mystery, which none of the princes of this world knew." He will reveal Christ to you in this respect, that in him "all the treasures of wisdom are hidden."15 He makes you therefore "a great feast," and he himself eats with you if he should not find you to be such that he should say to you, "I could not speak to you as to spiritual, but as to carnal, as to little ones in Christ." He says this to the Corinthians, to which he also adds, "For when there are contentions and dissensions among you, are you not carnal and walk in a human way?" Paul did not "make a great feast" for these, insofar that when he was with them and was in need, he was a burden to no one. Nor did he eat bread he did not pay for from anyone, but laboring night and day, his own hands served himself and all who were with him.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
And he made them a feast,....
Here see how generous the good man was, 1. In giving: He made them a feast, and bade them welcome. He did not insist upon the unkindnesses they had done him, but freely entered into a covenant of friendship with them, and bound himself never to do them any injury.
Here see how generous the good man was, 1. In giving: He made them a feast, and bade them welcome. He did not insist upon the unkindnesses they had done him, but freely entered into a covenant of friendship with them, and bound himself never to do them any injury.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
He made them a feast - Probably on the sacrifice that was offered on the occasion of making this covenant. This was a common custom.
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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
5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּ֤עַשׂ | vaiyaas | and he prepared | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| לָהֶם֙ | lahem | for <the> them | ||
| מִשְׁתֶּ֔ה | mishteh | a feast | H4960 → | 46 times |
| וַיֹּאכְל֖וּ | vaiyokhelu | and they ate | H398 → | 810 times |
| וַיִּשְׁתּֽוּ׃ | vaiyishtu | and they drank | H8354 → | 217 times |
וַיַּ֤עַשׂand he prepared
vaiyaasH6213 →2628 times
לָהֶם֙for <the> them
lahem
מִשְׁתֶּ֔הa feast
mishtehH4960 →46 times
וַיֹּאכְל֖וּand they ate
vaiyokheluH398 →810 times
וַיִּשְׁתּֽוּ׃and they drank
vaiyishtuH8354 →217 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
Hebrews 12:14Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.
it leads to
- 2 Corinthians 7:1
Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
- 1 Peter 1:15–16
But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do,
- 1 Thessalonians 4:7
For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.
- Matthew 5:8–9
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
- 2 Corinthians 7:1
Through
Romans 12:18If it is possible on your part, live at peace with everyone.
it leads to
- Hebrews 12:14
Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.
- Matthew 5:9
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.
- Romans 14:19
So then, let us pursue what leads to peace and to mutual edification.
- 2 Corinthians 13:11
Finally, brothers, rejoice! Aim for perfect harmony, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.
- Hebrews 12:14
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Ambrose of Milan, On the Decease of His Brother Satyrus, Book 2, Section 99; 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); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON GENESIS 14.4.