Genesis 26:16

And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go from us, for thou are much mightier than we.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.

In Context

15Now all the wells which his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped, and filled with soil.

17And Isaac departed there, and encamped in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.

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Cross References

Exodus 1:9And he said to his people, Behold, the people of the sons of Israel are more and mightier than we.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 26:13-26

Isaac's Removal to Beersheba. ( b. c. 1804.) 12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the Lord blessed him: 13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great: 14 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him. 15 For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth. 16 And… Read the whole commentary →

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