Genesis 26:27
And Isaac said to them, Why have ye come to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
26Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol the captain of his army.
Cross References
Genesis 26:16And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go from us, for thou are much mightier than we.
Acts 7:9And the patriarchs, being envious, sold Joseph into Egypt. And God was with him,
Acts 7:27But the man doing wrong to his neighbor thrust him away, having said, Who appointed thee a ruler and a judge over us?
Revelation 3:9Behold, I give of the synagogue of Satan, those who say themselves to be Jews, and are not, but lie, behold, I will make them so that they will come and bow down before thy feet, and may know that I have loved thee.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 26:27-34
Isaac's Covenant with Abimelech. ( b. c. 1760.) 26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army. 27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you? 28 And they said, We saw certainly that the Lord was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee; 29 That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as… Read the whole commentary →