Genesis 26:16

And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go away from us, for you are stronger than we are.

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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 water-holes, which his father's servants had made in the days of Abraham, had been stopped up with earth by the Philistines.

17So Isaac went away from there, and put up his tents in the valley of Gerar, making his living-place there.

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Cross References

Exodus 1:9And he said to his people, See, the people of Israel are greater in number and in power than we are:

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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