Genesis 26:16
Insomuch that Abimelech himself said to Isaac: Depart from us, for thou art become much mightier than we.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.
In Context
17So he departed and came to the torrent of Gerara, to dwell there:
Cross References
Exodus 1:9And he said to his people: Behold the people of the children of Israel are numerous and stronger 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 →