Genesis 26:27

And Isaac said unto them: 'Wherefore are ye come unto me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?'

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?

In Context

26Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol the captain of his host.

28And they said: 'We saw plainly that the LORD was with thee; and we said: Let there now be an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;

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Cross References

Genesis 26:16And Abimelech said unto Isaac: 'Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.'

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 →

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