Genesis 26:24
The Lord appeared to him the same night and said, “I am the God of Abraham your father, do not be afraid, because I am with you, and will bless you and make your descendants numerous for the sake of my servant Abraham.”
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In Context
23Isaac went up from there to Beer-sheba.
Cross References
Genesis 15:1After these things God spoke to Abram in a vision saying, “Do not be afraid, Abram, I am your shield. Your reward will be exceedingly great.”
Genesis 22:19So Abraham returned to his servants, and they arose and went together to Beer-sheba. Abraham was living in Beer-sheba.
Genesis 26:2The Lord appeared to him and said, “Go not down into Egypt; settle in the land of which I will tell you,
Genesis 28:13The Lord also stood beside him and said, “I am the Lord, God of Abraham and God of Isaac. The land on which you lie I will give to you and to your children.
Genesis 39:2Now the Lord was with Joseph, so that he prospered; and he remained in the house of his master the Egyptian.
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 →