Genesis 26:3
Sojourn in this land, that I may be with thee and bless thee,—for, to thee, and to thy seed, will I give all these lands, So will I establish the oath which I sware to Abraham thy father;
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Genesis 12:7And Yahweh appeared unto Abram, and said: To thy seed, will I give this land,—And he built there an altar, unto Yahweh who appeared unto him.
Genesis 13:17Rise! go up and down in the land, to the length thereof and to the breadth thereof, for to thee, will I give it.
Genesis 17:8And I will give to thee and to thy seed after thee the land of thy sojournings—all the land of Canaan, for an age-abiding possession—And I will be to them a God.
Genesis 20:1And Abraham brake up from thence, towards the land of the South, and fixed his dwelling between Kadesh and Shur, so he sojourned in Gerar.
Genesis 26:12And Isaac sowed in that land, and found in the same year, a hundredfold,—seeing that Yahweh had blessed him.
Genesis 26:24And Yahweh appeared unto him the same night, and said, I, am the God of Abraham thy father,—Do not fear for with thee, am, I, And I will bless thee and multiply thy seed, For the sake of Abraham my servant.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 26:2-6
Removal of Isaac to Gerar. ( b. c. 1804.) 1 And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar. 2 And the Lord appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: 3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy… Read the whole commentary →