Genesis 26:16
14 He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.
15 So the Philistines took dirt and stopped up all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the days of his father Abraham.
Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us.”
17 So Isaac left that place and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there.
18 Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died. And he gave these wells the same names his father had given them.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us.”
- KJV
- And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.
- WEB
- Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go away from us, for you are much mightier than we.”
- ASV
- And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us. For thou art much mightier than we.
- DARBY
- And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go from us; for thou art become much mightier than we.
- BLB
- And Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go from us, for you have become much mightier than we.”
- ÅB
- Og Abimelek sa til Isak: Dra bort fra oss, for du er blitt oss altfor mektig.
- OTB
- Da sa Abimelek til Isak: «Flytt bort fra oss, for du har blitt for mektig for oss.»
- B1930
- Og Abimelek sa til Isak: Dra bort fra oss, for du er blitt oss altfor mektig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 1:9
“Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become too numerous and too powerful for us.
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