Genesis 26:27
25 So Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD, and he pitched his tent there. His servants also dug a well there.
26 Later, Abimelech came to Isaac from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army.
“Why have you come to me?” Isaac asked them. “You hated me and sent me away.”
28 “We can plainly see that the LORD has been with you,” they replied. “We recommend that there should now be an oath between us and you. Let us make a covenant with you
29 that you will not harm us, just as we have not harmed you but have done only good to you, sending you on your way in peace. And now you are blessed by the LORD.”
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
- “Why have you come to me?” Isaac asked them. “You hated me and sent me away.”
- KJV
- And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?
- WEB
- Isaac said to them, “Why have you come to me, since you hate me, and have sent me away from you?”
- ASV
- And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore are ye come unto me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?
- DARBY
- And Isaac said to them, Why are ye come to me, seeing ye hate me, and have driven me away from you?
- BLB
- And Isaac said to them, “Why have you⁺ come to me? And you⁺—you⁺ hated me and you⁺ sent me away from you⁺.”
- ÅB
- Da sa Isak til dem: Hvorfor kommer dere til meg, dere som hater meg og har drevet meg bort fra dere?
- OTB
- Isak sa til dem: «Hvorfor har dere kommet til meg, siden dere var fiendtlige mot meg og sendte meg bort?»
- B1930
- Da sa Isak til dem: Hvorfor kommer I til mig, I som hater mig og har drevet mig bort fra eder?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 26:16
Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us.”
Read in contextJudges 11:7
Jephthah replied to the elders of Gilead, “Did you not hate me and expel me from my father’s house? Why then have you come to me now, when you are in distress?”
Read in contextActs 7:35
This Moses, whom they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’ is the one whom God sent to be their ruler and redeemer through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
Read in contextActs 7:9
Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him
Read in contextActs 7:27
But the man who was abusing his neighbor pushed Moses aside and said, ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us?
Read in contextActs 7:14
Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in all.
Read in contextGenesis 26:14
He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.
Read in contextRevelation 3:9
Look at those who belong to the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews but are liars instead. I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and they will know that I love you.
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