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Genesis 26:27

Isaac
Conflict and reconciliation

25 And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac’s servants digged a well.

26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.

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 we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the LORD.

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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.

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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

    And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.

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  • Judges 11:7

    And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father’s house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?

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  • Acts 7:35

    This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.

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  • Acts 7:9

    And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,

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  • Acts 7:27

    But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?

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  • Acts 7:14

    Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.

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  • Genesis 26:14

    For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.

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  • Revelation 3:9

    Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.

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