[Either in the Grounds which he had hired of the right Owners; or in ſome Grounds which lay negle&ed ; and therefore were free to the firſt Occupier ; which was nor ſtrange in that Age of the World, when the Inhi.birants of Countreys vere not ſo numerous asafterward. m2 (7.e. ) An hundred timesas much as he ſowed. The ſame d&gree of increale is intimated, Marth. 13.8. and atfirmed ſometimes of other places by Heathen Writers, but then it was in a bert-r Soil and Seaſon than this was ; for this was a time, of Fa- mine or Sca1 City. |
13 Ard the man waxed great, and | went forward, and grew until he became very great. C
14 For he had poſleſſion of tlucks, and poſieflion of Huſ. herds, and great {roce of | ſervants». And the Phili-
ftines envied him, |
» Or rather, of Husbandyy, as this word is elſewhere uſed ; of Corn-fields, Vineyards. &c. for he 1s deſcribing his Riches, which then conſiſted in the two things here expreſſed, Cattcl and Lands, which he diligently and ſucceſsfully managed, wer. 12.
: 15 For ail the welis * which his fathers ſervants had 7 Chap. giggedin the daysof Abraham his father, the Philiſtines [- 3” had ſtopped them, and filled them with earth. 16. Az d abimelech ſaid unto Iſaac, Go from us, for —_ i, X thou arc much mightier than we 0 Y
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17 And Iſaac departed thence, and pitchzd his tent in the valley of G:rar, and dwelt there. ©
i8 And Ifaacdigged again the weils of water , which they had digged in the days of Abraham his fa- ther q ; for tnePhiuſtines had ttopped them after the
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moſt right to them, and others leſs cauſe of quarrel with him abour them.
i9 And Ifaag's ſervants digged in the valley, and found there a well of | ſprizgug water.
20 And the herdmen of Gerar did itrive with Iſaac's : herdmen, ſaying, The water zs ours 7: and ne called the > That is, Name of the wel; + Efek, beciuſe chey ſtrove with him * contention. = Becauſe digged in our Soil : Which was no good Argument,
becauſe he digged it by their conſenc or permiſicn at his own charge, and for his 0«n uſe. |
2i And they digged another we'l, and ſtrove for that alſo, and he calied the name of ic | Sitnah.
22 And he removed from thence, and digged ano- ther well; and for that they ſtrove nct: and he called the n ame of it | Rehoboth ; and he ſaid, For now the LORU hath made room for us, and we ſhall be fruicful in the and. | LE |
22 And he wentup from thence to Bcer-ſheba 5s.
s Where he lived before the Famine drave him thence.
24 4nd the LORD appear.d unto him the fame night, and ſaid, 1 am the God of Abraham thy father: fear rot, for | am with thee, and will bleſs thee, and multiply thy feed formy fervant Abrabam's fake. | | 25 Andhe * built an altar there, and ca'icd upon the
"Chap. name ofthe I ORD, and pitched his tent there ; and 12. 740d there lfaac's ſervanrs digyed a well. He 26 Then Abimeiech went ro him from Gerar, and Ahuz:ath one of his triends, and Phicol the chief cap- tain © his army.
et Ths may be either 1. The tirle of an Ofce; for the word ſigni- fies;rhe nouth of all;or he by whom al] tie people were to preſent their Addreſkes to the king,ard receive the x ng SCommands. Or,2. The name of a man : And then t is inig.at be the Son of him mention- ed Gen. 21.32. Called by his tarher's name, as 4bimelech allo was.
27 And Hazc 141d unto them, Whne. cfore come ye to me, ſeing ye hete me.,and haveſent me away from you?
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29 * That thou wit do us no hurt, 2s we have not , _ touched thee 7,. and as we have done unto theenothing ;,, Thats bur good, and liave ſent thee away in peace : thou 'art &c. now the blefled of the LORD »«.
+ To wit, fo as to injure or hu:t thee, as above, wer. rx. uw Or, O thou who art now the bleſſed of the Lord, whom God hath inriched with great ahd manifold Bleflings, which we did not take away from thee,as we could eaſily have done, but thou doſt ſtill enjcy them z and now art, as-thou wert amongſt us, the bleed of the Lird. Or, Seing God hath blefſed thee, it will not become thee to cu: ſe us, or to bear any grudge againſt us for that little unkindneſs which - we expretled to thee. Or, itmay bea wiſh, if thou makeſt this Covenantwith us, be thou now the bleſſed of the Lord, we heartily wiſh, thy Bleſſings and Proſperity may increaſe.
30 And he made them a featt, and they did eat and drink. ELF 6% ,
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ware One to another: And 1faac ſent them away,and they deparred from him in peace. |
x Partly for the diſpatch of theix Journey and Buſineſs, and parta Iy becauſe then their minds were moſt vigorous and ſcber, and fit to perform ſo ſacred an Action as an Oath was. |
32 And it came to paſs the ſame day, that Iſaac's ſervants came, and told him concerning the well which
they had digged, and ſaid unto him, we have found water. | | |
33 And hecalled it Sheba: therefore the name of + Thati«. the city is * Beer-theba y ynto this day. an oath. | } This name had been given before, either tv this, or a neigh- by Thar . bouring place, by Abraham, Gen. 21. 31. But was now buried in ob- the well oj livion, as his Wells were ; and the Wel's being revived, he revives, ##e 0arh. and renews the name, which proved now a lalting name, wnto this - day, as here fol'ows. which 1s not ad.icd, Gen. 21.31 becauſe then the Name, though given by Abraham, was ſoon fo:gotten and ne« gletted by others. | |
24 Aud Efau was forty years old when he took to wite Judith, the daughter of Bceri the Hittite, and Ba- .nemath-the daughter of Elon the Hittite z: 6