Genesis 26:16 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 26:16

14 for he had possessions of flocks and possessions of herds and a great number of servants. So the Philistines ^aenvied him.

15 Now the Philistines had stopped up all the wells ^awhich his father’s servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, and they had filled them with earth.

16 And Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go away from us, for ^ayou are much mightier than we.”

17 Then Isaac departed from there and¹ pitched his tent in the Valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.

18 And Isaac dug again the wells of water which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father, for the Philistines had stopped them up after the death of Abraham. ^aHe called them by the names which his father had called them.

19 Also Isaac’s servants dug in the valley, and found a well of running water there.

20 But the herdsmen of Gerar ^aquarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, “The water is ours.” So he called the name of the well¹ Esek, because they quarreled with him.

21 Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over that one also. So he called its name¹ Sitnah.

22 And he moved from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. So he called its name¹ Rehoboth, because he said, “For now the Lord has made room for us, and we shall ^abe fruitful in the land.”

23 Then he went up from there to Beersheba.

24 And the Lord ^aappeared to him the same night and said, ^b“I am the God of your father Abraham; ^cdo not fear, for ^dI am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for My servant Abraham’s sake.”

25 So he ^abuilt an altar there and ^bcalled on the name of the Lord, and he pitched his tent there; and there Isaac’s servants dug a well.

26 Then Abimelech came to him from Gerar with Ahuzzath, one of his friends, ^aand Phichol the commander of his army.

27 And Isaac said to them, “Why have you come to me, ^asince you hate me and have ^bsent me away from you?”

Verse Comparison: Genesis 26:16

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American Standard Version
And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us. For thou art much mightier than we.

Amplified® Bible
And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go away from us, for you are much mightier than we are.

Contemporary English Version
Finally, Abimelech said, "Isaac, I want you to leave our country. You have become too powerful to stay here."

Darby English Version
And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go from us; for thou art become much mightier than we.

Good News Bible
Then Abimelech said to Isaac, "Leave our country. You have become more powerful than we are."

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

New American Standard Bible
Then Abimelech said to Isaac, "Go away from us, for you are too powerful for us."

New International Version
Then Abimelech said to Isaac, "Move away from us; you have become too powerful for us."

New King James Version
And Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go away from us, for you are much mightier than we.”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then Abimelech said to Isaac, "Go away from us, for you have become too powerful for us."

Revised Standard Version
And Abim'elech said to Isaac, "Go away from us; for you are much mightier than we."

Young's Literal Translation
And Abimelech saith unto Isaac, `Go from us; for thou hast become much mightier than we;'

New English Translation
Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Leave us and go elsewhere,¹ for you have become much more powerful² than we are.”

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