Gen 20:1, 26:12, 14, Psa 32:8, 37:1-6, 39:12, Heb 11:9, 13-16 | TSK | STEP | Abraham sojourns at Gerar. Denies his wife, who is taken by Abimelech. Abimelech is reproved for her in a dream. He rebukes Abraham. Restores Sarah; and reproves her. Abimelech and his family are healed at Abraham's prayer. A.M. cir. 2107. B.C. cir. 1897. from. Kadesh. Gerar.Gerar was a city of Arabia Petræa, under a king of the Philistines, 25 miles from Eleutheropolis beyond Daroma, in the south of Judah. From ch. 10:19, it appears to have been situated in the angle where the south and west sides of Canaan met, and to have been not far from Gaza. Jerome, in his Hebrew Traditions on Genesis, says, from Gerar to Jerusalem was three days' journey. There was a wood near Gerar, spoken of by Theodoret; and a brook, (ch. 26:26,) on which was a monastery, noticed by Sozomen.

Genesis 20:1

1 Abraham sojourns at Gerar.

2 Denies his wife, who is taken by Abimelech.

3 Abimelech is reproved for her in a dream.

9 He rebukes Abraham.

14 Restores Sarah;

16 and reproves her.

17 Abimelech and his family are healed at Abraham's prayer.

A.M. cir. 2107. B.C. cir. 1897. from.

13:1; 18:1; 24:62

Kadesh.

14:7; 16:1,7,14; Nu 13:26; 20:16; De 1:19; 32:51; 1Sa 15:7; Ps 29:8

Gerar.Gerar was a city of Arabia Petræa, under a king of the Philistines, 25 miles from Eleutheropolis beyond Daroma, in the south of Judah. From ch. 10:19, it appears to have been situated in the angle where the south and west sides of Canaan met, and to have been not far from Gaza. Jerome, in his Hebrew Traditions on Genesis, says, from Gerar to Jerusalem was three days' journey. There was a wood near Gerar, spoken of by Theodoret; and a brook, (ch. 26:26,) on which was a monastery, noticed by Sozomen.

10:19; 26:1,6,20,26; 2Ch 14:13,14

Genesis 26:12

sowed.The author of the "History of the Piratical States of Barbary" observes, (p. 44,) that the Moors of that country are divided into tribes like the Arabians, and like them dwell in tents, formed into itinerant villages; that "these wanderers farm lands of the inhabitants of the towns, sow and cultivate them, paying their rent with the produce, such as fruits, corn, wax, etc. They are very skilful in choosing the most advantageous soils for every season, and very careful to avoid the Turkish troops, the violence of the one little suiting the simplicity of the other." It is natural to suppose, that Isaac possessed the like sagacity, when he sowed in the land of Gerar, and received that year an hundred-fold.

received. Heb. found. an hundredfold.

Ps 67:6; 72:16; Ec 11:6; Zec 8:12; Mt 13:8,23; Mr 4:8; 1Co 3:6

2Co 9:10,11; Ga 6:7,8

blessed.

3,29; 24:1,35; 30:30; Job 42:12

Genesis 26:14

had possession.

12:16; 13:2; Job 1:3; 42:12; Ps 112:3; 144:13,14; Pr 10:22

servants. or, husbandry. envied.

37:11; 1Sa 18:9; Job 5:2; Ps 112:10; Pr 27:4; Ec 4:4

Psalms 32:8

instruct.

34:11; Pr 3:1; 4:1-13; 8:10,11; Mt 11:29

I will guide, etc. Heb. I will counsel thee, mine eye shallbe upon thee.

25:9,10; 33:18; Pr 3:5,6; Isa 49:10

Psalms 37:1-6

1 David persuades to patience and confidence in God, by the different estate of the godly and the wicked.

(Title.)This is the third alphabetical Psalm. It seems to have been intended as an instructive and consoling ode for the captives in Babylon, who might feel themselves severely tempted when they saw those idolaters in prosperity, and themselves in adversity.

Fret.

7; 1Sa 1:6-8; Pr 19:3; 24:1,19

neither.

73:3; Pr 3:31; 23:17; Ga 5:21; Jas 4:5,6

35,36; 73:17-20; 90:5,6; 92:7; 129:5-7; Job 20:5-9; Jas 1:10,11

1Pe 1:24

Trust.

4:5; 26:1; Isa 1:16-19; 50:10; Jer 17:7,8; 1Co 15:57,58

Heb 6:10-12

so shalt.

Ge 26:2; 1Sa 26:19; Heb 11:13-16

verily. Heb. in truth, or stableness. be fed.