Genesis 26:12-14
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 3:62Co 9:10,11; Ga 6:7,8blessed.3,29; 24:1,35; 30:30; Job 42:12 And the man waxed great.Dr. Adam Clarke remarks, that there is a strange and observable occurrence of the same term in the original, which is literally, "And the man was GREAT, and he went, going on, and was GREAT, until that he was exceeding GREAT." How simple is this language, and yet how forcible! waxed great.24:35; Ps 112:3went forward. Heb. went going. had possession.12:16; 13:2; Job 1:3; 42:12; Ps 112:3; 144:13,14; Pr 10:22servants. or, husbandry. envied.37:11; 1Sa 18:9; Job 5:2; Ps 112:10; Pr 27:4; Ec 4:4Genesis 41:47-49
From A.M. 2289, B.C. 1715, to A.M. 2296, B.C. 1708.handfuls. 26:12; Ps 72:16 34-36; 47:21 22:17; Jud 6:5; 7:12; 1Sa 13:5; Job 1:3; Ps 78:27; Jer 33:22Job 12:6
tabernacles.9:24; 21:7-15; Ps 17:14; 37:1,35; 73:11,12; Jer 5:27Psalms 73:3
I was.37:1,7; Job 21:7; Pr 3:31; 24:1; Jer 12:1; Jas 4:5Psalms 73:12
these.37:35; 52:7; Jer 12:1,2; Lu 16:19; Jas 5:1-3prosper.3they.17:14; 62:10; Jer 5:17,28; Ho 12:7,8Hosea 2:8
she.Isa 1:3; Hab 1:16; Ac 17:23-25; Ro 1:28her corn.5; 10:1; Jud 9:27; Jer 7:18; 44:17,18; Eze 16:16-19; Da 5:3,4,23Lu 15:13; 16:1,2wine. Heb. new wine.4:11; Isa 24:7-9which they prepared for Baal. or, wherewith they made Baal.8:4; 13:2; Ex 32:2-4; Jud 17:1-5; Isa 46:6Matthew 5:45
ye.9; Lu 6:35; Joh 13:35; Eph 5:1; 1Jo 3:9for.Job 25:3; Ps 145:9; Ac 14:17
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