Gen 26:12-14 | TSK | e4.org | 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 , ; ; ; , ; ; ; ; blessed , , , , ;

‏ 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, Ps 72:16; Eccl 11:6; Zech 8:12; Matt 13:8, Matt 13:23; Mark 4:8; 1Cor 3:6; 2Cor 9:10-11; Gal 6:7-8

blessed Gen 26:3, Gen 26:29, Gen 24:1, Gen 24:35, Gen 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 Gen 24:35; Ps 112:3

went forward Heb. went going

had possession Gen 12:16, Gen 13:2; Job 1:3, Job 42:12; Ps 112:3, Ps 144:13-14; Prov 10:22

servants or, husbandry

envied Gen 37:11; 1Sam 18:9; Job 5:2; Ps 112:10; Prov 27:4; Eccl 4:4