In this chapter we have, I. Isaac in adversity, by reason of a famine in the land, which, 1. Obliges him to change his quarters, Gen. 26:1. But, 2. God visits him with direction and comfort, Gen. 26:2–5. 3. He foolishly denies his wife, being in distress and is reproved for it by Abimelech, Gen.

Here, I. God tried Isaac by his providence. Isaac had been trained up in a believing dependence upon the divine grant of the land of Canaan to him and his heirs; yet now there is a famine in the land, Gen. 26:1.

Isaac had now laid aside all thoughts of going to Egypt, and, in obedience to the heavenly vision, sets up his staff in Gerar, the country in which he was born , yet there he enters into temptation, the same temptation that his good father had been once and again surprised and overcome by, namely,…

Here we have, I. The tokens of God’s good-will to Isaac. He blessed him, and prospered him, and made all that he had to thrive under his hands. 1. His corn multiplied strangely, Gen. 26:12.

We have here the contests that had been between Isaac and the Philistines issuing in a happy peace and reconciliation. I. Abimelech pays a friendly visit to Isaac, in token of the respect he had for him, Gen. 26:26.

Here is, 1. Esau’s foolish marriage—foolish, some think, in marrying two wives together, for which perhaps he is called a fornicator , or rather in marrying Canaanites, who were strangers to the blessing of Abraham, and subject to the curse of Noah, for which he is called profane; for hereby he…