That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou [art] now the blessed of the LORD.
29. as we have but good ] This statement, scarcely veracious in view of Gen 26:15 ; Gen 26:20-21, is evidently made in the interests of policy.
the blessed of the Lord ] Cf. Gen 26:12 and Gen 24:31.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Gen 26:29
Thou art now the blessed of the Lord
The favoured one
I.
THE BEING WHO BLESSED ISAAC.
1. It was the Lord, the omniscient and omnipresent Jehovah.
2. The Lord who blessed Isaac is omnipotent.
3. Isaacs God is infinite in wisdom.
4. The Being who blessed Isaac is a God of unspeakable goodness and mercy.
5. The God who blessed Isaac is immutable.
II. THE PERSON BLESSED. Isaac.
1. One excellent and early trait in his character was youthful piety.
2. He was an obedient son.
3. He possessed a tranquil and contemplative mind, and lived in the spirit of meditation and prayer.
III. CONSIDER SOME OF THE BLESSINGS OF WHICH ISAAC WAS THE RECIPIENT.
1. Peace.
(1) With God.
(2) With conscience.
(3) With his passions.
(4) With all men.
2. Worldly prosperity.
3. The special presence and protection of God.
4. He was blessed in his death. (Benson Bailey.)
Lessons
1. God maketh evident to the wicked sometimes His presence with His saints, that they confess it.
2. The sight of Gods presence with His people maketh enemies to seek to them.
3. Oaths and covenants are sacred bonds even in the account of natural men without the Church (Gen 26:28).
4. God makes aliens sometimes desire confederacy with His Church.
5. Enemies sometimes fear evil and desire good from the Church of God whom they have wronged.
6. Saints are the blessed of Jehovah in the confession of the wicked; therefore they seek after them (Gen 26:29). (G. Hughes, B. D.)
Lessons
1. It is not unbeseeming saints, in the day of peace and good events, to feast and rejoice.
2. Mutual rejoicing among parties reconciled and confederate is but equal and rational (Gen 26:30).
3. It beseemeth saints to yield all readiness unto a just peace with their enemies.
4. Swearing matters of peace between the Church and its enemies is warrantable.
5. Oaths are prudently and distinctly to be taken on just occasions from man to man.
6. It is but just to send away in peace those who come to seek it (Gen 26:31). (G. Hughes, B. D)
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Fuente: Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell
We have not touched thee, to wit, so as to injure or hurt thee, as above, Gen 26:11.
Thou art now the blessed of the Lord; or, O thou who art now the with blessed of the Lord, whom God hath enriched great and manifold blessings, which we did not take away from thee, as we could easily have done, but thou dost still enjoy them; and now art, as thou wert amongst us, the blessed of the Lord. Or, Seeing God hath blessed thee, it will not become thee to curse us, or to bear any grudge against us for that little unkindness which we expressed to thee. Or it may be a wish: If thou makest this covenant with us, be thou now the blessed of the Lord, we heartily wish thy blessings and prosperity may increase.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
That thou wilt do us no hurt,…. Neither to our persons nor properties, to our kingdom and subjects, by invading our land, and seizing on our kingdom, all which was feared from Isaac’s growing wealth and power:
as we have not touched thee; not done the least injury to him, to his person, family, and substance, but suffered him to go away with all he had untouched:
and as we have done unto thee, nothing but good; by royal authority, or by the command and direction of the king and his nobles; for as for the stopping up the wells his father’s servants had dug, and the controversy that was about those in the vale, and the trouble Isaac had on that account, these things were not by the order of the king and council, and perhaps without their knowledge:
and have sent thee away in peace; no one being suffered to do any injury to him, or molest him in carrying off everything that belonged unto him:
thou [art] now blessed of the Lord; so it appeared by the prosperity he was attended with, and by the Lord’s protection of him, and the constant and continual favours he was bestowing on him; and this induced Abimelech and his nobles to seek to cultivate friendship, and be on good terms with him. De Dieu gives a different sense of these words, and considers them in the form of an oath or imprecation,
“if thou shouldest do us any hurt, seeing we have not touched thee, &c. be thou now accursed of the Lord,”
taking the word used in a contrary sense, as in Job 1:5
1Ki 21:10.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
29. As we have not touched thee. An accusing conscience urges them to desire to hold him closely bound unto them; and therefore they require an oath from him that he will not hurt them. For they knew that he might rightfully avenge himself on them for the sufferings he had endured: but they dissemble on this point, and even make a wonderful boast of their own acts of kindness. At first, indeed, the humanity of the king was remarkable, for he not only entertained Isaac with hospitality, but treated him with peculiar honor; yet he by no means continued to act thus to the end. It accords, however, with the common custom of men, to disguise their own faults by whatever artifice or color they can invent. But if we have committed any offense, it rather becomes us ingenuously to confess our fault, than by denying it, to wound still more deeply the minds of those whom we have injured. Nevertheless Isaac, since he had already sufficiently pierced their consciences, does not press them any further. For strangers are not to be treated by us as domestics; but if they do not receive profit, they are to be left to the judgment of God. Therefore, although Isaac does not extort from them a just confession; yet, that he may not be thought inwardly to cherish any hostility towards them, he does not refuse to strike a covenant with them. Thus we learn from his example, that if any have estranged themselves from us, they are not to be repelled when they again offer themselves to us. For if we are commanded to follow after peace, even when it seems to fly from us, it behoves us far less to be repulsive, when our enemies voluntarily seek reconciliation; especially if there be any hope of amendment in future, although true repentance may not yet appear. And he receives them to a feast, not only for the sake of promoting peace, but also for the sake of showing that he, having laid aside all offense, has become their friend.
Thou art now the blessed of the Lord. This is commonly explained to mean that they court his favor by flatteries, just as persons are accustomed to flatter when they ask favor; but I rather think this expression to have been added in a different sense. Isaac had complained of their injuries in having expelled him through envy: they answer, that there was no reason why any particle of grief should remain in his mind, since the Lord had treated him so kindly and so exactly according to his own wish; as if they had said, What dost thou want? Art thou not content with thy present success? Let us grant that we have not discharged the duty of hospitality towards thee; yet the blessing of God abundantly suffices to obliterate the memory of that time. Perhaps, however, by these words, they again assert that they are acting towards him with good faith, because he is under the guardianship of God.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
29. Not touched thee nothing but good sent thee away in peace Three falsehoods; for his servants had assailed Isaac’s, they had filled up his wells, and really persecuted him out of all the region of Gerar . And yet, perhaps, Abimelech was ignorant of these wrongs, as his father had before claimed to have been to Abraham . Gen 21:26.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Gen 26:29. Done unto thee nothing but good, &c. It does not appear that Abimelech had done any real injury towards Isaac, while he was within his dominions; nor can the contentions of their herdsmen be reasonably urged as a contradiction to what the king here advances.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Gen 21:23
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Gen 26:29 That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou [art] now the blessed of the LORD.
Ver. 29. Thou art now the blessed of the Lord. ] This they had observed, and therefore did him this honour. So the king of Babylon sent ambassadors and a present to Hezekiah, because he had heard of the miracle of the sun’s going back for him. Now, because the sun, which was their god, had honoured him so much, the king of Babylon would honour him too, as Abulensis hath well observed. a
a Abulens. in 2Ki 20:1-21 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
touched. Figure of speech Tapeinosis. App-6. Emphasizing the fact that so far from injuring him in any way they had shown him favour.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
That thou wilt: Heb. If thou shalt, etc
not: Gen 26:11, Gen 26:14, Gen 26:15
the blessed: Gen 26:12, Gen 12:2, Gen 21:22, Gen 22:17, Gen 24:31, Psa 115:15
Reciprocal: Gen 44:17 – in peace Act 15:33 – they were
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
26:29 {l} That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou [art] now the blessed of the LORD.
(l) The Hebrews in swearing begin commonly with “If” and understand the rest, that is, that God will punish him who breaks the oath: here the wicked show that they are afraid lest that happen to them which they would do to others.