Gênesis 26:1

1 Sobreveio � terra uma fome, além da primeira, que ocorreu nos dias de Abraão. Por isso foi Isaque a Abimeleque, rei dos filisteus, em Gerar.

Gênesis 26:1 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 26:1

And there was a famine in the land
In the land of Canaan, as the Targum of Jonathan expresses it; besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham;
of which see ( Genesis 12:10 ) ; which was an hundred years before this; and Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines, unto Gerar;
where his father Abraham had sojourned before he was born; and therefore the present king of this place can scarce be thought to be the same Abimelech that was king of it in Abraham's time; but it is highly probable that this Abimelech was the son of the former king, and that this was a common name to the kings of Gerar or the Philistines, as Pharaoh was to the kings of Egypt. Isaac came to this place from Lahairoi, where he had dwelt many years, see ( Genesis 24:62 ) ( 25:11 ) ; which was at or near Beersheba, and was about eight miles from Gerar F1.


FOOTNOTES:

F1 Bunting's Travels, p. 70.

Gênesis 26:1 In-Context

1 Sobreveio � terra uma fome, além da primeira, que ocorreu nos dias de Abraão. Por isso foi Isaque a Abimeleque, rei dos filisteus, em Gerar.
2 E apareceu-lhe o Senhor e disse: Não desças ao Egito; habita na terra que eu te disser;
3 peregrina nesta terra, e serei contigo e te abençoarei; porque a ti, e aos que descenderem de ti, darei todas estas terras, e confirmarei o juramento que fiz a Abraão teu pai;
4 e multiplicarei a tua descendência como as estrelas do céu, e lhe darei todas estas terras; e por meio dela serão benditas todas as naçoes da terra;
5 porquanto Abraão obedeceu � minha voz, e guardou o meu mandado, os meus preceitos, os meus estatutos e as minhas leis.
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