Genesis 26:27

27 Isaac asked them, “Why have you come to me, since you were hostile to me and sent me away?”

Genesis 26:27 in Other Translations

27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?

27 Isaac said to them, "Why have you come to me, seeing that you hate me and have sent me away from you?"

27 “Why have you come here?” Isaac asked. “You obviously hate me, since you kicked me off your land.”

27 Isaac asked them, "Why did you come to me? You hate me; you threw me out of your country."

27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore are ye come unto me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?

27 Isaac asked them, "Why have you come to me, since you hate me and sent me away from you?"

27 Isaac said to them, "Why have you come to me? You hated me and sent me away from you."

27 Isaac asked them, "Why have you come to me? You were angry with me and sent me away."

Genesis 26:27 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 26:27

And Isaac said unto them, wherefore come ye to me
What is the meaning of this visit? what has brought you hither? it cannot be from affection and friendship to me: seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?
the latter he mentions as a proof of the former; they envied his prosperity, and hated him on that account, and therefore expelled him their country, or at least would not suffer him to dwell among them; and still more glaring proofs were given of the hatred of the men of Gerar to him, not only by stopping up his father's wells, but by striving and contending with him about those he dug in the valley after he was gone from them; one of which he called "Sitnah", from their hatred of him.

Genesis 26:27 In-Context

25 Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD. There he pitched his tent, and there his servants dug a well.

26 Meanwhile, Abimelek had come to him from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his personal adviser and Phicol the commander of his forces.

27 Isaac asked them, “Why have you come to me, since you were hostile to me and sent me away?”

28 They answered, “We saw clearly that the LORD was with you; so we said, ‘There ought to be a sworn agreement between us’—between us and you. Let us make a treaty with you

29 that you will do us no harm, just as we did not harm you but always treated you well and sent you away peacefully. And now you are blessed by the LORD.”

Cross References

• 1. S ver 16