A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property CI_URI::$config is deprecated

Filename: core/URI.php

Line Number: 101

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property CI_Router::$uri is deprecated

Filename: core/Router.php

Line Number: 127

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Verse::$benchmark is deprecated

Filename: core/Controller.php

Line Number: 75

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 7
Function: __construct

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Verse::$hooks is deprecated

Filename: core/Controller.php

Line Number: 75

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 7
Function: __construct

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Verse::$config is deprecated

Filename: core/Controller.php

Line Number: 75

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 7
Function: __construct

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Verse::$log is deprecated

Filename: core/Controller.php

Line Number: 75

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 7
Function: __construct

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Verse::$utf8 is deprecated

Filename: core/Controller.php

Line Number: 75

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 7
Function: __construct

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Verse::$uri is deprecated

Filename: core/Controller.php

Line Number: 75

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 7
Function: __construct

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Verse::$exceptions is deprecated

Filename: core/Controller.php

Line Number: 75

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 7
Function: __construct

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Verse::$router is deprecated

Filename: core/Controller.php

Line Number: 75

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 7
Function: __construct

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Verse::$output is deprecated

Filename: core/Controller.php

Line Number: 75

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 7
Function: __construct

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Verse::$security is deprecated

Filename: core/Controller.php

Line Number: 75

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 7
Function: __construct

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Verse::$input is deprecated

Filename: core/Controller.php

Line Number: 75

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 7
Function: __construct

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Verse::$lang is deprecated

Filename: core/Controller.php

Line Number: 75

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 7
Function: __construct

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Verse::$load is deprecated

Filename: core/Controller.php

Line Number: 78

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 7
Function: __construct

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Verse::$template is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 1283

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 7
Function: __construct

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Verse::$db is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 396

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/models/Resourcemodel.php
Line: 8
Function: database

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 8
Function: model

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property CI_DB_mysqli_driver::$failover is deprecated

Filename: database/DB_driver.php

Line Number: 371

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/models/Resourcemodel.php
Line: 8
Function: database

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 8
Function: model

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Verse::$resourcemodel is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 358

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 8
Function: model

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Verse::$kjvmodel is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 358

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 9
Function: model

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Verse::$mapmodel is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 358

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 10
Function: model

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Return type of CI_Session_files_driver::open($save_path, $name) should either be compatible with SessionHandlerInterface::open(string $path, string $name): bool, or the #[\ReturnTypeWillChange] attribute should be used to temporarily suppress the notice

Filename: drivers/Session_files_driver.php

Line Number: 132

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/helpers/history_helper.php
Line: 8
Function: library

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 18
Function: getLastVerse

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Return type of CI_Session_files_driver::close() should either be compatible with SessionHandlerInterface::close(): bool, or the #[\ReturnTypeWillChange] attribute should be used to temporarily suppress the notice

Filename: drivers/Session_files_driver.php

Line Number: 290

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/helpers/history_helper.php
Line: 8
Function: library

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 18
Function: getLastVerse

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Return type of CI_Session_files_driver::read($session_id) should either be compatible with SessionHandlerInterface::read(string $id): string|false, or the #[\ReturnTypeWillChange] attribute should be used to temporarily suppress the notice

Filename: drivers/Session_files_driver.php

Line Number: 164

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/helpers/history_helper.php
Line: 8
Function: library

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 18
Function: getLastVerse

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Return type of CI_Session_files_driver::write($session_id, $session_data) should either be compatible with SessionHandlerInterface::write(string $id, string $data): bool, or the #[\ReturnTypeWillChange] attribute should be used to temporarily suppress the notice

Filename: drivers/Session_files_driver.php

Line Number: 233

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/helpers/history_helper.php
Line: 8
Function: library

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 18
Function: getLastVerse

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Return type of CI_Session_files_driver::destroy($session_id) should either be compatible with SessionHandlerInterface::destroy(string $id): bool, or the #[\ReturnTypeWillChange] attribute should be used to temporarily suppress the notice

Filename: drivers/Session_files_driver.php

Line Number: 313

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/helpers/history_helper.php
Line: 8
Function: library

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 18
Function: getLastVerse

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Return type of CI_Session_files_driver::gc($maxlifetime) should either be compatible with SessionHandlerInterface::gc(int $max_lifetime): int|false, or the #[\ReturnTypeWillChange] attribute should be used to temporarily suppress the notice

Filename: drivers/Session_files_driver.php

Line Number: 354

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/helpers/history_helper.php
Line: 8
Function: library

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 18
Function: getLastVerse

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Warning

Message: ini_set(): Session ini settings cannot be changed after headers have already been sent

Filename: Session/Session.php

Line Number: 282

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/helpers/history_helper.php
Line: 8
Function: library

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 18
Function: getLastVerse

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Warning

Message: session_set_cookie_params(): Session cookie parameters cannot be changed after headers have already been sent

Filename: Session/Session.php

Line Number: 289

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/helpers/history_helper.php
Line: 8
Function: library

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 18
Function: getLastVerse

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Warning

Message: ini_set(): Session ini settings cannot be changed after headers have already been sent

Filename: Session/Session.php

Line Number: 304

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/helpers/history_helper.php
Line: 8
Function: library

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 18
Function: getLastVerse

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Warning

Message: ini_set(): Session ini settings cannot be changed after headers have already been sent

Filename: Session/Session.php

Line Number: 314

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/helpers/history_helper.php
Line: 8
Function: library

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 18
Function: getLastVerse

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Warning

Message: ini_set(): Session ini settings cannot be changed after headers have already been sent

Filename: Session/Session.php

Line Number: 315

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/helpers/history_helper.php
Line: 8
Function: library

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 18
Function: getLastVerse

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Warning

Message: ini_set(): Session ini settings cannot be changed after headers have already been sent

Filename: Session/Session.php

Line Number: 316

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/helpers/history_helper.php
Line: 8
Function: library

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 18
Function: getLastVerse

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Warning

Message: ini_set(): Session ini settings cannot be changed after headers have already been sent

Filename: Session/Session.php

Line Number: 317

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/helpers/history_helper.php
Line: 8
Function: library

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 18
Function: getLastVerse

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Warning

Message: ini_set(): Session ini settings cannot be changed after headers have already been sent

Filename: Session/Session.php

Line Number: 375

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/helpers/history_helper.php
Line: 8
Function: library

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 18
Function: getLastVerse

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Warning

Message: ini_set(): Session ini settings cannot be changed after headers have already been sent

Filename: drivers/Session_files_driver.php

Line Number: 108

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/helpers/history_helper.php
Line: 8
Function: library

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 18
Function: getLastVerse

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Warning

Message: session_set_save_handler(): Session save handler cannot be changed after headers have already been sent

Filename: Session/Session.php

Line Number: 110

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/helpers/history_helper.php
Line: 8
Function: library

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 18
Function: getLastVerse

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Warning

Message: session_start(): Session cannot be started after headers have already been sent

Filename: Session/Session.php

Line Number: 143

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/helpers/history_helper.php
Line: 8
Function: library

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 18
Function: getLastVerse

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Verse::$session is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 1283

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/helpers/history_helper.php
Line: 8
Function: library

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 18
Function: getLastVerse

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: explode(): Passing null to parameter #2 ($string) of type string is deprecated

Filename: models/Resourcemodel.php

Line Number: 18

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/models/Resourcemodel.php
Line: 18
Function: explode

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/models/Resourcemodel.php
Line: 16
Function: array_map

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 40
Function: getMain

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: explode(): Passing null to parameter #2 ($string) of type string is deprecated

Filename: models/Resourcemodel.php

Line Number: 18

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/models/Resourcemodel.php
Line: 18
Function: explode

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/models/Resourcemodel.php
Line: 16
Function: array_map

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 40
Function: getMain

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: explode(): Passing null to parameter #2 ($string) of type string is deprecated

Filename: models/Resourcemodel.php

Line Number: 18

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/models/Resourcemodel.php
Line: 18
Function: explode

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/models/Resourcemodel.php
Line: 16
Function: array_map

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 40
Function: getMain

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: explode(): Passing null to parameter #2 ($string) of type string is deprecated

Filename: models/Resourcemodel.php

Line Number: 18

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/models/Resourcemodel.php
Line: 18
Function: explode

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/models/Resourcemodel.php
Line: 16
Function: array_map

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 40
Function: getMain

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Verse::$email is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 1283

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/libraries/Ion_auth.php
Line: 65
Function: library

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/libraries/Template.php
Line: 14
Function: library

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 58
Function: load

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Ion_auth_model::$identity_column is deprecated

Filename: models/Ion_auth_model.php

Line Number: 183

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/models/Ion_auth_model.php
Line: 183
Function: _error_handler

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/libraries/Ion_auth.php
Line: 71
Function: model

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/libraries/Template.php
Line: 14
Function: library

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 58
Function: load

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Ion_auth_model::$store_salt is deprecated

Filename: models/Ion_auth_model.php

Line Number: 184

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/models/Ion_auth_model.php
Line: 184
Function: _error_handler

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/libraries/Ion_auth.php
Line: 71
Function: model

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/libraries/Template.php
Line: 14
Function: library

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 58
Function: load

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Ion_auth_model::$salt_length is deprecated

Filename: models/Ion_auth_model.php

Line Number: 185

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/models/Ion_auth_model.php
Line: 185
Function: _error_handler

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/libraries/Ion_auth.php
Line: 71
Function: model

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/libraries/Template.php
Line: 14
Function: library

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 58
Function: load

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Ion_auth_model::$join is deprecated

Filename: models/Ion_auth_model.php

Line Number: 186

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/models/Ion_auth_model.php
Line: 186
Function: _error_handler

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/libraries/Ion_auth.php
Line: 71
Function: model

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/libraries/Template.php
Line: 14
Function: library

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 58
Function: load

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Ion_auth_model::$hash_method is deprecated

Filename: models/Ion_auth_model.php

Line Number: 189

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/models/Ion_auth_model.php
Line: 189
Function: _error_handler

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/libraries/Ion_auth.php
Line: 71
Function: model

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/libraries/Template.php
Line: 14
Function: library

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 58
Function: load

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Ion_auth_model::$default_rounds is deprecated

Filename: models/Ion_auth_model.php

Line Number: 190

Backtrace:

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/models/Ion_auth_model.php
Line: 190
Function: _error_handler

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/libraries/Ion_auth.php
Line: 71
Function: model

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/libraries/Template.php
Line: 14
Function: library

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/application/controllers/Verse.php
Line: 58
Function: load

File: /home/biblesnow37852/public_html/index.php
Line: 316
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Ion_auth_model::$random_rounds is deprecated

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Genesis 26:3

Adam Clarke
Bible Commentary

Sojourn in this land - In Gerar, whither he had gone, Genesis 26:1, and where we find he settled, Genesis 26:6, though the land of Canaan in general might be here intended. That there were serious and important reasons why Isaac should not go to Egypt, we may be fully assured, though they be not assigned here; it is probable that even Isaac himself was not informed why he should not go down to Egypt. I have already supposed that God saw trials in his way which he might not have been able to bear. While a man acknowledges God in all his ways, he will direct all his steps, though he may not choose to give him the reasons of the workings of his providence. Abraham might go safely to Egypt, Isaac might not; in firmness and decision of character there was a wide difference between the two men.

Albert Barnes
Notes on the Whole Bible
Verses 1-35

- The Events of Isaac‘s Life

5. משׁמרת mı̂shmeret “charge, ordinance.” מציה mı̂tsvâh “command,” special order. חק choq “decree, statute,” engraven on stone or metal. תירה tôrâh “law,” doctrine, system of moral truth.

10. עשׂק ‛êśeq ‹Eseq, “strife.”

21. שׂטנה śı̂ṭnâh Sitnah, “opposition.”

22. רחבית rechobôt Rechoboth, “room.”

26. אחזת 'ǎchuzat Achuzzath, “possession.”

33. שׁבעה shı̂b‛âh Shib‘ah, “seven; oath.”

34. יהוּדית yehûdı̂yt Jehudith, “praised.” בארי be'ērı̂y Beeri, “of a well.” בשׂמת bāśemat Basemath, “sweet smell.” אילן 'êylon Elon, “oak.”

This chapter presents the leading events in the quiet life of Isaac. It is probable that Abraham was now dead. In that case, Esau and Jacob would be at least fifteen years of age when the following event occurred.

Genesis 26:1-5

Renewal of the promise to Isaac. “A famine in the land.” We left Isaac, after the death of Abraham, at Beer-lahai-roi Genesis 25:11. The preceding events have only brought us up to the same point of time. This well was in the land of the south Genesis 24:62. The present famine is distinguished from what occurred in the time of Abraham Genesis 12:10. The interval between them is at least a hundred years. The author of this, the ninth document, is, we find, acquainted with the seventh document; and the famine to which he refers is among the earliest events recorded in it. There is no reason to doubt, then, that he has the whole history of Abraham before his mind. “Unto Abimelek unto Gerar.” The Abimelek with whom Abraham had contact about eighty years before may have been the father of the present sovereign. Both Abimelek and Phikol seem to have been official names. Gerar Genesis 10:19 was apparently on the brook of Mizraim Numbers 34:5, the Wady el-Arish, or the Wady el-Khubarah, a northern affluent of the former, or in the interval between them. It is on the way to Egypt, and is the southern city of the Philistines, who probably came from Egypt Genesis 10:14. Isaac was drawing toward Egypt, when he came to Gerar.

Genesis 26:2-5

Isaac is now the heir, and therefore the holder, of the promise. Hence, the Lord enters into communication with him. First, the present difficulty is met. “Go not down into Mizraim,” the land of corn, even when other lands were barren. “Dwell in the land of which I shall tell thee.” This reminds us of the message to Abraham Genesis 12:1. The land here spoken of refers to “all these lands” mentioned in the following verses. “Sojourn in this land:” turn aside for the present, and take up thy temporary abode here. Next, the promise to Abraham is renewed with some variety of expression. “I will be with thee” Genesis 21:22, a notable and comprehensive promise, afterward embodied in the name Immanuel, “God with us. Unto thee and unto thy seed.” This was fulfilled to his seed in due time. All these lands, now parcelled out among several tribes. “And blessed in thy seed” Genesis 12:3; Genesis 22:18.

This is the great, universal promise to the whole human race through the seed of Abraham, twice explicitly announced to that patriarch. “All the nations.” In constancy of purpose the Lord contemplates, even in the special covenant with Abraham, the gathering in of the nations under the covenant with Noah and with Adam Genesis 9:9; Hosea 6:7. “Because Abraham hearkened to my voice,” in all the great moments of his life, especially in the last act of proceeding on the divine command to offer Isaac himself. Abraham, by the faith which flows from the new birth, was united with the Lord, his shield and exceeding great reward Genesis 15:1, with God Almighty, who quickened and strengthened him to walk before him and be perfect Genesis 17:1. The Lord his righteousness worketh in him, and his merit is reflected and reproduced in him Genesis 22:16, Genesis 22:18. Hence, the Lord reminds Isaac of the oath which he had heard at least fifty years before confirming the promise, and of the declaration then made that this oath of confirmation was sworn because Abraham had obeyed the voice of God. How deeply these words would penetrate into the soul of Isaac, the intended victim of that solemn day! But Abraham‘s obedience was displayed in all the acts of his new life. He kept the charge of God, the special commission he had given him; his commandments, his express or occasional orders; his statutes, his stated prescriptions, graven on stone; his laws, the great doctrines of moral obligation. This is that unreserved obedience which flows from a living faith, and withstands the temptations of the flesh.

Genesis 26:6-11

Rebekah preserved from dishonor in Gerar. Gerar was probably a commercial town trading with Egypt, and therefore Isaac‘s needs during the famine are here supplied. “The men of the place” were struck with the appearance of Rebekah, “because she was fair.” Isaac, in answer to their inquiries, pretends that she is his sister, feeling that his life was in peril, if she was known to be his wife. Rebekah was at this time not less than thirty-five years married, and had two sons upwards of fifteen years old. She was still however in the prime of life, and her sons were probably engaged in pastoral and other field pursuits. From the compact between Abraham and Sarah Genesis 20:13, and from this case of Isaac about eighty years after, it appears that this was a ready pretence with married people among strangers in those times of social insecurity.

Genesis 26:8-11

Abimelek observes Isaac sporting with Rebekah as only husband and wife should, constrains him to confess that she is his wife, charges him with the impropriety of his conduct, and commands his people to refrain from harming either of them on pain of death. We see how insecure a female‘s honor was in those days, if she was in a strange land, and had not a band of men to keep back the hand of violence. We perceive also that God mercifully protects his chosen ones from the perils which they bring upon themselves by the vain self-reliance and wicked policy of the old corrupt nature. This remnant of the old man we find in the believers of old, as in those of the present time, though it be different and far less excusable in its recent manifestations.

Genesis 26:12-16

The growing prosperity of Isaac. “And Isaac sowed in that land.” This does not imply a fixed property in the soil, but only an annual tenancy. “A hundred-fold.” The rates of increase vary from thirty to a hundred. Sixty-fold is very good, and was not unusual in Palestine. A hundred-fold was rare, and only in spots of extraordinary fertility. Babylonia, however, yielded two hundred and even three hundred-fold, according to Herodotus (I. 193). Thus, the Lord began to “bless him.” The amazing growth of the stranger‘s wealth in flocks and herds and servants awakens the envy of the inhabitants. The digging of the well was an enterprise of great interest in rural affairs. It conferred a sort of ownership on the digger, especially in a country where water was precious. And in a primeval state of society the well was the scene of youthful maidens drawing water for domestic use, and of young men and sometimes maidens watering the bleating flocks and lowing herds, and therefore the gathering center of settled life. Hence, the envious Philistines were afraid that from a sojourner he would go on to be a settler, and acquire rights of property. They accordingly took the most effectual means of making his abiding place uncomfortable, when they stopped up the wells. At length the sovereign advised a separation, if he did not enjoin the departure of Isaac.

Genesis 26:17-22

Isaac retires, and sets about the digging of wells. He retreats from Gerar and its suburbs, and takes up his abode in the valley, or wady of Gerar. These wadys are the hollows in which brooks flow, and therefore the well-watered and fertile parts of the country. He digs again the old wells, and calls them by the old names. He commences the digging of new ones. For the first the herdmen of Gerar strive, claiming the water as their property. Isaac yields. He digs another; they strive, and he again yields. He now removes apparently into a distinct region, and digs a third well, for which there is no contest. This he calls Rehoboth, “room” - a name which appears to be preserved in Wady er-Ruhaibeh, near which is Wady esh-Shutein, corresponding to Sitnah. “For now the Lord hath made room for us.” Isaac‘s homely realizing faith in a present and presiding Lord here comes out.

Genesis 26:23-25

Isaac now proceeds to Beer-sheba. “Went up.” It was an ascent from Wady er-Ruhaibeh to Beer-sheba; which was near the watershed between the Mediterranean and the Salt Sea. “In that night” - the night after his arrival, in a dream or vision. “I am the God of Abraham thy father.” Isaac is again and again reminded of the relation in which his father stood to God. That relation still subsists; for Abraham still lives with God, and is far nearer to him than he could be on earth. “The God of Abraham” is another name for Yahweh. “Fear not,” as he had said to Abraham after his victory over the four kings Genesis 15:1. Then follow the reasons for courage: I, with thee, blessing thee, multiplying thy seed; a reassurance of three parts of the promise involving all the rest. Then comes the instructive reason for this assurance - “for the sake of Abraham my servant.” “An altar” - the first on record erected by Isaac. “Called on the name of the Lord” - engaged in the solemn and public invocation of Yahweh Genesis 4:26; Genesis 12:8. “His tent there.” It was hallowed ground to his father Genesis 21:33, and now to himself. “Digged a well,” and thereby took possession of the soil at least for a time. We hear of this well again in the next passage.

Genesis 26:26-33

The treaty with Abimelek. This is an interview similar to what Abraham had with the king of Gerar; and its object is a renewal of the former league between the parties. Besides Phikol, the commander-in-chief, he is now accompanied by Ahuzzath, his privy counsellor. Isaac upbraids him with his unkindness in sending him away, and his inconsistency in again seeking a conference with him. “We clearly saw.” His prosperity was such as to be a manifest token of the Lord‘s favor. Hence, they desired the security of a treaty with him by an oath of execration on the transgressor. “Do us no hurt.” The covenant is one-sided, as expressed by Abimelek. “As we have not touched thee.” This implies the other side of the covenant. “Thou art now blessed of Yahweh.” This explains the one-sidedness of the covenant. Isaac needed no guarantee from them, as the Lord was with him. Abimelek is familiar with the use of the name Yahweh. Isaac hospitably entertains and lodges the royal party, and on the morrow, after having sworn to the treaty, parts with them in peace. On the same day Isaac‘s servants report concerning the well they had digged Genesis 26:25 that they had found water. This well he calls Sheba, “an oath,” and hence the town is called Beer-sheba, “the well of the oath.” Now the writer was aware that this place had received the same name on a former occasion Genesis 21:31. But a second well has now been dug in like circumstances in the same locality. This gives occasion for a new application of the name in the memories of the people. This is another illustration of the principle explained at Genesis 25:30. Two wells still exist at this place to attest the correctness of the record.

Genesis 25:34-35

Esau at forty years of age forms matrimonial connections with the Hittites. Heth was the second son of Kenaan, and had settled in the hills about Hebron. Esau had got acquainted with this tribe in his hunting expeditions. From their names we learn that they spoke the same language with himself. They belonged to a family far gone in transgression and apostasy from God. The two wives chosen from such a stock were a source of great grief to the parents of Esau. The choice manifested his tolerance at least of the carnal, and his indifference to the spiritual.

Matthew Henry
Concise Bible Commentary
Isaac had been trained up in a believing dependence upon the Divine grant of the land of Canaan to him and his heirs; and now that there is a famine in the land, Isaac still cleaves to the covenant. The real worth of God's promises cannot be lessened to a believer by any cross providences that may befall him. If God engage to be with us, and we are where he would have us to be, nothing but our own unbelief and distrust can prevent our comfort. The obedience of Abraham to the Divine command, was evidence of that faith, whereby, as a sinner, he was justified before God, and the effect of that love whereby true faith works. God testifies that he approved this obedience, to encourage others, especially Isaac.
Ellen G. White
Testimonies for the Church, vol. 1, 203

Some, I saw, have a prejudice against our rulers and laws; but if it were not for law, this world would be in an awful condition. God restrains our rulers; for the hearts of all are in His hands. Bounds are set, beyond which they cannot go. Many of the rulers are those whom Satan controls; but I saw that God has His agents, even among the rulers. And some of them will yet be converted to the truth. They are now acting the part that God would have them. When Satan works through his agents, propositions are made, that, if carried out, would impede the work of God and produce great evil. The good angels move upon these agents of God to oppose such propositions with strong reasons, which Satan's agents cannot resist. A few of God's agents will have power to bear down a great mass of evil. Thus the work will go on until the third message has done its work, and at the loud cry of the third angel, these agents will have an opportunity to receive the truth, and some of them will be converted, and endure with the saints through the time of trouble. When Jesus leaves the most holy, His restraining Spirit is withdrawn from rulers and people. They are left to the control of evil angels. Then such laws will be made by the counsel and direction of Satan, that unless time should be very short, no flesh could be saved. 1T 203.1

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