Genesis 26:27

Isaac said to them, “Why have you come to me, since you hate me, and have sent me away from you?”

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WEBBE

Isaac said to them, “Why have you come to me, since you hate me, and have sent me away from you?”

BSB

“Why have you come to me?” Isaac asked them. “You hated me and sent me away.”

KJV

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

ASV

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

BBE

And Isaac said to them, Why have you come to me, seeing that in your hate for me you sent me away from you?

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וַיֹּאמֶר vai·yo·mer and he said H559 אֲלֵהֶם 'a·le·hem to them H413 יִצְחָק yitz·chak Isaac H3327 מַדּוּעַ ma·du·a' why H4069 בָּאתֶם ba·tem have you come H935 אֵלָי 'e·lai to me H413 וְאַתֶּם ve·'a·tem and you H859 שְׂנֵאתֶם se·ne·tem you hate H8130 אֹתִי 'o·ti (marks the object) me H853 וַתְּשַׁלְּחוּנִי va·te·sha·le·chu·ni and you sent away me H7971 מֵאִתְּכֶם me·'i·te·khem from with (the) you H854

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 26–33

When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him, Pr 16:7. Kings' hearts are in his hands, and when he pleases, he can turn them to favour his people. It is not wrong to stand upon our guard in dealing with those who have acted unfairly. But Isaac did not insist on the unkindnesses they had done him; he freely entered into friendship with them. Religion teaches us to be neighbourly, and, as much as in us lies, to live peaceable with all men. Providence smiled upon what Isaac did; God blessed his labours.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.