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1. As a token of God's everlasting kindness to
him; and,
2. As a type of heaven's everlasting
blessedness. Note, The intrinsic worth of God's
promises cannot be lessened in a believer's eye
by any cross providences.
2 And the Lord appeared unto him, and said, go not down into
Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of.
3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for
unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
He directed him under this trial by his word.
Isaac finds himself straitened by the scarcity of
provisions. Somewhere he must go for supply;
it should seem, he set out for Egypt, whither his
father went in the like strait, but he takes Gerar
in his way, full of thoughts, no doubt, which
way he had best steer his course, till God
graciously appeared to him, and determined
him, abundantly to his satisfaction.
1. God bade him stay where he was, and not go
down into Egypt: Sojourn in this land, Ge 26:2,
3. There was a famine in Jacob's days, and God
bade him go down into Egypt (Ge 46:3, 4), a
famine in Isaac's days, and God bade him not
to go down, a famine in Abraham's days, and
God left him to his liberty, directing him