Holly Bible - KJV with Concise Commentaries by Z Selam - HTML preview
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Abimelech professes his sincerity, in this
address to Isaac, and earnestly courts his
friendship, Ge 26:28, 29. Some suggest that
Abimelech pressed for this league with him
because he feared lest Isaac, growing rich,
should, sometime or other, avenge himself
upon them for the injuries he had received.
However, he professes to do it rather from a
principle of love.
1. He makes the best of their behaviour towards
him. Isaac complained they had hated him, and
sent him away. No, said Abimelech, we sent
thee away in peace. They turned him off from
the land he held of them; but they suffered him
to take away his stock, and all his effects, with
him.
Note, The lessening of injuries is necessary to
the preserving of friendship; for the
aggravating of them exasperates and widens
breaches. The unkindness done to us might
have been worse.
2. He acknowledges the token of God's favour
to him, and makes this the ground of their
desire to be in league with him: The Lord is
with thee, and thou art the blessed of the Lord.