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26:30, 31. Here see how generous the good
man was,
1. In giving: He made them a feast, and bade
them welcome.
(2.) In forgiving. He did not insist upon the
unkindnesses they had done him, but freely
entered into a covenant of friendship with
them, and bound himself never to do them any
injury. Note, Religion teaches us to be
neighbourly, and, as much as in us lies, to live
peaceably with all men.
31 And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another:
and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
32 And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac’s servants came, and told
him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, we have found water.
Providence smiled upon what Isaac did; for the
same day that he made this covenant with
Abimelech his servants brought him the tidings
of a well of water they had found, Ge 26:32,
33. He did not insist upon the restitution of the
wells which the Philistines had unjustly taken
from him, lest this should break off the treaty,
but sat down silent under the injury; and, to
recompense him for this, immediately he is
enriched with a new well, which, because it