Genesis 26 · Verse 27

Genesis 26:27

And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?
Genesis 26:27, King James Version

Genesis 26:27 in other translations

BSB“Why have you come to me?” Isaac asked them. “You hated me and sent me away.”
WEBIsaac said to them, “Why have you come to me, since you hate me, and have sent me away from you?”
ASVAnd Isaac said unto them, Wherefore are ye come unto me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?
YLTand Isaac saith unto them, ‘Wherefore have ye come unto me, and ye have hated me, and ye send me away from you?'
DARBYAnd Isaac said to them, Why are ye come to me, seeing ye hate me, and have driven me away from you?
BBEAnd Isaac said to them, Why have you come to me, seeing that in your hate for me you sent me away from you?
WebsterAnd Isaac said to them, Why come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?

What does Genesis 26:27 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 26:26-33

26-33. Then Abimelech went to him--As there was a lapse of ninety years between the visit of Abraham and of Isaac, the Abimelech and Phichol spoken of must have been different persons' official titles. Here is another proof of the promise (Ge 12:2) being fulfilled, in an overture of peace being made to him by the king of Gerar. By whatever motive the proposal was dictated--whether fear of his growing power, or…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 27 Seeing ye hate me - He was justified in thinking thus, because if they did not injure him, they had connived at their servants doing it.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 26:26-33

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…

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Genesis 26:27 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
אֲלֵהֶם֙'a.le.Hemto themH413
יִצְחָ֔קyitz.ChakIsaacH3327
מַדּ֖וּעַma.Du.a'why?H4069
בָּאתֶ֣םba.Temhave you comeH935
אֵלָ֑י'e.Laito meH413
וְאַתֶּם֙ve.'a.Temand youH859
שְׂנֵאתֶ֣םse.ne.Temyou hateH8130
אֹתִ֔י'o.Ti<obj.> meH853
וַתְּשַׁלְּח֖וּנִיva.te.sha.le.Chu.niand you sent away meH7971
מֵאִתְּכֶֽם\׃me.'i.te.Khemfrom with <the> youH854

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 26:27

  • Genesis 26:16

    And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.

  • Judges 11:7

    And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father’s house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?

  • Acts 7:35

    This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.

  • Acts 7:9

    And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,

  • Acts 7:27

    But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?

  • Acts 7:14

    Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.

  • Genesis 26:14

    For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.

  • Revelation 3:9

    Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
seeing.
14,16; Jud 11:7; Ac 7:9,14,27,35; Re 3:9
sent me.
16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Genesis 26:26

    Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.

  • Genesis 26:27

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

  • Genesis 26:28

    And they said, We saw certainly that the Lord was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;

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Genesis 26:27 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y díjoles Isaac: ¿Por qué venís á mí, pues que me habéis aborrecido, y me echasteis de entre vosotros?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Isaac leur dit: Pourquoi venez-vous vers moi, puisque vous me haïssez et que vous m’avez renvoyé d’auprès de vous?
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Isaak sprach zu ihnen: Warum kommet ihr zu mir, da ihr mich doch hasset und mich von euch weggetrieben habt?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		locutus est eis Isaac: Quid venistis ad me, hominem quem odistis, et expulistis a vobis?