Genesis 26:5
Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
Genesis 26:5 in other translations
| BSB | because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.” |
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| WEB | because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my requirements, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.” |
| ASV | because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. |
| YLT | because that Abraham hath hearkened to My voice, and keepeth My charge, My commands, My statutes, and My laws.' |
| DARBY | because that Abraham hearkened to my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. |
| BBE | Because Abraham gave ear to my voice and kept my words, my rules, my orders, and my laws. |
| Webster | Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. |
What does Genesis 26:5 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 26:1-5
Isaac had been trained up in a believing dependence upon the Divine grant of the land of Canaan to him and his heirs; and now that there is a famine in the land, Isaac still cleaves to the covenant. The real worth of God's promises cannot be lessened to a believer by any cross providences that may befall him. If God engage to be with us, and we are where he would have us to be, nothing but our own unbelief and…
Genesis 26:5 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 26:5
- Matthew 7:24
Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
- Genesis 22:18
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
- Genesis 22:16
And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:
- James 2:21
Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
- Psalms 112:1-2
Praise ye the Lord. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in his commandments. His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.
- Hebrews 11:8
By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
- Psalms 128:1-6
A Song of degrees. Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord; that walketh in his ways. For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee. Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table. Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord. …
- Galatians 5:6
For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
- Genesis 12:4
So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
- Genesis 18:19
For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
- 1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
- Matthew 5:19
Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
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Context
- Genesis 26:4
And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
- Genesis 26:5
Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
- Genesis 26:6
And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:
Genesis 26:5 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Por cuanto oyó Abraham mi voz, y guardó mi precepto, mis mandamientos, mis estatutos y mis leyes. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | – parce qu’Abraham a écouté ma voix, et a gardé mon ordonnance, mes commandements, mes statuts et mes lois. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | darum daß Abraham meiner Stimme gehorcht und beobachtet hat meine Vorschriften, meine Gebote, meine Satzungen und meine Gesetze. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | eo quod obedierit Abraham voci meæ, et custodierit præcepta et mandata mea, et cæremonias legesque servaverit. |