Genesis 26
SIBGenesis 26:12
This fertility was emblematical of fruitfulness in grace; Psal. lxvii. 6. Mat. xiii. 23. and of the bountiful but gracious rewards which we shall enjoy in heaven; Gal. vi. 7, 8. Psal. xxxi. 19. and xix. 11
Genesis 26:18
This was typical of Christ’s reforming his church, and reviving the oracles, ordinances, and influences of grace; Ezek. xlvii. 1—10. John iv. 10. Zech. xiii. 1. and xiv. 8
Genesis 26:24
Not for the sake of Abraham’s merit, but from respect to the covenant, made with him; Gen. xii. 2, 3. xv. 8. and xvii. 6, 7
Genesis 26:29
And, since God hath so abundantly blessed thee, we hope that thou wilt not remember the small unkindness which we did thee
Genesis 26:34
This was contrary to the will of God; Exod. xxxiv. 16. Deut. vii. 3. Jos. xxiii. 12. Ezra ix. 1—3. Neh. xiii. 23—25. 2 Cor. vi. 14, 15. 1 Cor. vii. 39. and of his grandfather and parents; chap. xxiv. 31. xxvii. 46. and xxviii. 1, 2, 6. See chap. vi. 2
REFLECTIONS UPON CHAP. XXVI.—A mixture of providential smiles and frowns is ordinarily in the lot of God’s principal favourites. But what a mercy it is to have the covenant of grace established between God and our progenitors, that it may be renewed with us! The fear of men, the fear of temporal death, often causeth a snare: and we readily rush into the same snares in which others before had almost ruined themselves. — Yet the kindness of God infinitely great in rescuing his people, when they are thus buried in entangling themselves! But what a scandal to a saint to be discovered a dissembler! I now painful to have the snares, which we laid for the innocent, entangling ourselves, or their sins charged to our account before God! To what trouble I expense will envious men put themselves, in order to gratify their lust! I now often are the most flourishing outward enjoyments imbittered by the one which attends them! What a mercy to have God smiling on us when the two frowns! For, when our ways please the Lord, be maketh even our enemies to at peace with us, and to pursue the friendship which they once relieved! The wickedness of children who break their parents’ hearts, when they are to be their comfort, is great, and observed by God; and his curse frequently tends those marriages which are made without the consent of parents