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Gen. 26:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

Then Isaac sowed in that land, and γreceived in the same year an hundredfold: and the Lord blessed him.

found.

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sowed.The author of the "History of the Piratical States of Barbary" observes, (p. 44,) that the Moors of that country are divided into tribes like the Arabians, and like them dwell in tents, formed into itinerant villages; that "these wanderers farm lands of the inhabitants of the towns, sow and cultivate them, paying their rent with the produce, such as fruits, corn, wax, etc.

They are very skilful in choosing the most advantageous soils for every season, and very careful to avoid the Turkish troops, the violence of the one little suiting the simplicity of the other."

It is natural to suppose, that Isaac possessed the like sagacity, when he sowed in the land of Gerar, and received that year an hundred-fold.received.

Heb. found.

an hundredfold.

Psa. 67:6• ⁶The earth will yield her increase; God, our God, will bless us: (Psa. 67:6)

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Psa. 72:16• ¹⁶There shall be abundance of corn in the earth, upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon; and they of the city shall bloom like the herb of the earth. (Psa. 72:16)

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Eccl. 11:6• ⁶In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand; for thou knowest not which shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good. (Eccl. 11:6)

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Zech. 8:12• ¹²for the seed shall be prosperous, the vine shall give its fruit, and the ground shall give its produce, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things. (Zech. 8:12)

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Matt. 13:8,23• ⁸and others fell upon the good ground, and produced fruit, one a hundred, one sixty, and one thirty.
²³But he that is sown upon the good ground--this is he who hears and understands the word, who bears fruit also, and produces, one a hundred, one sixty, and one thirty. (Matt. 13:8,23)

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Mark 4:8• ⁸And another fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing; and bore, one thirty, and one sixty, and one a hundred. (Mark 4:8)

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1 Cor. 3:6• ⁶*I* have planted; Apollos watered; but God has given the increase. (1 Cor. 3:6)

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2 Cor. 9:10‑11• ¹⁰Now he that supplies seed to the sower and bread for eating shall supply and make abundant your sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness:
¹¹enriched in every way unto all free-hearted liberality, which works through us thanksgiving to God. (2 Cor. 9:10‑11)

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Gal. 6:7‑8• ⁷Be not deceived: God is not mocked; for whatever a man shall sow, that also shall he reap.
⁸For he that sows to his own flesh, shall reap corruption from the flesh; but he that sows to the Spirit, from the Spirit shall reap eternal life: (Gal. 6:7‑8)

blessed.

Gen. 26:3,29• ³Sojourn in this land; and I will be with thee and bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries; and I will perform the oath which I swore unto Abraham thy father.
²⁹that thou wilt do us no wrong, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done to thee nothing but good, and have let thee go in peace; thou art now blessed of Jehovah. (Gen. 26:3,29)

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Gen. 24:1,35• ¹And Abraham was old, and advanced in age; and Jehovah had blessed Abraham in all things.
³⁵And Jehovah has blessed my master greatly, and he is become great; and he has given him sheep and cattle, and silver and gold, and bondmen and bondwomen, and camels and asses. (Gen. 24:1,35)

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Gen. 30:30• ³⁰For it was little that thou hadst before me, and it is increased to a multitude, and Jehovah has blessed thee from the time I came; and now, when shall I also provide for my house? (Gen. 30:30)

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Job 42:12• ¹²And Jehovah blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning; and he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses. (Job 42:12)

• We can never judge that a person’s condition is right because of prosperous circumstances. We have had already to remark, that there is a great difference between the Lord’s presence and His blessing. (“Genesis 26” by C.H. Mackintosh)

• The sin {v.6} was too sadly true; and inspiration preserved the record for warning and profit at all times to His servants' shame but to His own glory. There He stops, leaving us to infer the inner exercises of Isaac. Yet striking is that which follows in the way of external blessing. (“Isaac: 24. Isaac Blessed of Jehovah: Genesis 26:12-16” by W. Kelly)

• Here it is the silence of scripture which we do well to heed. For nothing is told us of what must have passed in such a man's soul. Did he not review the unworthy cheat by which he sought to screen himself from danger at the cost of his wife? Was he not humbled by its just exposure by Abimelech? Isaac was a gracious and prayerful person, who knew what it is to meditate in the fields at eventide. Is it conceivable that one of such habits would fail to sit in judgment on his own deliberate untruth, stumbling to the world, dishonoring to his Almighty Protector, to his beloved wife, and to himself as a saint? His father's sin in the same way, ought it not to have admonished him all the more, instead of ensnaring him to follow so bad an example? Can, one doubt then, that the fear of Isaac (Gen. 31:42) wrought in his conscience to humble and to clear his spirit from guile. (“Isaac: 24. Isaac Blessed of Jehovah: Genesis 26:12-16” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

And Isaac sowed in that land, and receiveda in the same year a hundredfold; and Jehovah blessed him.

JND Translation Notes

Lit. "found."

W. Kelly Translation

And Isaac sowed in that land and found in the same year a hundredfold; and Jehovah blessed him.