Genesis 26:5

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Genesis 26:5 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
Genesis 26:5 — American Standard Version

Context — Genesis 26

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
5Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, etc.] In all things, and particularly in offering up his son at his command: and kept my charge; whatever was given him in charge to observe; this, as Aben Ezra thinks, is the general, of which the particulars follow: my commandments, my statutes, and my laws; whether moral, ceremonial, or civil and judicial; all and everyone which God enjoined him, he was careful to observe. Here seems to be something wanting, for the words are not to be joined with the preceding, as if Abraham’s obedience was the cause of the above promises made to Isaac, or to himself: but this is mentioned rather as an example to Isaac, and to stir him up to do the like, as if it was…”
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