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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Genesis 26:10

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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26:10-11 Isaac, like his father, was rebuked by Abimelech (see study note on 20:1-18). This legal wording would remind Israel of how important it was to preserve marital purity. Abimelech recognized the danger to his own people. Though his decree preserved his own society, it was also a word from God that preserved the sanctity of Isaac’s and Israel’s marriages. If Isaac’s marriage had ended here, there would have been no Israelite society.
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