The man grew great, and grew more and more until he became very great.
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The man grew great, and grew more and more until he became very great.
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And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:
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And the man waxed great, and grew more and more until he became very great.
Cross-references (3)
Passages linked to Genesis 26:13 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Proverbs 10:22 Yahweh’s blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.
- Psalms 112:3 Wealth and riches are in his house. His righteousness endures forever.
- Genesis 24:35 Yahweh has blessed my master greatly. He has become great. Yahweh has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male servants and female servants, and camels and donkeys.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Hebrew, he went forth going and increasing.
Hebrew, he went forth going and increasing.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 26:13 And the man waxed great, and went…
Gen 26:13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:
Ver. 13. And the man waxed great.] Because the Lord blessed him, {Gen 26:12} for it is his blessing that maketh rich. He sowed, and feared God, and the Lord blessed him. Godliness hath the promises of both lives. {1Ti 4:8} Now the promises are "the unsearchable riches of Christ," {Eph 3:6; Eph 3:9} who is "the heir of all," {Heb 1:2} and hath made godly men his co-heirs, {Rom 8:17} entailing upon them riches and honour, delight and pleasure, life and length of days, the blessings of both hands. {Pro 3:16-17; Pro 8:18; Deu 28:1-14 ; Psa 112:2-3} Godly men, in Scripture, are read to have been richer than any; as Abraham, Isaac, David, &c., so they might be now (likely) if they would be as godly, Bonus Deus Constantinum Magnum, tantis terrenis implevit muneribus, quanta optare nullus auderet, saith Augustine. {a} If God deny gain to godliness, it is that it may be admired for itself, as having an autarchy. (μετ’ αυταρκειας), a self-sufficiency {1Ti 6:6} He makes up in the true treasure: and a grain of grace is worth all the gold of Ophir; a remnant of faith, better than all gay clothing. Achan’s wedge of gold served for no better purpose, than to cleave asunder his soul from his body; and the Babylonish garment but for a shroud. But, contented godliness, like Solomon’s good wife, "doth a man good, and not evil, all his days": {Pro 31:12} for it brings his mind and his means together, and makes him rest well assured of a sufficiency, though he miss of a superfluity.
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{a} Aug. De Civ. Dei., lib. v. cap. 25.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain For he had possession of flocks, and possession of…
For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds,.... Many flocks of sheep, and herds of cattle, of oxen, asses and camels, in which the riches of men in those times and countries chiefly lay:
and great store of servants; to look after his flocks and herds, and fields; or "much husbandry" (f); Jarchi interprets it much tillage; as, much land, many farms, fields, and vineyards, and the like; to cultivate which required many servants:
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and the Philistines envied him; for his prosperity and success, that his land should bring forth so plentifully, and that he should have such an increase of flocks, and herds, and servants, which made him so very significant great, and honourable.
(f) "cultura multa", Drusius; "proventus multus", Pagninus; "servitium multum", Schmidt; , Sept.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 13. The man waxed great] There is a…
Verse 13. The man waxed great] There is a strange and observable recurrence of the same term in the original: ויגדל האיש וילך הלוך וגדל עד כי גדל מאד vaiyigdal haish vaiyelech haloch vegadel ad ki gadal meod, And the man was GREAT; and he went, going on, and was GREAT, until that he was exceeding GREAT. How simple is this language, and yet how forcible!
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 13. Went forward — Hebrews, went going; that is,…
13. Went forward — Hebrews, went going; that is, kept on growing. Three degrees are here expressed — great, greater, very great.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And the man waxed great, like his father before…
And the man waxed great, like his father before him (cf. Gen_24:1, Gen_24:35) and went forward, literally, went going, the verb followed by the infinitive expressing constant growth or progressive increase (cf. Gen_8:3 Gen_12:9; Jud_1:4:24) and grew until he became very great any other farmer would who reaped such harvests" ("Land and Book").
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