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Genesis 26:16

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26:16Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Leave us and go elsewhere,38 for you have become much more powerful39 than we are.”

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  1. 38 Heb “Go away from us.”
  2. 39 You have become much more powerful. This explanation for the expulsion of Isaac from Philistine territory foreshadows the words used later by the Egyptians to justify their oppression of Israel (see Exod 1:9).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go away from us, for you are much mightier than we.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then Abimelek said to Isaac, “Move away from us; you have become too powerful for us.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

And Abimelech said to Isaac, “Leave us, for you are much too powerful for us.”

NLTNew Living Translation

Finally, Abimelech ordered Isaac to leave the country. “Go somewhere else,” he said, “for you have become too powerful for us.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go away from us, for you have become much too powerful for us.”

KJV 1900King James Version

And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.