And Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go away from us, for you are much mightier than we.”
Parallel translations
- WEB Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go from us, for you are much mightier than we.”
- KJV And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.
- BSB Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us.”
- NASB Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go away from us, for you are too powerful for us.”
- NLT Finally, Abimelech ordered Isaac to leave the country. “Go somewhere else,” he said, “for you have become too powerful for us.”
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Abimelech tells Isaac to leave, admitting Isaac has grown more powerful than the Philistines.
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Fearing Isaac's God-given strength, the king asks him to depart. The acknowledgment 'you are much mightier than we' confirms that God's blessing has made Isaac formidable. Isaac's willingness to move rather than fight reveals a faith that trusts God to provide rather than grasping for position.
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- Exod 1:9He said to his people, “Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we.
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