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The LORD blessed him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/26.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/26.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/26.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year a hundredfold; and the LORD blessed him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/26.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in the same year a hundred times <i>as much.</i> And the LORD blessed him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/26.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Now Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in the same year a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/26.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Now Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/26.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in the same year one hundredfold. And Yahweh blessed him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/26.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then Isaac planted [seed] in that land [as a farmer] and reaped in the same year a hundred times [as much as he had planted], and the LORD blessed <i>and</i> favored him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/26.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Isaac sowed seed in that land, and in that year he reaped a hundred times what was sown. The LORD blessed him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/26.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Isaac sowed seed in that land, and in that year he reaped a hundred times what was sown. The LORD blessed him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/26.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Isaac sowed in that land, and found in the same year a hundredfold: and Jehovah blessed him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/genesis/26.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Isaac planted grain and had a good harvest that same year. The LORD blessed him, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/26.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And Isaac sowed in that land, and found in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/26.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Isaac planted [crops] in that land. In that same year he harvested a hundred times as much as he had planted because the LORD had blessed him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/26.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Isaac sowed crops in that land, and that year he harvested a hundred times as much as he had sown, because the LORD blessed him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/26.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Isaac received a 100-fold return on what he planted that year in the land he received, because the LORD blessed him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/26.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />When Isaac planted in that land, he reaped in the same year a hundred times what he had sown, because the LORD blessed him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/26.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year one hundred times what he planted. And God blessed him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/26.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year a hundred-fold: and the LORD blessed him:<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/26.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/26.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year one hundred times what he planted. Yahweh blessed him. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/26.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And Isaac sows in that land, and finds in that year a hundredfold, and YHWH blesses him;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/26.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Isaac soweth in that land, and findeth in that year a hundredfold, and Jehovah blesseth him;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/26.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Isaak will sow in that land, and will find in that year a hundred measures; and Jehovah will praise him.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/26.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And Isaac sowed in that land, and he found that same year a hundredfold: and the Lord blessed him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/26.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Then Isaac sowed in that land, and he found, in that same year, one hundredfold. And the Lord blessed him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/26.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Isaac sowed a crop in that region and reaped a hundredfold the same year. Since the LORD blessed him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/26.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Isaac sowed seed in that land, and in the same year reaped a hundredfold. The LORD blessed him,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/26.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year a hundredfold; and the LORD blessed him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/26.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Isaaq sowed in the land and he found in that year a hundredfold of barley and LORD JEHOVAH blessed him.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/26.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And Isaac sowed in that land, and found in the same year a hundred-fold; and the LORD blessed him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/26.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And Isaac sowed in that land, and he found in that year barley and hundred-fold, and the Lord blessed him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/26-12.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=6124" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/26.htm">Isaac's Prosperity</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">12</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3327.htm" title="3327: yiṣ·ḥāq (N-proper-ms) -- He laughs, son of Abraham and Sarah. From tsachaq; laughter; Jitschak, son of Abraham.">Now Isaac</a> <a href="/hebrew/2232.htm" title="2232: way·yiz·ra‘ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To sow, scatter seed. A primitive root; to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify.">sowed seed</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: ha·hi·w (Art:: Pro-3fs) -- He, she, it. ">in the</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: bā·’ā·reṣ (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">land,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: ha·hi·w (Art:: Pro-3fs) -- He, she, it. ">and that very</a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: baš·šā·nāh (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year.">year</a> <a href="/hebrew/4672.htm" title="4672: way·yim·ṣā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To attain to, find. ">he reaped</a> <a href="/hebrew/3967.htm" title="3967: mê·’āh (Number-fs) -- Hundred. Or metyah; properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction.">a hundredfold.</a> <a href="/hebrew/8180.htm" title="8180: šə·‘ā·rîm (N-mp) -- A measure. From sha'ar; a measure."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">And the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/1288.htm" title="1288: way·ḇā·ră·ḵê·hū (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3ms:: 3ms) -- To kneel, bless. A primitive root; to kneel; by implication to bless God, and man; also to curse.">blessed him,</a> </span><span class="reftext">13</span>and he became richer and richer, until he was exceedingly wealthy.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/13-23.htm">Matthew 13:23</a></span><br />But the seed sown on good soil is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and produces a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/4-8.htm">Mark 4:8</a></span><br />Still other seed fell on good soil, where it sprouted, grew up, and produced a crop—one bearing thirtyfold, another sixtyfold, and another a hundredfold.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/8-8.htm">Luke 8:8</a></span><br />Still other seed fell on good soil, where it sprang up and produced a crop—a hundredfold.” As Jesus said this, He called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/9-6.htm">2 Corinthians 9:6</a></span><br />Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/6-7.htm">Galatians 6:7-9</a></span><br />Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return. / The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. / Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/4-19.htm">Philippians 4:19</a></span><br />And my God will supply all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/6-14.htm">Hebrews 6:14</a></span><br />saying, “I will surely bless you and multiply your descendants.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/5-7.htm">James 5:7</a></span><br />Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-6.htm">1 Corinthians 3:6-9</a></span><br />I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. / So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. / He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/9-10.htm">2 Corinthians 9:10</a></span><br />Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your store of seed and will increase the harvest of your righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-3.htm">Deuteronomy 28:3-6</a></span><br />You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country. / The fruit of your womb will be blessed, as well as the produce of your land and the offspring of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks. / Your basket and kneading bowl will be blessed. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/26-3.htm">Leviticus 26:3-5</a></span><br />If you follow My statutes and carefully keep My commandments, / I will give you rains in their season, and the land will yield its produce, and the trees of the field will bear their fruit. / Your threshing will continue until the grape harvest, and the grape harvest will continue until sowing time; you will have your fill of food to eat and will dwell securely in your land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/67-6.htm">Psalm 67:6-7</a></span><br />The earth has yielded its harvest; God, our God, blesses us. / God blesses us, that all the ends of the earth shall fear Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/3-9.htm">Proverbs 3:9-10</a></span><br />Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your crops; / then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/3-10.htm">Malachi 3:10-12</a></span><br />Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure. / I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your land, and the vine in your field will not fail to produce fruit,” says the LORD of Hosts. / “Then all the nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight,” says the LORD of Hosts.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundred times: and the LORD blessed him.</p><p class="hdg">sowed.</p><p class="hdg">received.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/67-6.htm">Psalm 67:6</a></b></br> <i>Then</i> shall the earth yield her increase; <i>and</i> God, <i>even</i> our own God, shall bless us.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/72-16.htm">Psalm 72:16</a></b></br> There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and <i>they</i> of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ecclesiastes/11-6.htm">Ecclesiastes 11:6</a></b></br> In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both <i>shall be</i> alike good.</p><p class="hdg">blessed.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/26-3.htm">Genesis 26:3,29</a></b></br> Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/24-1.htm">Genesis 24:1,35</a></b></br> And Abraham was old, <i>and</i> well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/30-30.htm">Genesis 30:30</a></b></br> For <i>it was</i> little which thou hadst before I <i>came</i>, and it is <i>now</i> increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also?</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/26-4.htm">Blessed</a> <a href="/genesis/25-11.htm">Blesseth</a> <a href="/genesis/26-4.htm">Blessing</a> <a href="/genesis/4-12.htm">Crops</a> <a href="/genesis/16-7.htm">Findeth</a> <a href="/genesis/19-19.htm">Found</a> <a href="/genesis/4-12.htm">Fruit</a> <a href="/genesis/25-17.htm">Hundred</a> <a href="/luke/8-8.htm">Hundredfold</a> <a href="/luke/8-8.htm">Hundred-Fold</a> <a href="/genesis/26-11.htm">Isaac</a> <a href="/genesis/21-33.htm">Planted</a> <a href="/genesis/21-33.htm">Planting</a> <a href="/revelation/14-19.htm">Reaped</a> <a href="/revelation/20-4.htm">Received</a> <a href="/genesis/26-4.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/9-11.htm">Sowed</a> <a href="/galatians/6-8.htm">Soweth</a> <a href="/genesis/4-24.htm">Times</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/26-24.htm">Blessed</a> <a href="/genesis/27-23.htm">Blesseth</a> <a href="/genesis/26-24.htm">Blessing</a> <a href="/exodus/23-10.htm">Crops</a> <a href="/genesis/30-14.htm">Findeth</a> <a href="/genesis/26-19.htm">Found</a> <a href="/genesis/26-22.htm">Fruit</a> <a href="/genesis/32-6.htm">Hundred</a> <a href="/2_samuel/24-3.htm">Hundredfold</a> <a href="/2_samuel/24-3.htm">Hundred-Fold</a> <a href="/genesis/26-16.htm">Isaac</a> <a href="/exodus/23-16.htm">Planted</a> <a href="/exodus/15-17.htm">Planting</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-10.htm">Reaped</a> <a href="/genesis/33-10.htm">Received</a> <a href="/genesis/26-24.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-10.htm">Sowed</a> <a href="/judges/9-45.htm">Soweth</a> <a href="/genesis/27-36.htm">Times</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 26</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/26-1.htm">Isaac, because of famine, sojourns in Gerar, and the Lord blesses him.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/26-7.htm">He is reproved by Abimelech for denying his wife.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/26-12.htm">He grows rich, and the Philistines envy his prosperity.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/26-18.htm">He digs wells.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/26-23.htm">God appears to him at Beersheba, and blesses him; </a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/26-26.htm">and Abimelech makes a covenant with him.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">34. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/26-34.htm">Esau's wives.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/26.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/genesis/26.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Now Isaac sowed seed in the land</b><br>Isaac's act of sowing seed signifies his faith and obedience to God's promise despite the famine in the land (<a href="/genesis/26.htm">Genesis 26:1</a>). This agricultural activity indicates a settled lifestyle, contrasting with the nomadic tendencies of his father, Abraham. The land referred to is Gerar, in the region of the Philistines, which God had instructed Isaac to inhabit (<a href="/genesis/26-2.htm">Genesis 26:2-3</a>). This act of sowing also reflects the covenantal promise of land and prosperity given to Abraham and his descendants (<a href="/genesis/12-7.htm">Genesis 12:7</a>).<p><b>and that very year he reaped a hundredfold</b><br>The phrase "that very year" emphasizes the immediacy and miraculous nature of the harvest. A hundredfold return is extraordinary, especially during a time of famine, highlighting divine intervention. This abundance is reminiscent of the blessings promised in <a href="/deuteronomy/28-8.htm">Deuteronomy 28:8</a>, where obedience to God results in prosperity. The hundredfold yield prefigures the parable of the sower in <a href="/matthew/13-8.htm">Matthew 13:8</a>, where good soil produces a bountiful harvest, symbolizing the fruitfulness of God's word in receptive hearts.<p><b>And the LORD blessed him</b><br>The blessing of the LORD upon Isaac is a continuation of the Abrahamic covenant, where God promised to bless Abraham and his offspring (<a href="/genesis/12-2.htm">Genesis 12:2-3</a>). This divine favor is not merely material but encompasses protection, guidance, and fulfillment of God's promises. The blessing underscores God's faithfulness and the importance of reliance on Him rather than human effort. It also foreshadows the ultimate blessing through Jesus Christ, a descendant of Isaac, who brings spiritual blessings to all nations (<a href="/galatians/3-14.htm">Galatians 3:14</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaac.htm">Isaac</a></b><br>The son of Abraham and Sarah, Isaac is a patriarch of the Israelites. In this passage, he is depicted as a farmer who experiences God's blessing.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_land.htm">The Land</a></b><br>This refers to the region of Gerar, where Isaac settled during a famine. It is significant as a place where God's promise to Abraham is being fulfilled through Isaac.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord's_blessing.htm">The LORD's Blessing</a></b><br>The divine favor that results in Isaac's abundant harvest, demonstrating God's faithfulness to His covenant promises.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_in_adversity.htm">Faithfulness in Adversity</a></b><br>Isaac sowed during a time of famine, demonstrating trust in God's provision. We are called to remain faithful and diligent even in challenging circumstances.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_provision.htm">Divine Provision</a></b><br>The hundredfold harvest is a testament to God's ability to provide abundantly. We should trust in God's provision and timing, knowing He can multiply our efforts.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/covenant_faithfulness.htm">Covenant Faithfulness</a></b><br>God's blessing on Isaac is a reminder of His faithfulness to His promises. We can rely on God's unchanging nature and His commitment to His covenant with us.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/stewardship_and_responsibility.htm">Stewardship and Responsibility</a></b><br>Isaac's action of sowing seed shows the importance of taking initiative and being responsible stewards of what God has given us.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/w/witness_to_others.htm">Witness to Others</a></b><br>Isaac's prosperity served as a witness to the surrounding nations of God's power and favor. Our lives should similarly reflect God's blessings and draw others to Him.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_26.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 26</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_a_100x_harvest_in_famine_possible.htm">In Genesis 26:12, is a hundredfold harvest realistic in a famine-stricken region, and is there any historical or agricultural evidence to support this? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'formed_my_inward_parts'_mean.htm">Why did Isaac plant crops during a famine?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_plant_crops_in_a_famine.htm">Why did Isaac plant crops during a famine?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_genesis_20_a_repeated_deception_pattern.htm">Does the account in Genesis 20 conflict with similar narratives in Genesis 12:10-20 and Genesis 26:1-11, implying a repeated pattern of deception?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/26.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(12) <span class= "bld">Isaac sowed in that land.</span>--When Abraham planted a tamarisk-tree at Beer-sheba (<a href="/genesis/21-33.htm" title="And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.">Genesis 21:33</a>) it showed that he regarded the place as a permanent residence, which it was worth his while to adorn, and to provide for its increasing pleasantness. Isaac and Jacob took a still further step in advance towards a settled life when they began to cultivate plots of ground. At first, however, Isaac did no more than the Bedaween do at present; for they often sow a piece of land, wait till the crop is ripe, and then resume their roving habits. Permanently to till the soil is with them a mark of inferiority (<a href="/genesis/25-16.htm" title="These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.">Genesis 25:16</a>). But the tendency, both with Abraham and Isaac, had long been to remain in the region about Beer-sheba. Isaac had been driven thence by the famine, by which he had probably lost much of his cattle, and many even of his people. Apparently he was even so weakened thereby as to be no match for the Philistines of Gerar. His large harvest recouped him for his losses, and made him once more a prosperous man; and in due time Beer-sheba was again his home, and with settled habits agriculture was锟絪ure to begin.<p><span class= "bld">An hundredfold.</span>--The Heb. is, <span class= "ital">a hundred measures, </span>but the word is unknown elsewhere, and the LXX. and Syriac read, <span class= "ital">a hundred of barley, </span>measures being understood, as in <a href="/ruth/3-15.htm" title="Also he said, Bring the veil that you have on you, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her: and she went into the city.">Ruth 3:15</a>. Herodotus (Book i. 193) mentions two--and even three--hundredfold as possible in Babylonia; but our Lord seems to give one hundredfold as the extreme measure of productiveness in Palestine (<a href="/matthew/13-8.htm" title="But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundred times, some sixty times, some thirty times.">Matthew 13:8</a>). Such a return, like Isaac's, would be rare and extraordinary.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/26.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 12.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Then Isaac sowed in that land</span>, - viz., Philistia. Though a distinct advance on the purely nomadic life pursued by Abraham, this did not imply fixed property in, or even permanent settlement on, the soil, "but only annual tenancy" thereof. Robinson (1. 77) mentions a colony of the Tawarah Arabs, about fifty families, living near Abu Zabel, in Egypt, who cultivated the soil and yet dwelt in tents. "The Biblical patriarchs were not mere Bedawin wanderers, like those who now occupy the Eastern deserts. They had large herds of cattle, which genuine Bedawins have not; they tilled the ground, which these robbers never do; and they accommodated themselves, without difficulty or reluctance, to town and city when necessary, which wild Arabs cannot endure" ('Land and Book,' p. 296) - <span class="cmt_word">and received in the same year an hundred-fold</span> - literally, <span class="accented">an hundred measures</span>, <span class="accented">i</span>.<span class="accented">e</span>. for each measure of that which he sowed; an exceptional return even for Philistia, though "the country is no less fertile than the very best of the Mississippi Valley" ('Land and Book,' p. 557); and Arab grain stores at <span class="accented">Nuttar-abu-Sumar</span>, <span class="accented">in</span> the vicinity of Gaza, still proclaim the remunerative yield of its harvests (Robinson, vol. 1. p. 292). Herodotus (1. 193) speaks of two and three hundred-fold as having been reaped on the plain of Babylonia; but in Palestine the usual rate of increase was from thirty to a hundred-fold (<span class="accented">vide</span> <a href="/matthew/13-23.htm">Matthew 13:23</a>). The reading "an hundred of barley" (LXX., Syriac, Michaelis) is not to be preferred to that in the Textus Receptus. <span class="cmt_word">And the Lord blessed him</span> - as he had promised (ver. 3). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/26-12.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Now Isaac</span><br /><span class="heb">יִצְחָק֙</span> <span class="translit">(yiṣ·ḥāq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3327.htm">Strong's 3327: </a> </span><span class="str2">Isaac -- 'he laughs', son of Abraham and Sarah</span><br /><br /><span class="word">sowed seed</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּזְרַ֤ע</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiz·ra‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2232.htm">Strong's 2232: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sow, to disseminate, plant, fructify</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the</span><br /><span class="heb">הַהִ֔וא</span> <span class="translit">(ha·hi·w)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, self, the same, this, that, as, are</span><br /><br /><span class="word">land,</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּאָ֣רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(bā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and in that very</span><br /><span class="heb">הַהִ֖וא</span> <span class="translit">(ha·hi·w)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, self, the same, this, that, as, are</span><br /><br /><span class="word">year</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּשָּׁנָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(baš·šā·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8141.htm">Strong's 8141: </a> </span><span class="str2">A year</span><br /><br /><span class="word">he reaped</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּמְצָ֛א</span> <span class="translit">(way·yim·ṣā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4672.htm">Strong's 4672: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a hundredfold.</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵאָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(mê·’āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3967.htm">Strong's 3967: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hundred</span><br /><br /><span class="word">And the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">blessed him,</span><br /><span class="heb">וַֽיְבָרֲכֵ֖הוּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·ḇā·ră·ḵê·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1288.htm">Strong's 1288: </a> </span><span class="str2">To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/26-12.htm">Genesis 26:12 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/26-12.htm">Genesis 26:12 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/26-12.htm">Genesis 26:12 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/26-12.htm">Genesis 26:12 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/26-12.htm">Genesis 26:12 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/26-12.htm">Genesis 26:12 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/26-12.htm">Genesis 26:12 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/26-12.htm">Genesis 26:12 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/26-12.htm">Genesis 26:12 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/26-12.htm">Genesis 26:12 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/26-12.htm">OT Law: Genesis 26:12 Isaac sowed in that land and reaped (Gen. 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