12 Isaac planted crops in that land and the same year reaped a hundredfold, because the Lord blessed him.
12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received
12 And Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in the same year a hundredfold. The Lord blessed him,
12 Isaac planted crops in that land and took in a huge harvest. God blessed him.
12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year a hundredfold; and the Lord blessed him.
12 When Isaac planted his crops that year, he harvested a hundred times more grain than he planted, for the Lord blessed him.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Genesis 26:12
Commentary on Genesis 26:12-17
(Read Genesis 26:12-17)
God blessed Isaac. Be it observed, for the encouragement of poor tenants who occupy other people's lands, and are honest and industrious, that God blessed him with a great increase. The Philistines envied Isaac. It is an instance of the vanity of the world; for the more men have of it, the more they are envied, and exposed to censure and injury. Also of the corruption of nature; for that is an ill principle indeed, which makes men grieve at the good of others. They made Isaac go out of their country. That wisdom which is from above, will teach us to give up our right, and to draw back from contentions. If we are wrongfully driven from one place, the Lord will make room for us in another.