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Genesis 26:16

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

KJV

in tantum, ut ipse Abimelech diceret ad Isaac : Recede a nobis, quoniam potentior nobis factus es valde.

Vulgate

εἶπεν δὲ Ἀβιμέλεχ πρὸς Ἰσαάκ Ἄπελθε ἀφ’ ἡμῶν, ὅτι δυνατώτερος ἡμῶν ἐγένου σφόδρα.

LXX

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

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ אֶל יִצְחָ֑ק לֵ֚ךְ מֵֽ/עִמָּ֔/נוּ כִּֽי עָצַֽמְתָּ מִמֶּ֖/נּוּ מְאֹֽד

Hebrew

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In this verse

People IsaacAbimelechAbimelech

In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְ
'bymlk
proper_noun · 67×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
וֹ
v
verb · 20×
יִצְחָ֖ק
ytschq
proper_noun · 108×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
מְאֹֽד
m'd
noun · 297×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
עִם
'm
preposition · 1043×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Exod 1:9 — And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:
  • Gen 26:27 — And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?
  • Mark 5:17 — And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.