Genesis 26:16

Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Leave us and go elsewhere, ¹  for you have become much more powerful ²  than we are.”

biblegateway Gen 26:16

Then Abimelech said to Isaac, "Move away from us; you have become too powerful for us."

biblegateway Gen 26:16

Then Abimelech said to Isaac, "Go away from us, for you are too powerful for us."

biblegateway Gen 26:16

And Abimelech asked Isaac to leave the country. "Go somewhere else," he said, "for you have become too rich and powerful for us."

biblegateway Gen 26:16

Finally, Abimelech told Isaac: "Leave. You've become far too big for us."

SABDAweb Gen 26:16

And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go away from us, for you are stronger than we are.

bibleoremus Gen 26:16

And Abimelech said to Isaac, "Go away from us; you have become too powerful for us."

biblegateway Gen 26:16

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

biblegateway Gen 26:16

Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Leave us and go elsewhere, ¹  for you have become much more powerful ²  than we are.”

¹ tn Heb “Go away from us.”

² sn 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).