Treasury of Scripture
sowed. The author of the History of the Piratical States of Barbary observes, (p.
44,) that the Moors of that country are divided into tribes like the Arabians, and like them dwell in tents, formed into itinerant villages; that 'these wanderers farm lands of the inhabitants of the towns, sow and cultivate them, paying their rent with the produce, such as fruits, corn, wax, etc. They are very skilful in choosing the most advantageous soils for every season, and very careful to avoid the Turkish troops, the violence of the one little suiting the simplicity of the other.' It is natural to suppose, that Isaac possessed the like sagacity, when he sowed in the land of Gerar, and received that year an hundred-fold.
received. Heb. found. an hundredfold.
Psalm 67:6 Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us.
Psalm 72:16 There shall be an handful of corn in the earth on the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon...
Ecclesiastes 11:6 In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening withhold not your hand: for you know not whether shall prosper, either this or that...
Zechariah 8:12 For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase...
Matthew 13:8,23 But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundred times, some sixty times, some thirty times...
Mark 4:8 And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty...
1 Corinthians 3:6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
2 Corinthians 9:10,11 Now he that ministers seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown...
Galatians 6:7,8 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatever a man sows, that shall he also reap...
blessed.
Genesis 26:3,29 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you; for to you, and to your seed, I will give all these countries...
Genesis 24:1,35 And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things...
Genesis 30:30 For it was little which you had before I came, and it is now increased to a multitude; and the LORD has blessed you since my coming...
Job 42:12 So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels...
