Holy Scripture
Genesis 26:12
A church father on this verse
“And after these things the text says, "Isaac sowed barley and found a hundredfold. And the Lord blessed him, and the man was magnified, and by his progress he became greater until he became very great."Why is it that Isaac "sowed barley" and not wheat, and [why] is [he] blessed because he sows "barley," and [why] is […”
Source: Septuagint
Original
12And Isaac sowed in that land, and he found in that year barley a hundredfold, and the Lord blessed him.
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10And Abimelech said to him, Why hast thou done this to us? one of my kindred within a little had lain with thy wife, and thou wouldest have brought a sin of ignorance upon us.
11And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, Every man that touches this man and his wife shall be liable to death.
— Genesis 26:12 —
13And the man was exalted, and advancing he increased, till he became very great.
14And he had cattle of sheep, and cattle of oxen, and many tilled lands, and the Philistines envied him.