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Or HaChaim on Genesis 26:12/אור החיים על בראשית כ״ו:י״ב

אמֵאָה שְׁעָרִים וַיְבָרְכֵהוּ. פֵּרוּשׁ, לֶהֱיוֹת דְּדָבָר הַנִּמְדָּד אֵין הַבְּרָכָה מְצוּיָה בּוֹ (בבא מציעא מב.), וְכָאן אָמַר שֶׁהֲגַם שֶׁנִּמְדַּד וְנוֹדַע שִׁעוּר מֵאָה שְׁעָרִים, אַף עַל פִּי כֵן וַיְבָרְכֵהוּ ה׳. עוֹד יִרְצֶה שֶׁלֹּא נִכְנַס בּוֹ עַיִן הָרַע מֵהַפְלָגַת הָרֶוַח, כִּי יְצַו ה׳ אִתּוֹ אֶת הַבְּרָכָה.
1 מאה שערים, ויברכהו. one hundred fold; G'd blessed him. Since we have a general rule that anything that is measured does not qualify for a blessing, the Torah here informs us that G'd blessed Isaac's harvest even though the amount of his harvest had been measured. The Torah also wanted to tell us that despite the phenomenal success of Isaac as a farmer during a famine he did not suffer the effects of an evil eye of anyone who was jealous of his success.