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Ramban on Genesis 26:24/רמב"ן על בראשית כ״ו:כ״ד
אאַל תִּירָא כִּי אִתְּךָ אָנֹכִי בַּעֲבוּר שֶׁהִבְרִיחוֹ אֲבִימֶלֶךְ מֵעָלָיו מִקִּנְאָתָם בּוֹ וְגַם רוֹעֵי גְּרָר רָבוּ עִמּוֹ, הָיָה מִתְיָרֵא פֶּן יֵאָסְפוּ עָלָיו וְיַכּוּהוּ הוּא וּבֵיתוֹ, וְהִבְטִיחוֹ הקב"ה שֶׁלֹּא יִירָא מֵהֶם וַיְבָרֶךְ אוֹתוֹ, וְאָז נָתַן בְּלִבָּם שֶׁהָלַךְ לְפָנָיו הַמֶּלֶךְ בְּכָבוֹד גָּדוֹל יוֹתֵר מֵאֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה לְאָבִיו, כִּי בָא עִם פִּיכֹל שַׂר צְבָאוֹ וְעוֹד הוֹסִיף לְהָבִיא עִמּוֹ רַבִּים רֵעָיו:
1FEAR NOT, FOR I AM WITH THEE. Since Abimelech drove him away because of the Philistines’ jealousy of him, and since the herdsmen of Gerar quarrelled with him, Isaac feared lest they gather against him and smite him and his family. Therefore the Holy One, blessed be He, assured him that he should not fear them, and He blessed him. Then He prompted them so that the king went to Isaac with greater honor than that which he did to his father since he came with Phichol, the chief of his host, and also brought with him many of his friends.