BACKGROUND and COMMENTARY by Chuck Smith (blueletterbible.org): The worldwide famine was now in full swing and Isaac wanted to go down to Egypt because he had heard there was plenty of grain available. God visits Isaac as he is going over to the land of the Philistines. God comes to him and visits and reiterates to Isaac the promise he had made to Abraham. The land is gonna be yours. I'm gonna multiply your seed, but then the heart of the thing is "through thy seed shall all of the nations of the earth be blessed." Not plural, but singular, referring to Jesus Christ; so the promise of the Messiah to come down through Isaac. And thus, reiterated, the promise that he had made to Abraham, now that same covenant and promise is passed on to Isaac at this particular time in his life.
PERSONAL APPLICATION Although we don't see the words "Fear not" in this verse, I can hear it after God says to Isaac, "I will be with thee, and will bless thee…" Isaac was encouraged NOT to be afraid of anything that might happen to him as long as he followed God's commands. That's why, when God tells that He is WITH US, we should believe that He is in control of everything that might happen to us and we have NO need to fear!
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