Genesis 26

1 And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines to Gerar.AKJV — Genesis 26:1

2 And the LORD appeared to him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell you of:AKJV — Genesis 26:2

3 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, and I will perform the oath which I swore to Abraham your father;AKJV — Genesis 26:3

4 And I will make your seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give to your seed all these countries; and in your seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;AKJV — Genesis 26:4

5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.AKJV — Genesis 26:5

6 And Isaac dwelled in Gerar:AKJV — Genesis 26:6

7 And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look on.AKJV — Genesis 26:7

8 And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.AKJV — Genesis 26:8

9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is your wife; and how said you, She is my sister? And Isaac said to him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.AKJV — Genesis 26:9

10 And Abimelech said, What is this you have done to us? one of the people might lightly have lien with your wife, and you should have brought guiltiness on us.AKJV — Genesis 26:10

11 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.AKJV — Genesis 26:11

12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundred times: and the LORD blessed him.AKJV — Genesis 26:12

13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:AKJV — Genesis 26:13

14 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.AKJV — Genesis 26:14

15 For all the wells which his father’ servants had dig in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.AKJV — Genesis 26:15

16 And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go from us; for you are much mightier than we.AKJV — Genesis 26:16

17 And Isaac departed there, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelled there.AKJV — Genesis 26:17

18 And Isaac dig again the wells of water, which they had dig in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.AKJV — Genesis 26:18

19 And Isaac’ servants dig in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.AKJV — Genesis 26:19

20 And the herdsmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac’ herdsmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.AKJV — Genesis 26:20

21 And they dig another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.AKJV — Genesis 26:21

22 And he removed from there, and dig another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.AKJV — Genesis 26:22

23 And he went up from there to Beersheba.AKJV — Genesis 26:23

24 And the LORD appeared to him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham your father: fear not, for I am with you, and will bless you, and multiply your seed for my servant Abraham’ sake.AKJV — Genesis 26:24

25 And he built an altar there, and called on the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac’ servants dig a well.AKJV — Genesis 26:25

26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.AKJV — Genesis 26:26

27 And Isaac said to them, Why come you to me, seeing you hate me, and have sent me away from you?AKJV — Genesis 26:27

28 And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with you: and we said, Let there be now an oath between us, even between us and you, and let us make a covenant with you;AKJV — Genesis 26:28

29 That you will do us no hurt, as we have not touched you, and as we have done to you nothing but good, and have sent you away in peace: you are now the blessed of the LORD.AKJV — Genesis 26:29

30 And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.AKJV — Genesis 26:30

31 And they rose up betimes in the morning, and swore one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.AKJV — Genesis 26:31

32 And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac’ servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had dig, and said to him, We have found water.AKJV — Genesis 26:32

33 And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day.AKJV — Genesis 26:33

34 And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:AKJV — Genesis 26:34

35 Which were a grief of mind to Isaac and to Rebekah.AKJV — Genesis 26:35