Genesis 26
1 And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine (Genesis 12:10) that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.KJRV — Genesis 26:1
2 And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell (Psalms 37:3) in the land which I shall tell thee of:KJRV — Genesis 26:2
3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath (Psalms 105:9) which I sware unto Abraham thy father;KJRV — Genesis 26:3
4 And I will make thy seed to multiply (Genesis 13:16; Exodus 32:13; Numbers 23:10; Deuteronomy 1:10; 1 Chronicles 27:23; Jeremiah 33:22; Romans 4:16; Hebrews 11:12) as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;KJRV — Genesis 26:4
5 Because that Abraham obeyed (Genesis 22:12; James 2:21) my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. KJRV — Genesis 26:5
6 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar: (Genesis 20:1)KJRV — 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 (Genesis 12:11) to look upon.KJRV — Genesis 26:7
8 And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech (Genesis 20:3) king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.KJRV — Genesis 26:8
9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife; and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.KJRV — Genesis 26:9
10 And Abimelech said, What (Genesis 12:18; Genesis 20:9) is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.KJRV — Genesis 26:10
11 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.KJRV — Genesis 26:11
12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed (Genesis 24:1; Job 42:12; Proverbs 3:16; Mark 10:30) him.KJRV — Genesis 26:12
13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:KJRV — Genesis 26:13
14 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied (Genesis 37:11; Ecclesiastes 4:4) him.KJRV — Genesis 26:14
15 For all the wells (Genesis 21:25) which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.KJRV — Genesis 26:15
16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier (Exodus 1:9) than we.KJRV — Genesis 26:16
17 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.KJRV — Genesis 26:17
18 And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called (Genesis 21:31) their names after the names by which his father had called them.KJRV — Genesis 26:18
19 And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.KJRV — Genesis 26:19
20 And the herdmen of Gerar did strive (Genesis 13:7) with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.KJRV — Genesis 26:20
21 And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah. KJRV — Genesis 26:21
22 And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful (Exodus 1:7) in the land.KJRV — Genesis 26:22
23 And he went up from thence to Beersheba.KJRV — Genesis 26:23
24 And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God (Genesis 17:7; Genesis 28:13) of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake.KJRV — Genesis 26:24
25 And he builded (Genesis 13:18) an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well.KJRV — 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.KJRV — Genesis 26:26
27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate (Judges 11:7) me, and have sent me away from you?KJRV — Genesis 26:27
28 And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with (Genesis 21:22; Isaiah 8:10) thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant (Genesis 21:27) with thee;KJRV — Genesis 26:28
29 That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou (Genesis 24:31; Judges 17:2; Ruth 3:10) art now the blessed of the LORD.KJRV — Genesis 26:29
30 And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.KJRV — Genesis 26:30
31 And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware (Genesis 21:31) one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.KJRV — Genesis 26:31
32 And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.KJRV — Genesis 26:32
33 And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day.KJRV — Genesis 26:33
34 And Esau was forty years old when he took (Genesis 28:1; Genesis 28:8; Genesis 36:2; Hebrews 12:16) to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:KJRV — Genesis 26:34
35 Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.KJRV — Genesis 26:35