Genesis 26

A famine in the land obliges Isaac to leave Beer-sheba and go to Gerar, v. 1. God appears to him, and warns him not to go to Egypt, v. 2. Renews the promises to him which he had made to his father Abraham, vv. 3-5. Isaac dwells at Gerar, v. 6. Being questioned concerning Rebekah, and fearing to lose his life on her account, he calls her his sister, v. 7. Abimelech the king discovers, by certain familiarities which he had noticed between Isaac and Rebekah, that she was his wife, v. 8. Calls Isaac and reproaches him for his insincerity, vv. 9, 10. He gives a strict command to all his people not to molest either Isaac or his wife, v. 11. Isaac applies himself to husbandry and breeding of cattle, and has a great increase, vv. 12-14. Is envied by the Philistines, who stop up the wells he had dug, v. 15. Is desired by Abimelech to remove, v. 16. He obeys, and fixes his tent in the valley of Gerar, v. 17. Opens the wells dug in the days of Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up, v. 18. Digs the well, Ezekiel 19:1-14 , 20; and the well Sitnah, Ezekiel 20:21 ; and the well Rehoboth, Ezekiel 20:22 . Returns to Beer-sheba, Ezekiel 20:23 . God appears to him, and renews his promises, Ezekiel 20:24 . He builds an altar there, pitches his tent, and digs a well, Ezekiel 20:25 . Abimelech, Ahuzzath, and Phichol, visit him, Ezekiel 20:26 . Isaac accuses them of unkindness, Ezekiel 20:27 . They beg him to make a covenant with them, Ezekiel 20:28 , Ezekiel 20:29 . He makes them a feast, and they bind themselves to each other by an oath, Ezekiel 20:30 , Ezekiel 20:31 . The well dug by Isaac's servants ( Genesis 26:25 ;) called Shebah, Genesis 26:33 . Esau, at forty years of age, marries two wives of the Hittites, Genesis 26:34 , at which Isaac and Rebekah are grieved, Genesis 26:35 .