<h3>Isaac Settles in Gerar</h3>26 Now there was a famine in the land, besides the previous famine that had occurred in the days of Abraham. So Isaac went to Gerar, to Abimelech king of the Philistines. 2 And the Lord appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; stay in the land of which I shall tell you. 3 Live for a time in this land and I will be with you and bless you, for to you and to your descendants I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to your father Abraham. 4 I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven, and will give your descendants all these lands; and by your descendants all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, 5 because Abraham obeyed Me and fulfilled his duty to Me, and kept My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.” 6 So Isaac lived in Gerar. 7 When the men of the place asked about his wife, he said, “ She is my sister,” for he was afraid to say, “my wife,” thinking, “ the men of the place might kill me on account of Rebekah, since she is beautiful.” 8 Now it came about, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked down through a window, and saw them, and behold, Isaac was caressing his wife Rebekah. 9 Then Abimelech called Isaac and said, “Behold, she certainly is your wife! So how is it that you said, ‘She is my sister’?” And Isaac said to him, “Because I thought, ‘otherwise I might be killed on account of her.’” 10 And Abimelech said, “What is this that you have done to us? One of the people might easily have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.” 11 So Abimelech commanded all the people, saying, “He who touches this man or his wife will certainly be put to death.” 12 Now Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in the same year a hundred times as much. And the Lord blessed him, 13 and the man became rich, and continued to grow richer until he became very wealthy; 14 for he had possessions of flocks and herds, and a great household, so that the Philistines envied him. 15 Now all the wells which his father’s servants had dug in the days of his father Abraham, the Philistines stopped up by filling them with dirt. 16 Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go away from us, for you are too powerful for us.” 17 So Isaac departed from there and camped in the Valley of Gerar, and settled there. <h3>Argument over the Wells</h3> 18 Then Isaac dug again the wells of water which had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, for the Philistines had stopped them up after the death of Abraham; and he gave them the same names which his father had given them. 19 But when Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found there a well of flowing water, 20 the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with the herdsmen of Isaac, saying, “The water is ours!” So he named the well Esek, because they argued with him. 21 Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over it too, so he named it Sitnah. 22 Then he moved away from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it; so he named it Rehoboth, for he said, “ At last the Lord has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.” 23 And he went up from there to Beersheba. 24 And the Lord appeared to him the same night and said,<poetry>“ I am the God of your father Abraham; Do not fear, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants, For the sake of My servant Abraham.”</poetry> 25 So he built an altar there and called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent there; and there Isaac’s servants dug a well. <h3>Covenant with Abimelech</h3> 26 Then Abimelech came to him from Gerar with his adviser Ahuzzath, and Phicol the commander of his army. 27 Isaac said to them, “ Why have you come to me, since you hate me and have sent me away from you?” 28 They said, “We have seen plainly that the Lord has been with you; so we said, ‘An oath must now be taken by us,’ that is, by you and us. So let us make a covenant with you, 29 that you will do us no harm, just as we have not touched you and have done to you nothing but good, and have sent you away in peace. You are now the blessed of the Lord.” 30 Then he made them a feast, and they ate and drank. 31 In the morning they got up early and exchanged oaths; then Isaac sent them away, and they left him in peace. 32 Now it came about on the same day, that Isaac’s servants came in and told him about the well which they had dug, and said to him, “We have found water.” 33 So he called it Shibah; therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day. 34 When Esau was forty years old he married Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite; 35 and they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.

Genesis 26:1

Now there was <cr>1</cr>a famine in the land, besides the previous famine that had occurred in the days of Abraham. So Isaac went to Gerar, to <cr>2</cr>Abimelech king of the Philistines.

And the Lord<cr>1</cr>appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; <cr>2</cr>stay in the land of which I shall tell you.

Genesis 26:2

Live for a time in this land and <cr>1</cr>I will be with you and <cr>2</cr>bless you, for <cr>3</cr>to you and to your <ft>1</ft>descendants I will give all these lands, and I will establish <cr>4</cr>the oath which I swore to your father Abraham.

Genesis 26:3

<cr>1</cr>I will multiply your <ft>1</ft>descendants as the stars of heaven, and will give your <ft>2</ft>descendants all these lands; and <cr>2</cr>by your <ft>3</ft>descendants all the nations of the earth <ft>4</ft>shall be blessed,

Genesis 26:4

because Abraham <ft>1</ft><cr>1</cr>obeyed Me and fulfilled his duty to Me, and kept My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”

Genesis 26:5

Genesis 26:6

When the men of the place asked about his wife, he said, “<cr>1</cr>She is my sister,” for he was <cr>2</cr>afraid to say, “my wife,” thinking, “<ft>1</ft>the men of the place might kill me on account of Rebekah, since she is <cr>3</cr>beautiful.”

Genesis 26:7

Now it came about, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked down through a window, and saw them, and behold, Isaac was caressing his wife Rebekah.

Genesis 26:8

Then Abimelech called Isaac and said, “Behold, she certainly is your wife! So how is it that you said, ‘She is my sister’?” And Isaac said to him, “Because I thought, ‘otherwise I might be killed on account of her.’”

Genesis 26:9

And <cr>1</cr>Abimelech said, “What is this that you have done to us? One of the people might easily have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.”

Genesis 26:10

So Abimelech commanded all the people, saying, “He who <cr>1</cr>touches this man or his wife will certainly be put to death.”

Genesis 26:11

Now Isaac sowed in that land and <ft>1</ft>reaped in the same year a hundred times as much. And <cr>1</cr>the Lord blessed him,

Genesis 26:12

and the man <cr>1</cr>became rich, and continued to grow <ft>1</ft>richer until he became very <ft>2</ft>wealthy;

Genesis 26:13

for <cr>1</cr>he had possessions of flocks <ft>1</ft>and herds, and a great household, so that the Philistines envied him.

Genesis 26:14

Now <cr>1</cr>all the wells which his father’s servants had dug in the days of his father Abraham, the Philistines stopped up <ft>1</ft>by filling them with dirt.

Genesis 26:15

Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go away from us, for you are <ft>1</ft><cr>1</cr>too powerful for us.”

Genesis 26:16

So Isaac departed from there and camped in the Valley of Gerar, and <ft>1</ft>settled there.

Genesis 26:17

Genesis 26:18

Then Isaac dug again the wells of water which <ft>1</ft>had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, for the Philistines had stopped them up after the death of Abraham; and he <ft>2</ft>gave them the same names which his father had <ft>3</ft>given them.

But when Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found there a well of <ft>1</ft>flowing water,

Genesis 26:19

the herdsmen of Gerar <cr>1</cr>quarreled with the herdsmen of Isaac, saying, “The water is ours!” So he named the well <ft>1</ft>Esek, because they argued with him.

Genesis 26:20

Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over it too, so he named it <ft>1</ft>Sitnah.

Genesis 26:21

Then he moved away from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it; so he named it <ft>1</ft>Rehoboth, for he said, “<ft>2</ft><cr>1</cr>At last the Lord has made <ft>3</ft>room for us, and we will be <cr>2</cr>fruitful in the land.”

Genesis 26:22

And he went up from there to <cr>1</cr>Beersheba.

Genesis 26:23

And the Lord<cr>1</cr>appeared to him the same night and said,<pb/><poetry>“<cr>2</cr>I am the God of your father Abraham; <cr>3</cr>Do not fear, for I am with you. I <cr>4</cr>will bless you and multiply your <ft>1</ft>descendants, For the sake of My servant Abraham.”</poetry>

Genesis 26:24

So he built an <cr>1</cr>altar there and called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent there; and there Isaac’s servants dug a well.

Genesis 26:25

Genesis 26:26

Then <cr>1</cr>Abimelech came to him from Gerar <ft>1</ft>with his adviser Ahuzzath, and Phicol the commander of his army.

Isaac said to them, “<cr>1</cr>Why have you come to me, since you hate me and have sent me away from you?”

Genesis 26:27

They said, “We have seen plainly <cr>1</cr>that the Lord has been with you; so we said, ‘An oath must now be taken<ft>1</ft>by us,’ that is, <ft>2</ft>by you and us. So let us make a covenant with you,

Genesis 26:28

that you will do us no harm, just as we have not touched you <ft>1</ft>and have done to you nothing but good, and have sent you away in peace. You are now the <cr>1</cr>blessed of the Lord.”

Genesis 26:29

Then <cr>1</cr>he made them a feast, and they ate and drank.

Genesis 26:30

In the morning they got up early and <ft>1</ft><cr>1</cr>exchanged oaths; then Isaac sent them away, and they left him in peace.

Genesis 26:31

Now it came about on the same day, that Isaac’s servants came in and told him about the well which they had dug, and said to him, “We have found water.”

Genesis 26:32

So he called it <ft>1</ft>Shibah; therefore the name of the city is <cr>1</cr>Beersheba to this day.

Genesis 26:33

When Esau was forty years old <cr>1</cr>he <ft>1</ft>married Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite;

Genesis 26:34

and <cr>1</cr>they <ft>1</ft>brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.

Genesis 26:35

 1 Now there was  a famine in the land, besides the previous famine that had occurred in the days of Abraham. So Isaac went to Gerar, to  Abimelech king of the Philistines. 2 And the Lord appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt;  stay in the land of which I shall tell you. 3 Live for a time in this land and  I will be with you and  bless you, for  to you and to your  descendants I will give all these lands, and I will establish  the oath which I swore to your father Abraham. 4  I will multiply your  descendants as the stars of heaven, and will give your  descendants all these lands; and  by your  descendants all the nations of the earth  shall be blessed, 5 because Abraham   obeyed Me and fulfilled his duty to Me, and kept My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.” 6 So Isaac lived in Gerar. 7 When the men of the place asked about his wife, he said, “ She is my sister,” for he was  afraid to say, “my wife,” thinking, “ the men of the place might kill me on account of Rebekah, since she is  beautiful.” 8 Now it came about, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked down through a window, and saw them, and behold, Isaac was caressing his wife Rebekah. 9 Then Abimelech called Isaac and said, “Behold, she certainly is your wife! So how is it that you said, ‘She is my sister’?” And Isaac said to him, “Because I thought, ‘otherwise I might be killed on account of her.’” 10 And  Abimelech said, “What is this that you have done to us? One of the people might easily have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.” 11 So Abimelech commanded all the people, saying, “He who  touches this man or his wife will certainly be put to death.” 12 Now Isaac sowed in that land and  reaped in the same year a hundred times as much. And  the Lord blessed him, 13 and the man  became rich, and continued to grow  richer until he became very  wealthy; 14 for  he had possessions of flocks  and herds, and a great household, so that the Philistines envied him. 15 Now  all the wells which his father’s servants had dug in the days of his father Abraham, the Philistines stopped up  by filling them with dirt. 16 Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go away from us, for you are   too powerful for us.” 17 So Isaac departed from there and camped in the Valley of Gerar, and  settled there. 18 Then Isaac dug again the wells of water which  had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, for the Philistines had stopped them up after the death of Abraham; and he  gave them the same names which his father had  given them. 19 But when Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found there a well of  flowing water, 20 the herdsmen of Gerar  quarreled with the herdsmen of Isaac, saying, “The water is ours!” So he named the well  Esek, because they argued with him. 21 Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over it too, so he named it  Sitnah. 22 Then he moved away from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it; so he named it  Rehoboth, for he said, “  At last the Lord has made  room for us, and we will be  fruitful in the land.” 23 And he went up from there to  Beersheba. 24 And the Lord appeared to him the same night and said, “ I am the God of your father Abraham;  Do not fear, for I am with you. I  will bless you and multiply your  descendants, For the sake of My servant Abraham.” 25 So he built an  altar there and called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent there; and there Isaac’s servants dug a well. 26 Then  Abimelech came to him from Gerar  with his adviser Ahuzzath, and Phicol the commander of his army. 27 Isaac said to them, “ Why have you come to me, since you hate me and have sent me away from you?” 28 They said, “We have seen plainly  that the Lord has been with you; so we said, ‘An oath must now be taken by us,’ that is,  by you and us. So let us make a covenant with you, 29 that you will do us no harm, just as we have not touched you  and have done to you nothing but good, and have sent you away in peace. You are now the  blessed of the Lord.” 30 Then  he made them a feast, and they ate and drank. 31 In the morning they got up early and   exchanged oaths; then Isaac sent them away, and they left him in peace. 32 Now it came about on the same day, that Isaac’s servants came in and told him about the well which they had dug, and said to him, “We have found water.” 33 So he called it  Shibah; therefore the name of the city is  Beersheba to this day. 34 When Esau was forty years old  he  married Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite; 35 and  they  brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.

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