Genesis 26
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Genesis 26
1¶ And there was a famine in the land, in addition to the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech, king of the Philistines, unto Gerar.
2And the Lord appeared unto him and said, Do not go down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of;
3abide 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 lands, and I will confirm the oath which I swore unto Abraham thy father;
4and I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven and will give unto thy seed all these lands, and in thy seed shall all the Gentiles of the earth be blessed
5because Abraham hearkened unto my voice and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
6¶ Therefore Isaac dwelt in Gerar.
7And the men of that 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 upon.
8And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time that Abimelech, king of the Philistines, looking out a window, saw Isaac sporting with Rebekah, his wife.
9And Abimelech called Isaac and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife; and how didst thou say, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die because of her.
10And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? One of the people might easily have slept with thy wife, and thou should have brought the sin upon us.
11Then Abimelech charged all the people, saying, He that touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
12¶ Then Isaac sowed in that land and received in the same year one hundred-fold, and the Lord blessed him.
13And the man waxed great and went forward and grew until he became very great,
14for he had possession of flocks, possession of herds, great store of servants, and the Philistines envied him.
15For all the wells which his father’s slaves had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them and filled them with earth.
16And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us, for thou art become much mightier than we.
17And Isaac departed from there and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar and dwelt there.
18And Isaac reopened the wells of water, which they had opened in the days of Abraham his father, for the Philistines had stopped them up after the death of Abraham, and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.
19And Isaac’s slaves dug in the valley and found there a well of living waters.
20And the pastors of Gerar strove with Isaac’s pastors, saying, The water is ours; therefore he called the name of the well Esek, because they strove with him.
21And they opened another well and strove for that one also; and he called the name of it Sitnah.
22And he left there and opened another well; and for that one they did not strive 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.
23And he went up from there unto Beersheba.
24And the Lord appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father; fear not, for I am with thee and will bless thee and multiply thy seed for my slave Abraham’s sake.
25And he built an altar there and called upon the name of the Lord and pitched his tent there; and there Isaac’s slaves opened a well.
26¶ Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar and Ahuzzath, one of his friends, and Phichol, the chief captain of his army.
27And Isaac said unto them, Why come ye to me, seeing ye hate me and have sent me away from you?
28And they said, We have seen certainly that the Lord is with thee; and we said, Let there be now an oath between us, even between us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee,
29that 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 art now the blessed of the Lord.
30And he made them a banquet, and they ate and drank.
31And they rose up early in the morning and swore one to another; and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
32And it came to pass the same day that Isaac’s slaves came and told him concerning the well which they had opened and said unto him, We have found water.
33And he called it Shebah, therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day.
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:
35Who were bitterness of spirit unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
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The Jubilee Bible 2000 (JUB) by Ransom Press International
Genesis 26
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Isaac and Abimelech
Ge 12:10–20; 20:1–18
1There was a famine in the land, # Ge 12:10 in addition to the first famine that was during the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines in Gerar. 2The Lord appeared to him # Ge 12:7 and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Live in the land of which I will tell you. # Ge 12:1 3Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you and will bless you; # Ge 28:15 for I will give to you and all your descendants all these lands, # Ge 13:15 and I will fulfill the oath which I swore to Abraham your father. 4I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of the heavens and will give your descendants all these lands. By your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed, # Ge 15:5; 22:17–18 # 26:4 Or will bless themselves. 5because Abraham obeyed Me # Ge 22:16, 18 and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.” 6So Isaac lived in Gerar.
7The men of the place asked him about his wife. And he said, “She is my sister,” # Ge 12:13; 20:2 for he was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” thinking, “The men of the place might kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is beautiful in appearance.”
8When he had been there a long time, Abimelech the king of the Philistines looked out of a window and saw Isaac caressing Rebekah his wife. 9Abimelech summoned Isaac and said, “Behold, she is your wife. How then could you say, ‘She is my sister’?”
Isaac said to him, “Because I said, ‘I might die on account of her.’ ”
10Abimelech said, “What is this you have done to us? One of the people might have easily lain with your wife, and you might have brought guilt upon us!”
11Abimelech charged all his people, saying, “He who touches this man or his wife will surely be put to death.” # Ps 105:15
12Then Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in the same year a hundredfold; the Lord blessed him. # Ge 24:1; 26:3 13The man became rich and continued to prosper until he became very wealthy. 14For he had possessions of flocks and herds and a great number of servants so that the Philistines envied him. # Ge 37:11; Ecc 4:4 15For the Philistines had stopped up all the wells which his father’s servants had dug # Ge 21:30 in the days of Abraham his father by filling them with dirt.
16Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go away from us, for you are much more powerful than we are.” # Ex 1:9
17So Isaac departed from there and pitched his tent in the Valley of Gerar and settled there. 18Isaac dug again the wells of water, which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father, for the Philistines had stopped them up after the death of Abraham. He called their names after the names his father had called them. # Ge 21:31
19But when Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found a well of running water there, 20the herdsmen of Gerar contended with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, “The water is ours.” So he called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him. # Ge 21:25 21They dug another well and quarreled over that also. So he called the name of it Sitnah. 22Then he moved away from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. So he called the name of it Rehoboth, for he said, “For now the Lord has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.” # Ge 17:6; Ex 1:7
23He went up from there to Beer-sheba. 24The Lord appeared to him that same night and said, “I am the God of Abraham your father. Do not fear, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of My servant Abraham.” # Ge 15:1; 17:7
25He built an altar there, # Ge 13:18 called on the name of the Lord, # Ps 116:17 and pitched his tent there. And there Isaac’s servants dug a well.
26Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, along with Ahuzzath, one of his friends, and Phicol the commander of his army. 27Isaac said to them, “Why have you come to me, since you hate me and have sent me away from you?” # Ge 26:16; Jdg 11:7
28And they said, “We saw plainly that the Lord was with you. So we said, ‘Let there now be an oath between us, between you and us, and let us make a covenant with you, # Ge 21:22–23 29so that you will do us no harm, just as we have not touched you, and have done you nothing but good and have sent you away in peace. You are now the blessed of the Lord.’ ” # Ge 24:31; Ps 115:15
30Then he made them a feast, and they ate and drank. # Ge 19:3 31They rose up early in the morning and swore an oath with one another. Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
32That same day Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well that they had dug and said to him, “We have found water.” 33And he called it Shibah. Therefore, the name of the city is Beer-sheba to this day. # Ge 21:31
34Esau was forty years old when he took as wives Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite, # Ge 36:2 35and they brought grief to Isaac and to Rebekah.
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