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Genesis 26:22 (NIV)

He moved on from there and dug another well, and no one quarreled over it. He named it Rehoboth, saying, “Now the Lord has given us room and we will flourish in the land.”

That night the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bless you and will increase the number of your descendants for the sake of my servant Abraham.”

Genesis 26:25 (NIV)

Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the Lord . There he pitched his tent, and there his servants dug a well.

Genesis 26:26 (NIV)

Meanwhile, Abimelek had come to him from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his personal adviser and Phicol the commander of his forces.

Genesis 26:27 (NIV)

Isaac asked them, “Why have you come to me, since you were hostile to me and sent me away?”

Genesis 26:28 (NIV)

They answered, “We saw clearly that the Lord was with you; so we said, ‘There ought to be a sworn agreement between us’—between us and you. Let us make a treaty with you

Genesis 26:29 (NIV)

that you will do us no harm, just as we did not harm you but always treated you well and sent you away peacefully. And now you are blessed by the Lord .”

Genesis 26:30 (NIV)

Isaac then made a feast for them, and they ate and drank.

Genesis 26:31 (NIV)

Early the next morning the men swore an oath to each other. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they went away peacefully.

Genesis 26:32 (NIV)

That day Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. They said, “We’ve found water!”

Genesis 26:33 (NIV)

He called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the town has been Beersheba.

Genesis 26:34 (NIV)

When Esau was forty years old, he married Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and also Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.

Genesis 26:35 (NIV)

They were a source of grief to Isaac and Rebekah.

Genesis 26:1 (NIV)

Now there was a famine in the land—besides the previous famine in Abraham’s time—and Isaac went to Abimelek king of the Philistines in Gerar.

Genesis 26:2 (NIV)

The Lord appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land where I tell you to live.

Genesis 26:3 (NIV)

Stay in this land for a while, and I will be with you and will bless you. For to you and your descendants I will give all these lands and will confirm the oath I swore to your father Abraham.

Genesis 26:4 (NIV)

I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed,

Genesis 26:5 (NIV)

because Abraham obeyed me and did everything I required of him, keeping my commands, my decrees and my instructions.”

Genesis 26:6 (NIV)

So Isaac stayed in Gerar.

Genesis 26:7 (NIV)

When the men of that place asked him about his wife, he said, “She is my sister,” because he was afraid to say, “She is my wife.” He thought, “The men of this place might kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is beautiful.”

Genesis 1:4 (NIV)

God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness.

Genesis 1:9 (NIV)

And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so.

Genesis 1:10 (NIV)

God called the dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:11 (NIV)

Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.” And it was so.