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Genesis 26
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Isaac Settles in Gerar

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Gen 26:1 - Now there was a famine^H7458 in the land,^H776 besides^H4480^H905 the previous^H7223 famine^H7458 that had occurred^H1961 in the days^H3117 of Abraham.^H85 So Isaac^H3327 went^H1980 to Gerar,^H1642 to Abimelech^H40 king^H4428 of the Philistines.^H6430

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Gen 26:2 - The LORD^H3068 appeared^H7200 to him and said,^H559 “Do not go^H3381 down^H3381 to Egypt;^H4714 [fn]stay^H7931 in the land^H776 of which^H834 I shall tell^H559 you.

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Gen 26:3 - “Sojourn^H1481 in this^H2088 land^H776 and I will be with you and bless^H1288 you, for to you and to your [fn]descendants^H2233 I will give^H5414 all^H3605 these^H411 lands,^H776 and I will establish^H6965 the oath^H7621 which^H834 I swore^H7650 to your father^H1 Abraham.^H85

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Gen 26:4 - “I will multiply^H7235 your [fn]descendants^H2233 as the stars^H3556 of heaven,^H8064 and will give^H5414 your [fn]descendants^H2233 all^H3605 these^H411 lands;^H776 and by your [fn]descendants^H2233 all^H3605 the nations^H1471 of the earth^H776 [fn]shall be blessed;^H1288

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Gen 26:5 - because^H6118^H834 Abraham^H85 [fn]obeyed^H8085^H6963 Me and kept^H8104 My charge,^H4931 My commandments,^H4687 My statutes^H2708 and My laws.”^H8451

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Gen 26:6 - So Isaac^H3327 [fn]lived^H3427 in Gerar.^H1642

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Gen 26:7 - When the men^H376 of the place^H4725 asked^H7592 about his wife,^H802 he said,^H559 “She is my sister,”^H269 for he was afraid^H3372 to say,^H559 “my wife,”^H802 thinking, “[fn]the men^H376 of the place^H4725 might kill^H2026 me on account^H5921 of Rebekah,^H7259 for she is beautiful.”^H2896

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Gen 26:8 - It came^H1961 about, when^H3588 he had been there^H8033 a long^H748 time,^H3117 that Abimelech^H40 king^H4428 of the Philistines^H6430 looked^H8259 out through^H1157 a window,^H2474 and saw,^H7200 and behold,^H2009 Isaac^H3327 was caressing^H6711 his wife^H802 Rebekah.^H7259

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Gen 26:9 - Then Abimelech^H40 called^H7121 Isaac^H3327 and said,^H559 “Behold,^H2009 certainly^H389 she is your wife!^H802 How^H349 then did you say,^H559 ‘She is my sister’?”^H269 And Isaac^H3327 said^H559 to him, “Because^H3588 I said,^H559 ‘I might^H6435 die^H4191 on account^H5921 of her.’”

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Gen 26:10 - Abimelech^H40 said,^H559 “What^H4100 is this^H2088 you have done^H6213 to us? One^H259 of the people^H5971 might easily^H4592 have lain^H7901 with your wife,^H802 and you would have brought^H935 guilt^H817 upon us.”

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Gen 26:11 - So Abimelech^H40 charged^H6680 all^H3605 the people,^H5971 saying,^H559 “He who touches^H5060 this^H2088 man^H376 or his wife^H802 shall surely^H4191 be put^H4191 to death.”^H4191

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Gen 26:12 - Now Isaac^H3327 sowed^H2232 in that land^H776 and [fn]reaped^H4672 in the same^H1931 year^H8141 a hundredfold.^H3967^H8180 And the LORD^H3068 blessed^H1288 him,

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Gen 26:13 - and the man^H376 became^H1431 rich,^H1431 and continued^H1980 to grow^H1432 [fn]richer^H1432 until^H5704 he became^H1431 very^H3966 [fn]wealthy;^H1431

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Gen 26:14 - for he had^H1961 possessions^H4735 of flocks^H6629 [fn]and herds^H1241 and a great^H7227 household,^H5657 so that the Philistines^H6430 envied^H7065 him.

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Gen 26:15 - Now all^H3605 the wells^H875 which^H834 his father’s^H1 servants^H5650 had dug^H2658 in the days^H3117 of Abraham^H85 his father,^H1 the Philistines^H6430 stopped^H5640 up [fn]by filling^H4390 them with earth.^H6083

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Gen 26:16 - Then Abimelech^H40 said^H559 to Isaac,^H3327 “Go^H1980 away from us, for you are [fn]too^H3966 powerful^H6105 for us.”

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Gen 26:17 - And Isaac^H3327 departed^H1980 from there^H8033 and camped^H2583 in the valley^H5158 of Gerar,^H1642 and [fn]settled^H3427 there.^H8033

Quarrel over the Wells

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Gen 26:18 - Then Isaac^H3327 dug^H2658 again^H7725 the wells^H875 of water^H4325 which^H834 [fn]had been dug^H2658 in the days^H3117 of his father^H1 Abraham,^H85 for the Philistines^H6430 had stopped^H5640 them up after^H310 the death^H4194 of Abraham;^H85 and he [fn]gave^H7121 them the same^H8034 names^H8034 which^H834 his father^H1 had [fn]given^H7121 them.

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Gen 26:19 - But when Isaac’s^H3327 servants^H5650 dug^H2658 in the valley^H5158 and found^H4672 there^H8033 a well^H875 of [fn]flowing^H2416 water,^H4325

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Gen 26:20 - the herdsmen^H7462 of Gerar^H1642 quarreled^H7378 with the herdsmen^H7462 of Isaac,^H3327 saying,^H559 “The water^H4325 is ours!” So he named^H7121^H8034 the well^H875 [fn]Esek,^H6230 because^H3588 they contended^H6229 with him.

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Gen 26:21 - Then they dug^H2658 another^H312 well,^H875 and they quarreled^H7378 over^H5921 it too,^H1571 so he named^H7121^H8034 it [fn]Sitnah.^H7856

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Gen 26:22 - He moved^H6275 away^H6275 from there^H8033 and dug^H2658 another^H312 well,^H875 and they did not quarrel^H7378 over^H5921 it; so he named^H7121^H8034 it [fn]Rehoboth,^H7344 for he said,^H559 “[fn]At last^H3588^H6258 the LORD^H3068 has made^H7337 [fn]room^H7337 for us, and we will be fruitful^H6509 in the land.”^H776

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Gen 26:23 - Then he went^H5927 up from there^H8033 to Beersheba.^H884

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Gen 26:24 - The LORD^H3068 appeared^H7200 to him the same^H1931 night^H3915 and said,^H559
“I am the God^H430 of your father^H1 Abraham;^H85
Do not fear,^H3372 for I am with you.
I will bless^H1288 you, and multiply^H7235 your [fn]descendants,^H2233
For the sake^H5668 of My servant^H5650 Abraham.”^H85

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Gen 26:25 - So he built^H1129 an altar^H4196 there^H8033 and called^H7121 upon the name^H8034 of the LORD,^H3068 and pitched^H5186 his tent^H168 there;^H8033 and there^H8033 Isaac’s^H3327 servants^H5650 dug^H3738 a well.^H875

Covenant with Abimelech

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Gen 26:26 - Then Abimelech^H40 came^H1980 to him from Gerar^H1642 [fn]with his adviser^H4828 Ahuzzath^H276 and Phicol^H6369 the commander^H8269 of his army.^H6635

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Gen 26:27 - Isaac^H3327 said^H559 to them, “Why^H4069 have you come^H935 to me, since you hate^H8130 me and have sent^H7971 me away^H7971 from you?”

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Gen 26:28 - They said,^H559 “We see^H7200 plainly^H7200 that the LORD^H3068 has been^H1961 with you; so we said,^H559 ‘Let there now^H4994 be an oath^H423 between^H996 us, even between^H996 [fn]you and us, and let us make^H3772 a covenant^H1285 with you,

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Gen 26:29 - that you will do^H6213 us no^H518 harm,^H7451 just^H834 as we have not touched^H5060 you [fn]and have done^H6213 to you nothing^H7534 but good^H2896 and have sent^H7971 you away^H7971 in peace.^H7965 You are now^H6258 the blessed^H1288 of the LORD.’”^H3068

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Gen 26:30 - Then he made^H6213 them a feast,^H4960 and they ate^H398 and drank.^H8354

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Gen 26:31 - In the morning^H1242 they arose^H7925 early^H7925 and [fn]exchanged^H7650 oaths;^H7650 then Isaac^H3327 sent^H7971 them away^H7971 and they departed^H1980 from him in peace.^H7965

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Gen 26:32 - Now it came^H1961 about on the same^H1931 day,^H3117 that Isaac’s^H3327 servants^H5650 came^H935 in and told^H5046 him about^H5921^H182 the well^H875 which^H834 they had dug,^H2658 and said^H559 to him, “We have found^H4672 water.”^H4325

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Gen 26:33 - So he called^H7121 it Shibah;^H7656 therefore^H5921^H3651 the name^H8034 of the city^H5892 is Beersheba^H884 to this^H2088 day.^H3117

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Gen 26:34 - When Esau^H6215 was forty^H705 years^H8141 old^H1121 he [fn]married^H3947^H802 Judith^H3067 the daughter^H1323 of Beeri^H882 the Hittite,^H2850 and Basemath^H1315 the daughter^H1323 of Elon^H356 the Hittite;^H2850

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Gen 26:35 - and they [fn]brought^H1961 grief^H4786^H7307 to Isaac^H3327 and Rebekah.^H7259

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NASB95 Footnotes

Literally: dwell

Literally: seed

Literally: seed

Or, bless themselves

(26:5)

Literally: hearkened to My voice

(26:6)

Literally: dwelt

(26:7)

Literally: lest...place

(26:12)

Literally: found

(26:13)

Literally: great

(26:14)

Literally: and possessions of herds

(26:15)

Literally: and filled them

(26:16)

Literally: much mightier than we

(26:17)

Literally: dwelt

(26:18)

Literally: they had dug

(26:18)

Literally: called their names as the names

Literally: called

Literally: living

I.e. contention

I.e. enmity

I.e. broad places

Literally: Truly now

(26:22)

Or, broad

(26:24)

Literally: seed

(26:26)

Literally: and his confidential friend

(26:28)

Literally: us and you

(26:29)

Literally: and just as we

(26:31)

Literally: swore one to another

(26:34)

Literally: took as wife

(26:35)

Literally: were a bitterness of spirit to

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