The Latter Days - Genesis Chapter 26

Gen 26:1 And there was a famine [07458] in the land [0776], beside [0905] the first [07223] famine [07458] that was in the days [03117] of Abraham [085]. And Isaac [03327] went [03212] (8799) unto Abimelech [040] king [04428] of the Philistines [06430] unto Gerar [01642].
Gen 26:2 And the LORD [03068] appeared [07200] (8735) unto him, and said [0559] (8799), Go not down [03381] (8799) into Egypt [04714]; dwell [07931] (8798) in the land [0776] which I shall tell [0559] (8799) thee of:
Gen 26:3 Sojourn [01481] (8798) in this land [0776], and I will be with thee, and will bless [01288] (8762) thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed [02233], I will give [05414] (8799) all these [0411] countries [0776], and I will perform [06965] (8689) the oath [07621] which I sware [07650] (8738) unto Abraham [085] thy father [01];
Gen 26:4 And I will make [07235] [00] thy seed [02233] to multiply [07235] (8689) as the stars [03556] of heaven [08064], and will give [05414] (8804) unto thy seed [02233] all these [0411] countries [0776]; and in thy seed [02233] shall all the nations [01471] of the earth [0776] be blessed [01288] (8694);
Gen 26:5 Because [06118] that Abraham [085] obeyed [08085] (8804) my voice [06963], and kept [08104] (8799) my charge [04931], my commandments [04687], my statutes [02708], and my laws [08451].
Gen 26:6 And Isaac [03327] dwelt [03427] (8799) in Gerar [01642]:
Gen 26:7 And the men [0582] of the place [04725] asked [07592] (8799) [him] of his wife [0802]; and he said [0559] (8799), She is my sister [0269]: for he feared [03372] (8804) to say [0559] (8800), [She is] my wife [0802]; lest, [said he], the men [0582] of the place [04725] should kill [02026] (8799) me for Rebekah [07259]; because she was fair [02896] to look upon [04758].
Gen 26:8 And it came to pass, when he had been there a long [0748] (8804) time [03117], that Abimelech [040] king [04428] of the Philistines [06430] looked out [08259] (8686) at [01157] a window [02474], and saw [07200] (8799), and, behold, Isaac [03327] was sporting [06711] (8764) with Rebekah [07259] his wife [0802].
Gen 26:9 And Abimelech [040] called [07121] (8799) Isaac [03327], and said [0559] (8799), Behold, of a surety [0389] she is thy wife [0802]: and how saidst [0559] (8804) thou, She is my sister [0269]? And Isaac [03327] said [0559] (8799) unto him, Because I said [0559] (8804), Lest I die [04191] (8799) for her.
Gen 26:10 And Abimelech [040] said [0559] (8799), What is this thou hast done [06213] (8804) unto us? one [0259] of the people [05971] might lightly [04592] have lien [07901] (8804) with thy wife [0802], and thou shouldest have brought [0935] (8689) guiltiness [0817] upon us.
Gen 26:11 And Abimelech [040] charged [06680] (8762) all [his] people [05971], saying [0559] (8800), He that toucheth [05060] (8802) this man [0376] or his wife [0802] shall surely [04191] (8800) be put to death [04191] (8714).
Gen 26:12 Then Isaac [03327] sowed [02232] (8799) in that land [0776], and received [04672] (8799) in the same year [08141] an hundredfold [03967] [08180]: and the LORD [03068] blessed [01288] (8762) him.
Gen 26:13 And the man [0376] waxed great [01431] (8799), and went [03212] (8799) forward [01980] (8800), and grew [01432] until he became [01431] [00] very [03966] great [01431] (8804):
Gen 26:14 For he had possession [04735] of flocks [06629], and possession [04735] of herds [01241], and great store [07227] of servants [05657]: and the Philistines [06430] envied [07065] (8762) him.
Gen 26:15 For all the wells [0875] which his father's [01] servants [05650] had digged [02658] (8804) in the days [03117] of Abraham [085] his father [01], the Philistines [06430] had stopped [05640] (8765) them, and filled [04390] (8762) them with earth [06083].
Gen 26:16 And Abimelech [040] said [0559] (8799) unto Isaac [03327], Go [03212] (8798) from us; for thou art much [03966] mightier [06105] (8804) than we.
Gen 26:17 And Isaac [03327] departed [03212] (8799) thence, and pitched his tent [02583] (8799) in the valley [05158] of Gerar [01642], and dwelt [03427] (8799) there [08033].
Gen 26:18 And Isaac [03327] digged [02658] (8799) again [07725] (8799) the wells [0875] of water [04325], which they had digged [02658] (8804) in the days [03117] of Abraham [085] his father [01]; for the Philistines [06430] had stopped [05640] (8762) them after [0310] the death [04194] of Abraham [085]: and he called [07121] (8799) their names [08034] after the names [08034] by which [0834] his father [01] had called [07121] (8804) them.
Gen 26:19 And Isaac's [03327] servants [05650] digged [02658] (8799) in the valley [05158], and found [04672] (8799) there a well [0875] of springing [02416] water [04325].
Gen 26:20 And the herdmen [07462] (8802) of Gerar [01642] did strive [07378] (8799) with Isaac's [03327] herdmen [07462] (8802), saying [0559] (8800), The water [04325] is ours: and he called [07121] (8799) the name [08034] of the well [0875] Esek [06230]; because they strove [06229] (8694) with him.
Gen 26:21 And they digged [02658] (8799) another [0312] well [0875], and strove [07378] (8799) for that also: and he called [07121] (8799) the name of it [08034] Sitnah [07856].
Gen 26:22 And he removed [06275] (8686) from thence, and digged [02658] (8799) another [0312] well [0875]; and for that they strove [07378] (8804) not: and he called [07121] (8799) the name of it [08034] Rehoboth [07344]; and he said [0559] (8799), For now [06258] the LORD [03068] hath made room [07337] (8689) for us, and we shall be fruitful [06509] (8804) in the land [0776].
Gen 26:23 And he went up [05927] (8799) from thence to Beersheba [0884].
Gen 26:24 And the LORD [03068] appeared [07200] (8735) unto him the same night [03915], and said [0559] (8799), I [am] the God [0430] of Abraham [085] thy father [01]: fear [03372] (8799) not, for I [am] with [0854] thee, and will bless [01288] (8765) thee, and multiply [07235] (8689) thy seed [02233] for my servant [05650] Abraham's [085] sake.
Gen 26:25 And he builded [01129] (8799) an altar [04196] there, and called [07121] (8799) upon the name [08034] of the LORD [03068], and pitched [05186] (8799) his tent [0168] there: and there Isaac's [03327] servants [05650] digged [03738] (8799) a well [0875].
Gen 26:26 Then Abimelech [040] went [01980] (8804) to him from Gerar [01642], and Ahuzzath [0276] one of his friends [04828], and Phichol [06369] the chief captain [08269] of his army [06635].
Gen 26:27 And Isaac [03327] said [0559] (8799) unto them, Wherefore [04069] come [0935] (8804) ye to me, seeing ye hate [08130] (8804) me, and have sent me away [07971] (8762) from you?
Gen 26:28 And they said [0559] (8799), We saw [07200] (8804) certainly [07200] (8800) that the LORD [03068] was with thee: and we said [0559] (8799), Let there be now an oath [0423] betwixt [0996] us, [even] betwixt [0996] us and thee, and let us make [03772] (8799) a covenant [01285] with thee;
Gen 26:29 That thou wilt do [06213] (8799) us no hurt [07451], as we have not touched [05060] (8804) thee, and as we have done [06213] (8804) unto thee nothing but [07535] good [02896], and have sent thee away [07971] (8762) in peace [07965]: thou art now [06258] the blessed [01288] (8803) of the LORD [03068].
Gen 26:30 And he made [06213] (8799) them a feast [04960], and they did eat [0398] (8799) and drink [08354] (8799).
Gen 26:31 And they rose up betimes [07925] (8686) in the morning [01242], and sware [07650] (8735) one [0376] to another [0251]: and Isaac [03327] sent them away [07971] (8762), and they departed [03212] (8799) from him in peace [07965].
Gen 26:32 And it came to pass the same day [03117], that Isaac's [03327] servants [05650] came [0935] (8799), and told [05046] (8686) him concerning [0182] the well [0875] which they had digged [02658] (8804), and said [0559] (8799) unto him, We have found [04672] (8804) water [04325].
Gen 26:33 And he called [07121] (8799) it Shebah [07656]: therefore the name [08034] of the city [05892] is Beersheba [0884] unto this day [03117].
Gen 26:34 And Esau [06215] was forty [0705] years [08141] old [01121] when he took [03947] (8799) to wife [0802] Judith [03067] the daughter [01323] of Beeri [0882] the Hittite [02850], and Bashemath [01315] the daughter [01323] of Elon [0356] the Hittite [02850]:
Gen 26:35 Which were a grief [04786] of mind [07307] unto Isaac [03327] and to Rebekah [07259].

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