Isaac and Abimelech

Genesis 26

6 So Isaac dwelt in Gerar. 7 And the men of the place asked about his wife. And m he said, "She is my sister"; for n he was afraid to say, "She is my wife," because he thought, "lest the men of the place kill me for Rebekah, because she is o beautiful to behold." 8 Now it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked through a window, and saw, and there was Isaac, 1 showing endearment to Rebekah his wife. 9 Then Abimelech called Isaac and said, "Quite obviously she is your wife; so how could you say, 'She is my sister'?" Isaac said to him, "Because I said, 'Lest I die on account of her."' 10 And Abimelech said, "What is this you have done to us? One of the people might soon have lain with your wife, and p you would have brought guilt on us." 11 So Abimelech charged all his people, saying, "He who q touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death."

12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year r a hundredfold; and the LORD s blessed him. 13 The man t began to prosper, and continued prospering until he became very prosperous; 14 for he had possessions of flocks and possessions of herds and a great number of servants. So the Philistines u envied him. 15 Now the Philistines had stopped up all the wells v which his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, and they had filled them with earth. 16 And Abimelech said to Isaac, "Go away from us, for w you are much mightier than we."

17 Then Isaac departed from there and 2 pitched his tent in the Valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. 18 And Isaac 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. x He called them by the names which his father had called them. 19 Also Isaac's servants dug in the valley, and found a well of running water there. 20 But the herdsmen of Gerar y quarreled with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, "The water is ours." So he called the name of the well 3 Esek, 4 because they quarreled with him. 21 Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over that one also. So he called its name 5 Sitnah. 6 22 And he moved from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. So he called its name 7 Rehoboth, 8 because he said, "For now the LORD has made room for us, and we shall z be fruitful in the land."

23 Then he went up from there to Beersheba. 24 And the LORD a appeared to him the same night and said, b "I am the God of your father Abraham; c do not fear, for d I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for My servant Abraham's sake." 25 So he e built an altar there and f called on the name of the LORD, and he pitched his tent there; and there Isaac's servants dug a well.

26 Then Abimelech came to him from Gerar with Ahuzzath, one of his friends, g and Phichol the commander of his army. 27 And Isaac said to them, "Why have you come to me, h since you hate me and have i sent me away from you?" 28 But they said, "We have certainly seen that the LORD j is with you. So we said, 'Let there now be an oath between us, between you and us; and let us make a 9 covenant with you, 29 'that you will do us no harm, since we have not touched you, and since we have done nothing to you but good and have sent you away in peace. k You are now the blessed of the LORD."' 30 l So he made them a feast, and they ate and drank. 31 Then they arose early in the morning and m swore an oath with one another; and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace. 32 It came to pass the same day that Isaac's servants came and told him about the well which they had dug, and said to him, "We have found water." 33 So he called it 10 Shebah. 11 n Therefore the name of the city is 12 Beersheba 13 to this day.

34 o When Esau was forty years old, he took as wives Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite. 35 And p they were a grief of mind to Isaac and Rebekah.

  1. Cross References
    Genesis 12:13
    "Please say you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that I may live because of you."
    Genesis 20:2
    Now Abraham said of Sarah his wife, "She is my sister." And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.
    Genesis 20:12
    But indeed she is truly my sister. She is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
    Genesis 20:13
    "And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said to her, 'This is your kindness that you should do for me: in every place, wherever we go, say of me, "He is my brother."'
  2. Cross References
    Proverbs 29:25
    The fear of man brings a snare, But whoever trusts in the LORD shall be safe.
  3. Cross References
    Genesis 12:11
    And it came to pass, when he was close to entering Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, "Indeed I know that you are a woman of beautiful countenance.
    Genesis 24:16
    Now the young woman was very beautiful to behold, a virgin; no man had known her. And she went down to the well, filled her pitcher, and came up.
    Genesis 29:17
    Leah's eyes were delicate, but Rachel was beautiful of form and appearance.
  4. Cross References
    Genesis 20:9
    And Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, "What have you done to us? How have I offended you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done deeds to me that ought not to be done.
  5. Cross References
    Psalms 105:15
    Saying, "Do not touch My anointed ones, And do My prophets no harm.
  6. Cross References
    Matthew 13:8
    But others fell on good ground and yielded a crop: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
    Matthew 13:23
    "But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty."
    Mark 4:8
    "But other seed fell on good ground and yielded a crop that sprang up, increased and produced: some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some a hundred."
  7. Cross References
    Genesis 24:1
    Now Abraham was old, well advanced in age; and ...
    Genesis 25:8
    Then Abraham breathed his last and died in a go...
    Genesis 25:11
    And it came to pass, after the death of Abraham...
    Genesis 26:3
    Dwell in this land, and I will be with you and ...
    Job 42:12
    Now the LORD blessed the latter days of Job mor...
    Proverbs 10:22
    The blessing of the LORD makes one rich, And He...
  8. Cross References
    Genesis 24:35
    The LORD has blessed my master greatly, and he has become great; and He has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male and female servants, and camels and donkeys.
    Proverbs 10:22
    The blessing of the LORD makes one rich, And He adds no sorrow with it.
  9. Cross References
    Genesis 37:11
    And his brothers envied him, but his father kept the matter in mind.
    Ecclesiastes 4:4
    Again, I saw that for all toil and every skillful work a man is envied by his neighbor. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.
  10. Cross References
    Genesis 21:25
    Then Abraham rebuked Abimelech because of a well of water which Abimelech's servants had seized.
    Genesis 21:30
    And he said, "You will take these seven ewe lambs from my hand, that they may be my witness that I have dug this well.
  11. Cross References
    Exodus 1:9
    And he said to his people, "Look, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we.
  12. Cross References
    Genesis 21:31
    Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.
  13. Cross References
    Genesis 21:25
    Then Abraham rebuked Abimelech because of a well of water which Abimelech's servants had seized.
  14. Cross References
    Genesis 17:6
    I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you.
    Genesis 28:3
    May God Almighty bless you, And make you fruitful and multiply you, That you may be an assembly of peoples.
    Genesis 41:52
    And the name of the second he called Ephraim: "For God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
    Exodus 1:7
    But the children of Israel were fruitful and increased abundantly, multiplied and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.
  15. Cross References
    Genesis 26:2
    Then the LORD appeared to him and said: "Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land of which I shall tell you.
  16. Cross References
    Genesis 17:7
    And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after you.
    Genesis 17:8
    "Also I give to you and your descendants after you the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession; and I will be their God."
    Genesis 24:12
    Then he said, "O LORD God of my master Abraham, please give me success this day, and show kindness to my master Abraham.
    Exodus 3:6
    Moreover He said, "I am the God of your father - the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon God.
    Acts 7:32
    Saying, 'I am the God of your fathers - the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.' And Moses trembled and dared not look.
  17. Cross References
    Genesis 15:1
    After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, "Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.
  18. Cross References
    Genesis 26:3
    Dwell in this land, and I will be with you and bless you; for to you and your descendants I give all these lands, and I will perform the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.
    Genesis 26:4
    And I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven; I will give to your descendants all these lands; and in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed.
  19. Cross References
    Genesis 12:7
    Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, "To y...
    Genesis 12:8
    And he moved from there to the mountain east of...
    Genesis 13:4
    To the place of the altar which he had made the...
    Genesis 13:18
    Then Abram moved his tent, and went and dwelt b...
    Genesis 22:9
    Then they came to the place of which God had to...
    Genesis 33:20
    Then he erected an altar there and called it El...
  20. Cross References
    Genesis 21:33
    Then Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there called on the name of the LORD, the Everlasting God.
    Psalms 116:17
    I will offer to You the sacrifice of thanksgiving, And will call upon the name of the LORD.
  21. Cross References
    Genesis 21:22
    And it came to pass at that time that Abimelech and Phichol, the commander of his army, spoke to Abraham, saying, "God is with you in all that you do.
  22. Cross References
    Judges 11:7
    So Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, "Did you not hate me, and expel me from my father's house? Why have you come to me now when you are in distress?
  23. Cross References
    Genesis 26:16
    And Abimelech said to Isaac, "Go away from us, for you are much mightier than we.
  24. Cross References
    Genesis 21:22
    And it came to pass at that time that Abimelech and Phichol, the commander of his army, spoke to Abraham, saying, "God is with you in all that you do.
    Genesis 21:23
    "Now therefore, swear to me by God that you will not deal falsely with me, with my offspring, or with my posterity; but that according to the kindness that I have done to you, you will do to me and to the land in which you have dwelt."
  25. Cross References
    Genesis 24:31
    And he said, "Come in, O blessed of the LORD! Why do you stand outside? For I have prepared the house, and a place for the camels.
    Psalms 115:15
    May you be blessed by the LORD, Who made heaven and earth.
  26. Cross References
    Genesis 19:3
    But he insisted strongly; so they turned in to him and entered his house. Then he made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.
  27. Cross References
    Genesis 21:31
    Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.
  28. Cross References
    Genesis 21:31
    Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.
    Genesis 28:10
    Now Jacob went out from Beersheba and went toward Haran.
  29. Cross References
    Genesis 28:8
    Also Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan did not please his father Isaac.
    Genesis 36:2
    Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite; Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite.
  30. Cross References
    Genesis 27:46
    And Rebekah said to Isaac, "I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth; if Jacob takes a wife of the daughters of Heth, like these who are the daughters of the land, what good will my life be to me?
    Genesis 28:1
    Then Isaac called Jacob and blessed him, and charged him, and said to him: "You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.
    Genesis 28:8
    Also Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan did not please his father Isaac.
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