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GEN 26:1
Genesis 26:1
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And there was a famine in the land, beside the
first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king
of the Philistines unto Gerar. |
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GEN 26:2
Genesis 26:2
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And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go
not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: |
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GEN 26:3
Genesis 26:3
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Sojourn 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 countries,
and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father; |
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GEN 26:4
Genesis 26:4
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And I will make thy seed to multiply as the
stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed
shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; |
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GEN 26:5
Genesis 26:5
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Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept
my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. |
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GEN 26:6
Genesis 26:6
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And Isaac dwelt in Gerar: |
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GEN 26:7
Genesis 26:7
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And the men of the 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. |
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GEN 26:8
Genesis 26:8
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And it came to pass, when he had been there
a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and
saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife. |
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GEN 26:9
Genesis 26:9
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And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold,
of a surety she is thy wife; and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac
said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her. |
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GEN 26:10
Genesis 26:10
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And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done
unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest
have brought guiltiness upon us. |
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GEN 26:11
Genesis 26:11
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And Abimelech charged all his people, saying,
He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death. |
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GEN 26:12
Genesis 26:12
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Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received
in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him. |
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GEN 26:13
Genesis 26:13
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And the man waxed great, and went forward, and
grew until he became very great: |
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GEN 26:14
Genesis 26:14
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For he had possession of flocks, and possession
of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him. |
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GEN 26:15
Genesis 26:15
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For all the wells which his father's servants
had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them,
and filled them with earth. |
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GEN 26:16
Genesis 26:16
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And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for
thou art much mightier than we. |
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GEN 26:17
Genesis 26:17
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And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent
in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. |
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GEN 26:18
Genesis 26:18
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And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which
they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped
them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by
which his father had called them. |
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GEN 26:19
Genesis 26:19
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And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and
found there a well of springing water. |
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GEN 26:20
Genesis 26:20
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And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's
herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because
they strove with him. |
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GEN 26:21
Genesis 26:21
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And they digged another well, and strove for
that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah. |
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GEN 26:22
Genesis 26:22
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And he removed from thence, and digged another
well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and
he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the
land. |
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GEN 26:23
Genesis 26:23
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And he went up from thence to Beersheba. |
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GEN 26:24
Genesis 26:24
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And 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 servant Abraham's sake. |
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GEN 26:25
Genesis 26:25
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And he builded an altar there, and called upon
the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged
a well. |
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GEN 26:26
Genesis 26:26
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Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath
one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army. |
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GEN 26:27
Genesis 26:27
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And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye
to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you? |
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GEN 26:28
Genesis 26:28
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And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD
was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt
us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee; |
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GEN 26:29
Genesis 26:29
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That 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. |
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GEN 26:30
Genesis 26:30
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And he made them a feast, and they did eat and
drink. |
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GEN 26:31
Genesis 26:31
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And they rose up betimes in the morning, and
sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in
peace. |
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GEN 26:32
Genesis 26:32
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And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's
servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said
unto him, We have found water. |
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GEN 26:33
Genesis 26:33
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And he called it Shebah: therefore the name
of the city is Beersheba unto this day. |
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GEN 26:34
Genesis 26:34
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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: |
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GEN 26:35
Genesis 26:35
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Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to
Rebekah. |
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