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Ge 26:1	Strong Concordance	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] unto Abimelech [040] king [04428] of the Philistines [06430] unto Gerar [01642].
	King James	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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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
SOJOURN IN GERAR. (Gen. 26:1-35) And there was a famine in the land . . . And Isaac went unto . . . Gerar--The pressure of famine in Canaan forced Isaac with his family and flocks to migrate into the land of the Philistines, where he was exposed to personal danger, as his father had been on account of his wife's beauty; but through the seasonable interposition of Providence, he was preserved (Psa 105:14-15).

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

SOJOURN IN GERAR. (Gen. 26:1-35)

And there was a famine in the land . . . And Isaac went unto . . . Gerar--The pressure of famine in Canaan forced Isaac with his family and flocks to migrate into the land of the Philistines, where he was exposed to personal danger, as his father had been on account of his wife's beauty; but through the seasonable interposition of Providence, he was preserved (Psa 105:14-15).

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
- The Events of Isaac's Life 5. משׁמרת mı̂shmeret, "charge, ordinance." מציה mı̂tsvâh, "command," special order. חק choq, "decree, statute," engraven on stone or metal. תירה tôrâh, "law," doctrine, system of moral truth. 10. עשׂק ‛êśeq, 'Eseq, "strife." 21. שׂטנה śı̂ṭnâh, Sitnah, "opposition." 22. רחבית rechobôt, Rechoboth, "room." 26. אחזת 'ǎchuzat, Achuzzath, "possession." 33. שׁבעה shı̂b‛âh, Shib'ah, "seven; oath." 34. יהוּדית yehûdı̂yt, Jehudith, "praised." בארי be'ērı̂y, Beeri, "of a well." בשׂמת bāśemat, Basemath, "sweet smell." אילן 'êylon, Elon, "oak." This chapter presents the leading events in the quiet life of Isaac. It is probable that Abraham was now dead. In that case, Esau and Jacob would be at least fifteen years of age when the following event occurred. Gen 26:1-5 Renewal of the promise to Isaac. "A famine in the land." We left Isaac, after the death of Abraham, at Beer-lahai-roi Gen 25:11. The preceding events have only brought us up to the same point of time. This well was in the land of the south Gen 24:62. The present famine is distinguished from what occurred in the time of Abraham Gen 12:10. The interval between them is at least a hundred years. The author of this, the ninth document, is, we find, acquainted with the seventh document; and the famine to which he refers is among the earliest events recorded in it. There is no reason to doubt, then, that he has the whole history of Abraham before his mind. "Unto Abimelek unto Gerar." The Abimelek with whom Abraham had contact about eighty years before may have been the father of the present sovereign. Both Abimelek and Phikol seem to have been official names. Gerar Gen 10:19 was apparently on the brook of Mizraim Num 34:5, the Wady el-Arish, or the Wady el-Khubarah, a northern affluent of the former, or in the interval between them. It is on the way to Egypt, and is the southern city of the Philistines, who probably came from Egypt Gen 10:14. Isaac was drawing toward Egypt, when he came to Gerar. Gen 26:2-5 Isaac is now the heir, and therefore the holder, of the promise. Hence, the Lord enters into communication with him. First, the present difficulty is met. "Go not down into Mizraim," the land of corn, even when other lands were barren. "Dwell in the land of which I shall tell thee." This reminds us of the message to Abraham Gen 12:1. The land here spoken of refers to "all these lands" mentioned in the following verses. "Sojourn in this land:" turn aside for the present, and take up thy temporary abode here. Next, the promise to Abraham is renewed with some variety of expression. "I will be with thee" Gen 21:22, a notable and comprehensive promise, afterward embodied in the name Immanuel, "God with us. Unto thee and unto thy seed." This was fulfilled to his seed in due time. All these lands, now parcelled out among several tribes. "And blessed in thy seed" Gen 12:3; Gen 22:18. This is the great, universal promise to the whole human race through the seed of Abraham, twice explicitly announced to that patriarch. "All the nations." In constancy of purpose the Lord contemplates, even in the special covenant with Abraham, the gathering in of the nations under the covenant with Noah and with Adam Gen 9:9; Hos 6:7. "Because Abraham hearkened to my voice," in all the great moments of his life, especially in the last act of proceeding on the divine command to offer Isaac himself. Abraham, by the faith which flows from the new birth, was united with the Lord, his shield and exceeding great reward Gen 15:1, with God Almighty, who quickened and strengthened him to walk before him and be perfect Gen 17:1. The Lord his righteousness worketh in him, and his merit is reflected and reproduced in him Gen 22:16, Gen 22:18. Hence, the Lord reminds Isaac of the oath which he had heard at least fifty years before confirming the promise, and of the declaration then made that this oath of confirmation was sworn because Abraham had obeyed the voice of God. How deeply these words would penetrate into the soul of Isaac, the intended victim of that solemn day! But Abraham's obedience was displayed in all the acts of his new life. He kept the charge of God, the special commission he had given him; his commandments, his express or occasional orders; his statutes, his stated prescriptions, graven on stone; his laws, the great doctrines of moral obligation. This is that unreserved obedience which flows from a living faith, and withstands the temptations of the flesh. Gen 26:6-11 Rebekah preserved from dishonor in Gerar. Gerar was probably a commercial town trading with Egypt, and therefore Isaac's needs during the famine are here supplied. "The men of the place" were struck with the appearance of Rebekah, "because she was fair." Isaac, in answer to their inquiries, pretends that she is his sister, feeling that his life was in peril, if she was known to be his wife. Rebekah was at this time not less than thirty-five years married, and had two sons upwards of fifteen years old. She was still however in the prime of life, and her sons were probably engaged in pastoral and other field pursuits. From the compact between Abraham and Sarah Gen 20:13, and from this case of Isaac about eighty years after, it appears that this was a ready pretence with married people among strangers in those times of social insecurity. Gen 26:8-11 Abimelek observes Isaac sporting with Rebekah as only husband and wife should, constrains him to confess that she is his wife, charges him with the impropriety of his conduct, and commands his people to refrain from harming either of them on pain of death. We see how insecure a female's honor was in those days, if she was in a strange land, and had not a band of men to keep back the hand of violence. We perceive also that God mercifully protects his chosen ones from the perils which they bring upon themselves by the vain self-reliance and wicked policy of the old corrupt nature. This remnant of the old man we find in the believers of old, as in those of the present time, though it be different and far less excusable in its recent manifestations. Gen 26:12-16 The growing prosperity of Isaac. "And Isaac sowed in that land." This does not imply a fixed property in the soil, but only an annual tenancy. "A hundred-fold." The rates of increase vary from thirty to a hundred. Sixty-fold is very good, and was not unusual in Palestine. A hundred-fold was rare, and only in spots of extraordinary fertility. Babylonia, however, yielded two hundred and even three hundred-fold, according to Herodotus (I. 193). Thus, the Lord began to "bless him." The amazing growth of the stranger's wealth in flocks and herds and servants awakens the envy of the inhabitants. The digging of the well was an enterprise of great interest in rural affairs. It conferred a sort of ownership on the digger, especially in a country where water was precious. And in a primeval state of society the well was the scene of youthful maidens drawing water for domestic use, and of young men and sometimes maidens watering the bleating flocks and lowing herds, and therefore the gathering center of settled life. Hence, the envious Philistines were afraid that from a sojourner he would go on to be a settler, and acquire rights of property. They accordingly took the most effectual means of making his abiding place uncomfortable, when they stopped up the wells. At length the sovereign advised a separation, if he did not enjoin the departure of Isaac. Gen 26:17-22 Isaac retires, and sets about the digging of wells. He retreats from Gerar and its suburbs, and takes up his abode in the valley, or wady of Gerar. These wadys are the hollows in which brooks flow, and therefore the well-watered and fertile parts of the country. He digs again the old wells, and calls them by the old names. He commences the digging of new ones. For the first the herdmen of Gerar strive, claiming the water as their property. Isaac yields. He digs another; they strive, and he again yields. He now removes apparently into a distinct region, and digs a third well, for which there is no contest. This he calls Rehoboth, "room" - a name which appears to be preserved in Wady er-Ruhaibeh, near which is Wady esh-Shutein, corresponding to Sitnah. "For now the Lord hath made room for us." Isaac's homely realizing faith in a present and presiding Lord here comes out. Gen 26:23-25 Isaac now proceeds to Beer-sheba. "Went up." It was an ascent from Wady er-Ruhaibeh to Beer-sheba; which was near the watershed between the Mediterranean and the Salt Sea. "In that night" - the night after his arrival, in a dream or vision. "I am the God of Abraham thy father." Isaac is again and again reminded of the relation in which his father stood to God. That relation still subsists; for Abraham still lives with God, and is far nearer to him than he could be on earth. "The God of Abraham" is another name for Yahweh. "Fear not," as he had said to Abraham after his victory over the four kings Gen 15:1. Then follow the reasons for courage: I, with thee, blessing thee, multiplying thy seed; a reassurance of three parts of the promise involving all the rest. Then comes the instructive reason for this assurance - "for the sake of Abraham my servant." "An altar" - the first on record erected by Isaac. "Called on the name of the Lord" - engaged in the solemn and public invocation of Yahweh Gen 4:26; Gen 12:8. "His tent there." It was hallowed ground to his father Gen 21:33, and now to himself. "Digged a well," and thereby took possession of the soil at least for a time. We hear of this well again in the next passage. Gen 26:26-33 The treaty with Abimelek. This is an interview similar to what Abraham had with the king of Gerar; and its object is a renewal of the former league between the parties. Besides Phikol, the commander-in-chief, he is now accompanied by Ahuzzath, his privy counsellor. Isaac upbraids him with his unkindness in sending him away, and his inconsistency in again seeking a conference with him. "We clearly saw." His prosperity was such as to be a manifest token of the Lord's favor. Hence, they desired the security of a treaty with him by an oath of execration on the transgressor. "Do us no hurt." The covenant is one-sided, as expressed by Abimelek. "As we have not touched thee." This implies the other side of the covenant. "Thou art now blessed of Yahweh." This explains the one-sidedness of the covenant. Isaac needed no guarantee from them, as the Lord was with him. Abimelek is familiar with the use of the name Yahweh. Isaac hospitably entertains and lodges the royal party, and on the morrow, after having sworn to the treaty, parts with them in peace. On the same day Isaac's servants report concerning the well they had digged Gen 26:25 that they had found water. This well he calls Sheba, "an oath," and hence the town is called Beer-sheba, "the well of the oath." Now the writer was aware that this place had received the same name on a former occasion Gen 21:31. But a second well has now been dug in like circumstances in the same locality. This gives occasion for a new application of the name in the memories of the people. This is another illustration of the principle explained at Gen 25:30. Two wells still exist at this place to attest the correctness of the record. Gen 25:34-35 Esau at forty years of age forms matrimonial connections with the Hittites. Heth was the second son of Kenaan, and had settled in the hills about Hebron. Esau had got acquainted with this tribe in his hunting expeditions. From their names we learn that they spoke the same language with himself. They belonged to a family far gone in transgression and apostasy from God. The two wives chosen from such a stock were a source of great grief to the parents of Esau. The choice manifested his tolerance at least of the carnal, and his indifference to the spiritual.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

- The Events of Isaac's Life

5. משׁמרת mı̂shmeret, "charge, ordinance." מציה mı̂tsvâh, "command," special order. חק choq, "decree, statute," engraven on stone or metal. תירה tôrâh, "law," doctrine, system of moral truth.

10. עשׂק ‛êśeq, 'Eseq, "strife."

21. שׂטנה śı̂ṭnâh, Sitnah, "opposition."

22. רחבית rechobôt, Rechoboth, "room."

26. אחזת 'ǎchuzat, Achuzzath, "possession."

33. שׁבעה shı̂b‛âh, Shib'ah, "seven; oath."

34. יהוּדית yehûdı̂yt, Jehudith, "praised." בארי be'ērı̂y, Beeri, "of a well." בשׂמת bāśemat, Basemath, "sweet smell." אילן 'êylon, Elon, "oak."

This chapter presents the leading events in the quiet life of Isaac. It is probable that Abraham was now dead. In that case, Esau and Jacob would be at least fifteen years of age when the following event occurred.

Gen 26:1-5

Renewal of the promise to Isaac. "A famine in the land." We left Isaac, after the death of Abraham, at Beer-lahai-roi Gen 25:11. The preceding events have only brought us up to the same point of time. This well was in the land of the south Gen 24:62. The present famine is distinguished from what occurred in the time of Abraham Gen 12:10. The interval between them is at least a hundred years. The author of this, the ninth document, is, we find, acquainted with the seventh document; and the famine to which he refers is among the earliest events recorded in it. There is no reason to doubt, then, that he has the whole history of Abraham before his mind. "Unto Abimelek unto Gerar." The Abimelek with whom Abraham had contact about eighty years before may have been the father of the present sovereign. Both Abimelek and Phikol seem to have been official names. Gerar Gen 10:19 was apparently on the brook of Mizraim Num 34:5, the Wady el-Arish, or the Wady el-Khubarah, a northern affluent of the former, or in the interval between them. It is on the way to Egypt, and is the southern city of the Philistines, who probably came from Egypt Gen 10:14. Isaac was drawing toward Egypt, when he came to Gerar.

Gen 26:2-5

Isaac is now the heir, and therefore the holder, of the promise. Hence, the Lord enters into communication with him. First, the present difficulty is met. "Go not down into Mizraim," the land of corn, even when other lands were barren. "Dwell in the land of which I shall tell thee." This reminds us of the message to Abraham Gen 12:1. The land here spoken of refers to "all these lands" mentioned in the following verses. "Sojourn in this land:" turn aside for the present, and take up thy temporary abode here. Next, the promise to Abraham is renewed with some variety of expression. "I will be with thee" Gen 21:22, a notable and comprehensive promise, afterward embodied in the name Immanuel, "God with us. Unto thee and unto thy seed." This was fulfilled to his seed in due time. All these lands, now parcelled out among several tribes. "And blessed in thy seed" Gen 12:3; Gen 22:18.

This is the great, universal promise to the whole human race through the seed of Abraham, twice explicitly announced to that patriarch. "All the nations." In constancy of purpose the Lord contemplates, even in the special covenant with Abraham, the gathering in of the nations under the covenant with Noah and with Adam Gen 9:9; Hos 6:7. "Because Abraham hearkened to my voice," in all the great moments of his life, especially in the last act of proceeding on the divine command to offer Isaac himself. Abraham, by the faith which flows from the new birth, was united with the Lord, his shield and exceeding great reward Gen 15:1, with God Almighty, who quickened and strengthened him to walk before him and be perfect Gen 17:1. The Lord his righteousness worketh in him, and his merit is reflected and reproduced in him Gen 22:16, Gen 22:18. Hence, the Lord reminds Isaac of the oath which he had heard at least fifty years before confirming the promise, and of the declaration then made that this oath of confirmation was sworn because Abraham had obeyed the voice of God. How deeply these words would penetrate into the soul of Isaac, the intended victim of that solemn day! But Abraham's obedience was displayed in all the acts of his new life. He kept the charge of God, the special commission he had given him; his commandments, his express or occasional orders; his statutes, his stated prescriptions, graven on stone; his laws, the great doctrines of moral obligation. This is that unreserved obedience which flows from a living faith, and withstands the temptations of the flesh.

Gen 26:6-11

Rebekah preserved from dishonor in Gerar. Gerar was probably a commercial town trading with Egypt, and therefore Isaac's needs during the famine are here supplied. "The men of the place" were struck with the appearance of Rebekah, "because she was fair." Isaac, in answer to their inquiries, pretends that she is his sister, feeling that his life was in peril, if she was known to be his wife. Rebekah was at this time not less than thirty-five years married, and had two sons upwards of fifteen years old. She was still however in the prime of life, and her sons were probably engaged in pastoral and other field pursuits. From the compact between Abraham and Sarah Gen 20:13, and from this case of Isaac about eighty years after, it appears that this was a ready pretence with married people among strangers in those times of social insecurity.

Gen 26:8-11

Abimelek observes Isaac sporting with Rebekah as only husband and wife should, constrains him to confess that she is his wife, charges him with the impropriety of his conduct, and commands his people to refrain from harming either of them on pain of death. We see how insecure a female's honor was in those days, if she was in a strange land, and had not a band of men to keep back the hand of violence. We perceive also that God mercifully protects his chosen ones from the perils which they bring upon themselves by the vain self-reliance and wicked policy of the old corrupt nature. This remnant of the old man we find in the believers of old, as in those of the present time, though it be different and far less excusable in its recent manifestations.

Gen 26:12-16

The growing prosperity of Isaac. "And Isaac sowed in that land." This does not imply a fixed property in the soil, but only an annual tenancy. "A hundred-fold." The rates of increase vary from thirty to a hundred. Sixty-fold is very good, and was not unusual in Palestine. A hundred-fold was rare, and only in spots of extraordinary fertility. Babylonia, however, yielded two hundred and even three hundred-fold, according to Herodotus (I. 193). Thus, the Lord began to "bless him." The amazing growth of the stranger's wealth in flocks and herds and servants awakens the envy of the inhabitants. The digging of the well was an enterprise of great interest in rural affairs. It conferred a sort of ownership on the digger, especially in a country where water was precious. And in a primeval state of society the well was the scene of youthful maidens drawing water for domestic use, and of young men and sometimes maidens watering the bleating flocks and lowing herds, and therefore the gathering center of settled life. Hence, the envious Philistines were afraid that from a sojourner he would go on to be a settler, and acquire rights of property. They accordingly took the most effectual means of making his abiding place uncomfortable, when they stopped up the wells. At length the sovereign advised a separation, if he did not enjoin the departure of Isaac.

Gen 26:17-22

Isaac retires, and sets about the digging of wells. He retreats from Gerar and its suburbs, and takes up his abode in the valley, or wady of Gerar. These wadys are the hollows in which brooks flow, and therefore the well-watered and fertile parts of the country. He digs again the old wells, and calls them by the old names. He commences the digging of new ones. For the first the herdmen of Gerar strive, claiming the water as their property. Isaac yields. He digs another; they strive, and he again yields. He now removes apparently into a distinct region, and digs a third well, for which there is no contest. This he calls Rehoboth, "room" - a name which appears to be preserved in Wady er-Ruhaibeh, near which is Wady esh-Shutein, corresponding to Sitnah. "For now the Lord hath made room for us." Isaac's homely realizing faith in a present and presiding Lord here comes out.

Gen 26:23-25

Isaac now proceeds to Beer-sheba. "Went up." It was an ascent from Wady er-Ruhaibeh to Beer-sheba; which was near the watershed between the Mediterranean and the Salt Sea. "In that night" - the night after his arrival, in a dream or vision. "I am the God of Abraham thy father." Isaac is again and again reminded of the relation in which his father stood to God. That relation still subsists; for Abraham still lives with God, and is far nearer to him than he could be on earth. "The God of Abraham" is another name for Yahweh. "Fear not," as he had said to Abraham after his victory over the four kings Gen 15:1. Then follow the reasons for courage: I, with thee, blessing thee, multiplying thy seed; a reassurance of three parts of the promise involving all the rest. Then comes the instructive reason for this assurance - "for the sake of Abraham my servant." "An altar" - the first on record erected by Isaac. "Called on the name of the Lord" - engaged in the solemn and public invocation of Yahweh Gen 4:26; Gen 12:8. "His tent there." It was hallowed ground to his father Gen 21:33, and now to himself. "Digged a well," and thereby took possession of the soil at least for a time. We hear of this well again in the next passage.

Gen 26:26-33

The treaty with Abimelek. This is an interview similar to what Abraham had with the king of Gerar; and its object is a renewal of the former league between the parties. Besides Phikol, the commander-in-chief, he is now accompanied by Ahuzzath, his privy counsellor. Isaac upbraids him with his unkindness in sending him away, and his inconsistency in again seeking a conference with him. "We clearly saw." His prosperity was such as to be a manifest token of the Lord's favor. Hence, they desired the security of a treaty with him by an oath of execration on the transgressor. "Do us no hurt." The covenant is one-sided, as expressed by Abimelek. "As we have not touched thee." This implies the other side of the covenant. "Thou art now blessed of Yahweh." This explains the one-sidedness of the covenant. Isaac needed no guarantee from them, as the Lord was with him. Abimelek is familiar with the use of the name Yahweh. Isaac hospitably entertains and lodges the royal party, and on the morrow, after having sworn to the treaty, parts with them in peace. On the same day Isaac's servants report concerning the well they had digged Gen 26:25 that they had found water. This well he calls Sheba, "an oath," and hence the town is called Beer-sheba, "the well of the oath." Now the writer was aware that this place had received the same name on a former occasion Gen 21:31. But a second well has now been dug in like circumstances in the same locality. This gives occasion for a new application of the name in the memories of the people. This is another illustration of the principle explained at Gen 25:30. Two wells still exist at this place to attest the correctness of the record.

Gen 25:34-35

Esau at forty years of age forms matrimonial connections with the Hittites. Heth was the second son of Kenaan, and had settled in the hills about Hebron. Esau had got acquainted with this tribe in his hunting expeditions. From their names we learn that they spoke the same language with himself. They belonged to a family far gone in transgression and apostasy from God. The two wives chosen from such a stock were a source of great grief to the parents of Esau. The choice manifested his tolerance at least of the carnal, and his indifference to the spiritual.

The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917]
famine (See Scofield) - (Gen 12:10).

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
Renewal of the Promise. - A famine "in the land" (i.e., Canaan, to which he had therefore returned from Hagar's well; Gen 25:11), compelled Isaac to leave Canaan, as it had done Abraham before. Abraham went to Egypt, where his wife was exposed to danger, from which she could only be rescued by the direct interposition of God. Isaac also intended to go there, but on the way, viz., in Gerar, he received instruction through a divine manifestation that he was to remain there. As he was the seed to whom the land of Canaan was promised, he was directed not to leave it. To this end Jehovah assured him of the fulfilment of all the promises made to Abraham on oath, with express reference to His oath (Gen 22:16) to him and to his posterity, and on account of Abraham's obedience of faith. The only peculiarity in the words is the plural, "all these lands." This plural refers to all the lands or territories of the different Canaanitish tribes, mentioned in Gen 15:19-21, like the different divisions of the kingdom of Israel or Judah in Ch1 13:2; Ch2 11:23. האל; an antique form of האלּה occurring only in the Pentateuch. The piety of Abraham is described in words that indicate a perfect obedience to all the commands of God, and therefore frequently recur among the legal expressions of a later date. יהוה משׁמרת שׁמר "to take care of Jehovah's care," i.e., to observe Jehovah, His persons, and His will, Mishmereth, reverence, observance, care, is more closely defined by "commandments, statutes, laws," to denote constant obedience to all the revelations and instructions of God.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
There was a famine - When this happened we cannot tell; it appears to have been after the death of Abraham. Concerning the first famine, see Gen 12:10. Abimelech - As we know not the time when the famine happened, so we cannot tell whether this was the same Abimelech, Phichol, etc., which are mentioned Gen 20:1, Gen 20:2, etc., or the sons or other descendants of these persons.

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¹⁴ He suffered [03240] no man [0120] to do them wrong [06231]: yea, he reproved [03198] kings [04428] for their sakes;
¹⁵ Saying, Touch [05060] not mine anointed [04899], and do my prophets [05030] no harm [07489].

³⁴ Then Jacob [03290] gave [05414] Esau [06215] bread [03899] and pottage [05138] of lentiles [05742]; and he did eat [0398] and drink [08354], and rose up [06965], and went his way [03212]: thus Esau [06215] despised [0959] his birthright [01062].

³⁰ And Esau [06215] said [0559] to Jacob [03290], Feed [03938] me, I pray thee, with [04480] that same [0122] red [0122] pottage; for I am faint [05889]: therefore was his name [08034] called [07121] Edom [0123].

³¹ Wherefore he called [07121] that place [04725] Beersheba [0884]; because there they sware [07650] both of them [08147].

²⁵ And he builded [01129] an altar [04196] there, and called [07121] upon the name [08034] of the LORD [03068], and pitched [05186] his tent [0168] there: and there Isaac's [03327] servants [05650] digged [03738] a well [0875].

²⁶ Then Abimelech [040] went [01980] to him from Gerar [01642], and Ahuzzath [0276] one of his friends [04828], and Phichol [06369] the chief captain [08269] of his army [06635].
²⁷ And Isaac [03327] said [0559] unto them, Wherefore [04069] come [0935] ye to me, seeing ye hate [08130] me, and have sent me away [07971] from you?
²⁸ And they said [0559], We saw [07200] certainly [07200] that the LORD [03068] was with thee: and we said [0559], Let there be now an oath [0423] betwixt [0996] us, even betwixt [0996] us and thee, and let us make [03772] a covenant [01285] with thee;
²⁹ That thou wilt do [06213] us no hurt [07451], as we have not touched [05060] thee, and as we have done [06213] unto thee nothing but [07535] good [02896], and have sent thee away [07971] in peace [07965]: thou art now [06258] the blessed [01288] of the LORD [03068].
³⁰ And he made [06213] them a feast [04960], and they did eat [0398] and drink [08354].
³¹ And they rose up betimes [07925] in the morning [01242], and sware [07650] one [0376] to another [0251]: and Isaac [03327] sent them away [07971], and they departed [03212] from him in peace [07965].
³² And it came to pass the same day [03117], that Isaac's [03327] servants [05650] came [0935], and told [05046] him concerning [0182] the well [0875] which they had digged [02658], and said [0559] unto him, We have found [04672] water [04325].
³³ And he called [07121] it Shebah [07656]: therefore the name [08034] of the city [05892] is Beersheba [0884] unto this day [03117].

³³ And Abraham planted [05193] a grove [0815] in Beersheba [0884], and called [07121] there on the name [08034] of the LORD [03068], the everlasting [05769] God [0410].

⁸ And he removed [06275] from thence unto a mountain [02022] on the east [06924] of Bethel [01008], and pitched [05186] his tent [0168], having Bethel [01008] on the west [03220], and Hai [05857] on the east [06924]: and there he builded [01129] an altar [04196] unto the LORD [03068], and called [07121] upon the name [08034] of the LORD [03068].

²⁶ And to Seth [08352], to him [01931] also there was born [03205] a son [01121]; and he called [07121] his name [08034] Enos [0583]: then began men [02490] to call [07121] upon the name [08034] of the LORD [03068].

¹ After [0310] these things [01697] the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] came [01961] unto Abram [087] in a vision [04236], saying [0559], Fear [03372] not, Abram [087]: I am thy shield [04043], and thy exceeding [03966] great [07235] reward [07939].

²³ And he went up [05927] from thence to Beersheba [0884].
²⁴ And the LORD [03068] appeared [07200] unto him the same night [03915], and said [0559], I am the God [0430] of Abraham [085] thy father [01]: fear [03372] not, for I am with [0854] thee, and will bless [01288] thee, and multiply [07235] thy seed [02233] for my servant [05650] Abraham's [085] sake.
²⁵ And he builded [01129] an altar [04196] there, and called [07121] upon the name [08034] of the LORD [03068], and pitched [05186] his tent [0168] there: and there Isaac's [03327] servants [05650] digged [03738] a well [0875].

¹⁷ And Isaac [03327] departed [03212] thence, and pitched his tent [02583] in the valley [05158] of Gerar [01642], and dwelt [03427] there [08033].
¹⁸ And Isaac [03327] digged [02658] again [07725] the wells [0875] of water [04325], which they had digged [02658] in the days [03117] of Abraham [085] his father [01]; for the Philistines [06430] had stopped [05640] them after [0310] the death [04194] of Abraham [085]: and he called [07121] their names [08034] after the names [08034] by which [0834] his father [01] had called [07121] them.
¹⁹ And Isaac's [03327] servants [05650] digged [02658] in the valley [05158], and found [04672] there a well [0875] of springing [02416] water [04325].
²⁰ And the herdmen [07462] of Gerar [01642] did strive [07378] with Isaac's [03327] herdmen [07462], saying [0559], The water [04325] is ours: and he called [07121] the name [08034] of the well [0875] Esek [06230]; because they strove [06229] with him.
²¹ And they digged [02658] another [0312] well [0875], and strove [07378] for that also: and he called [07121] the name of it [08034] Sitnah [07856].
²² And he removed [06275] from thence, and digged [02658] another [0312] well [0875]; and for that they strove [07378] not: and he called [07121] the name of it [08034] Rehoboth [07344]; and he said [0559], For now [06258] the LORD [03068] hath made room [07337] for us, and we shall be fruitful [06509] in the land [0776].

¹² Then Isaac [03327] sowed [02232] in that land [0776], and received [04672] in the same year [08141] an hundredfold [03967] [08180]: and the LORD [03068] blessed [01288] him.
¹³ And the man [0376] waxed great [01431], and went [03212] forward [01980], and grew [01432] until he became [01431] very [03966] great [01431]:
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] him.
¹⁵ For all the wells [0875] which his father's [01] servants [05650] had digged [02658] in the days [03117] of Abraham [085] his father [01], the Philistines [06430] had stopped [05640] them, and filled [04390] them with earth [06083].
¹⁶ And Abimelech [040] said [0559] unto Isaac [03327], Go [03212] from us; for thou art much [03966] mightier [06105] than we.

⁸ And it came to pass, when he had been there a long [0748] time [03117], that Abimelech [040] king [04428] of the Philistines [06430] looked out [08259] at [01157] a window [02474], and saw [07200], and, behold, Isaac [03327] was sporting [06711] with Rebekah [07259] his wife [0802].
⁹ And Abimelech [040] called [07121] Isaac [03327], and said [0559], Behold, of a surety [0389] she is thy wife [0802]: and how saidst [0559] thou, She is my sister [0269]? And Isaac [03327] said [0559] unto him, Because I said [0559], Lest I die [04191] for her.
¹⁰ And Abimelech [040] said [0559], What is this thou hast done [06213] unto us? one [0259] of the people [05971] might lightly [04592] have lien [07901] with thy wife [0802], and thou shouldest have brought [0935] guiltiness [0817] upon us.
¹¹ And Abimelech [040] charged [06680] all his people [05971], saying [0559], He that toucheth [05060] this man [0376] or his wife [0802] shall surely [04191] be put to death [04191].

¹³ And it came to pass, when God [0430] caused me to wander [08582] from my father's [01] house [01004], that I said [0559] unto her, This is thy kindness [02617] which thou shalt shew [06213] unto me; at every place [04725] whither we shall come [0935], say [0559] of me, He is my brother [0251].

⁶ And Isaac [03327] dwelt [03427] in Gerar [01642]:
⁷ And the men [0582] of the place [04725] asked [07592] him of his wife [0802]; and he said [0559], She is my sister [0269]: for he feared [03372] to say [0559], She is my wife [0802]; lest, said he, the men [0582] of the place [04725] should kill [02026] me for Rebekah [07259]; because she was fair [02896] to look upon [04758].
⁸ And it came to pass, when he had been there a long [0748] time [03117], that Abimelech [040] king [04428] of the Philistines [06430] looked out [08259] at [01157] a window [02474], and saw [07200], and, behold, Isaac [03327] was sporting [06711] with Rebekah [07259] his wife [0802].
⁹ And Abimelech [040] called [07121] Isaac [03327], and said [0559], Behold, of a surety [0389] she is thy wife [0802]: and how saidst [0559] thou, She is my sister [0269]? And Isaac [03327] said [0559] unto him, Because I said [0559], Lest I die [04191] for her.
¹⁰ And Abimelech [040] said [0559], What is this thou hast done [06213] unto us? one [0259] of the people [05971] might lightly [04592] have lien [07901] with thy wife [0802], and thou shouldest have brought [0935] guiltiness [0817] upon us.
¹¹ And Abimelech [040] charged [06680] all his people [05971], saying [0559], He that toucheth [05060] this man [0376] or his wife [0802] shall surely [04191] be put to death [04191].

¹⁸ And in thy seed [02233] shall all the nations [01471] of the earth [0776] be blessed [01288]; because [0834] [06118] thou hast obeyed [08085] my voice [06963].

¹⁶ And said [0559], By myself have I sworn [07650], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], for because [03282] [0834] thou hast done [06213] this thing [01697], and hast not [03808] withheld [02820] thy son [01121], thine only [03173] son:

¹ And when Abram [087] was ninety [08673] [08141] years [08141] old [01121] and nine [08672], the LORD [03068] appeared [07200] to Abram [087], and said [0559] unto him, I am the Almighty [07706] God [0410]; walk [01980] before me [06440], and be thou perfect [08549].

⁷ But they like men [0120] have transgressed [05674] the covenant [01285]: there have they dealt treacherously [0898] against me.

⁹ And I, behold, I establish [06965] my covenant [01285] with you, and with your seed [02233] after you [0310];

¹⁸ And in thy seed [02233] shall all the nations [01471] of the earth [0776] be blessed [01288]; because [0834] [06118] thou hast obeyed [08085] my voice [06963].

³ And I will bless [01288] them that bless [01288] thee, and curse [0779] him that curseth [07043] thee: and in thee shall all families [04940] of the earth [0127] be blessed [01288].

²² And it came to pass at that time [06256], that Abimelech [040] and Phichol [06369] the chief captain [08269] of his host [06635] spake [0559] unto Abraham [085], saying [0559], God [0430] is with thee in all that thou doest [06213]:

¹ Now the LORD [03068] had said [0559] unto Abram [087], Get thee out [03212] of thy country [0776], and from thy kindred [04138], and from thy father's [01] house [01004], unto a land [0776] that I will shew [07200] thee:

² And the LORD [03068] appeared [07200] unto him, and said [0559], Go not down [03381] into Egypt [04714]; dwell [07931] in the land [0776] which I shall tell [0559] thee of:
³ Sojourn [01481] in this land [0776], and I will be with thee, and will bless [01288] thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed [02233], I will give [05414] all these [0411] countries [0776], and I will perform [06965] the oath [07621] which I sware [07650] unto Abraham [085] thy father [01];
⁴ And I will make [07235] thy seed [02233] to multiply [07235] as the stars [03556] of heaven [08064], and will give [05414] 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];
⁵ Because [06118] that Abraham [085] obeyed [08085] my voice [06963], and kept [08104] my charge [04931], my commandments [04687], my statutes [02708], and my laws [08451].

¹⁴ And Pathrusim [06625], and Casluhim [03695], (out of whom came [03318] Philistim [06430],) and Caphtorim [03732].

⁵ And the border [01366] shall fetch a compass [05437] from Azmon [06111] unto the river [05158] of Egypt [04714], and the goings out [08444] of it shall be at the sea [03220].

¹⁹ And the border [01366] of the Canaanites [03669] was from Sidon [06721], as thou comest [0935] to Gerar [01642], unto Gaza [05804]; as thou goest [0935], unto Sodom [05467], and Gomorrah [06017], and Admah [0126], and Zeboim [06636], even unto Lasha [03962].

¹⁰ And there was a famine [07458] in the land [0776]: and Abram [087] went down [03381] into Egypt [04714] to sojourn [01481] there; for the famine [07458] was grievous [03515] in the land [0776].

⁶² And Isaac [03327] came [0935] from the way [0935] of the well Lahairoi [0883]; for he dwelt [03427] in the south [05045] country [0776].

¹¹ And it came to pass after [0310] the death [04194] of Abraham [085], that God [0430] blessed [01288] his son [01121] Isaac [03327]; and Isaac [03327] dwelt [03427] by [05973] the well Lahairoi [0883].

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] unto Abimelech [040] king [04428] of the Philistines [06430] unto Gerar [01642].
² And the LORD [03068] appeared [07200] unto him, and said [0559], Go not down [03381] into Egypt [04714]; dwell [07931] in the land [0776] which I shall tell [0559] thee of:
³ Sojourn [01481] in this land [0776], and I will be with thee, and will bless [01288] thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed [02233], I will give [05414] all these [0411] countries [0776], and I will perform [06965] the oath [07621] which I sware [07650] unto Abraham [085] thy father [01];
⁴ And I will make [07235] thy seed [02233] to multiply [07235] as the stars [03556] of heaven [08064], and will give [05414] 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];
⁵ Because [06118] that Abraham [085] obeyed [08085] my voice [06963], and kept [08104] my charge [04931], my commandments [04687], my statutes [02708], and my laws [08451].

¹⁰ And there was a famine [07458] in the land [0776]: and Abram [087] went down [03381] into Egypt [04714] to sojourn [01481] there; for the famine [07458] was grievous [03515] in the land [0776].

²³ And he dealt wisely [0995], and dispersed [06555] of all his children [01121] throughout all the countries [0776] of Judah [03063] and Benjamin [01144], unto every fenced [04694] city [05892]: and he gave [05414] them victual [04202] in abundance [07230]. And he desired [07592] many [01995] wives [0802].

² And David [01732] said [0559] unto all the congregation [06951] of Israel [03478], If it seem good [02895] unto you, and that it be of the LORD [03068] our God [0430], let us send [07971] abroad [06555] unto our brethren [0251] every where, that are left [07604] in all the land [0776] of Israel [03478], and with them also to the priests [03548] and Levites [03881] which are in their cities [05892] and suburbs [04054], that they may gather [06908] themselves unto us:

¹⁹ The Kenites [07017], and the Kenizzites [07074], and the Kadmonites [06935],
²⁰ And the Hittites [02850], and the Perizzites [06522], and the Rephaims [07497],
²¹ And the Amorites [0567], and the Canaanites [03669], and the Girgashites [01622], and the Jebusites [02983].

² And Abraham [085] said [0559] of [0413] Sarah [08283] his wife [0802], She is my sister [0269]: and Abimelech [040] king [04428] of Gerar [01642] sent [07971], and took [03947] Sarah [08283].

¹ And Abraham [085] journeyed [05265] from thence toward the south [05045] country [0776], and dwelled [03427] between Kadesh [06946] and Shur [07793], and sojourned [01481] in Gerar [01642].

¹⁰ And there was a famine [07458] in the land [0776]: and Abram [087] went down [03381] into Egypt [04714] to sojourn [01481] there; for the famine [07458] was grievous [03515] in the land [0776].