01_GEN_26_01 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 .
01_GEN_26_02 And the LORD appeared unto him , And said , go not down into Egypt ; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of :
01_GEN_26_03 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 ;
01_GEN_26_04 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 ;
01_GEN_26_05 because that Abraham obeyed my voice , And kept my charge , my commandments , my statutes , And my laws .
01_GEN_26_06 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar :
01_GEN_26_07 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 .
01_GEN_26_08 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 .
01_GEN_26_09 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 .
01_GEN_26_10 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 .
01_GEN_26_11 And Abimelech charged all [ his ] people , saying , he that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death .
01_GEN_26_12 Then Isaac sowed in that land , And received in the same year an hundredfold : And the LORD blessed him .
01_GEN_26_13 And the man waxed great , And went forward , And grew until he became very great :
01_GEN_26_14 for he had possession of flocks , And possession of herds , And great store of servants : And the Philistines envied him .
01_GEN_26_15 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 .
01_GEN_26_16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac , go from us ; for thou art much mightier than we .
01_GEN_26_17 And Isaac departed thence , And pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar , And dwelt there .
01_GEN_26_18 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 .
01_GEN_26_19 And Isaac's servants digged in the valley , And found there A Well of springing water .
01_GEN_26_20 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 .
01_GEN_26_21 And they digged another Well , And strove for that also : And he called the name of it Sitnah .
01_GEN_26_22 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 .
01_GEN_26_23 And he went up from thence to Beersheba .
01_GEN_26_24 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 .
01_GEN_26_25 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 .
01_GEN_26_26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar , And Ahuzzath one of his friends , And Phichol the chief captain of his army .
01_GEN_26_27 And Isaac said unto them , Wherefore come ye to me , seeing ye hate me , And have sent me away from you ?
01_GEN_26_28 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 ;
01_GEN_26_29 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 .
01_GEN_26_30 And he made them A feast , And they did eat And drink .
01_GEN_26_31 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 .
01_GEN_26_32 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 .
01_GEN_26_33 And he called it Shebah : therefore the name of the city [ Is ] Beersheba unto this day .
01_GEN_26_34 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 :
01_GEN_26_35 which were A grief of mind unto Isaac And to Rebekah .