Gen 26
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And there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine, which was in the time
of Abraam; and Isaac went to Abimelech the king of the Phylistines to Gerara.
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And the Lord appeared to him and said, Go not down to Egypt, but dwell in the land,
which I shall tell you of.
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And sojourn in this land; and I will be with you, and bless you, for I will give to
you and to your seed all this land; and I will establish my oath which I swore to
your father Abraam.
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And I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven; and I will give to your seed
all this land, and all the nations of the earth shall be blest in your seed.
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Because Abraam your father hearkened to my voice, and kept my injunctions, and my
commandments, and my ordinances, and my statutes.
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And Isaac dwelt in Gerara.
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And the men of the place questioned him concerning Rebecca his wife, and he said,
She is my sister, for he feared to say, She is my wife, lest at any time the men of
the place should slay him because of Rebecca, because she was Gr. fair of countenance fair.
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And he remained there a long time, and Abimelech the king of Gerara leaned to look
through the window, and saw Isaac sporting with Rebecca his wife.
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And Abimelech called Isaac, and said to him, Is she then your wife? why have you said,
She is my sister? And Isaac said to him, I did so, for I said, Lest at any time I
die on her account.
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And Abimelech said to him, Why have you done this to us? one of my kindred q. d. had almost within a little had lain with
your wife, and you would have brought a sin of ignorance
upon us.
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And Abimelech charged all his people, saying Every man that touches this man and his
wife shall be liable to death.
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And Isaac sowed in that land, and he found in that year barley and hundred-fold, and
the Lord blessed him.
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And the man was exalted, and advancing he increased, till he became very great.
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And he had cattle of sheep, and cattle of oxen, and many tilled lands, and the Phylistines
envied him.
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And all the wells which the servants of his father had dug in the time of his father,
the Phylistines stopped them, and filled them with earth.
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And Abimelech said to Isaac, Depart from us, for you are become much mightier than
we.
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And Isaac departed thence, and rested in the valley of Gerara, and dwelt there.
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And Isaac dug again the wells of water, which the servants of his father Abraam had
dug, and the Phylistines had stopped them, after the death of his father Abraam; and
he gave them names, according to the names by which his father named them.
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And the servants of Isaac dug in the valley of Gerara, and they found there a well
of living water.
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And the shepherds of Gerara strove with the shepherds of Isaac, saying that the water
was theirs; and they called the name of the well, Injury, for they injured him.
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And having departed thence he dug another well, and they strove also for that; and
he named the name of it, Enmity.
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And he departed thence and dug another well; and they did not strive about that; and
he named the name of it, Room, saying, Because now the Lord has made room for us,
and has increased us upon the earth.
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And he went up thence to the well of the oath.
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And the Lord appeared to him in that night, and said, I am the God of Abraam your
father; fear not, for I am with you, and I will bless you, and multiply your seed
for the sake of Abraam your father.
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And he built there an altar, and called on the name of the Lord, and there he pitched
his tent, and there the servants of Isaac dug a well in the valley of Gerara.
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And Abimelech came to him from Gerara, and so did Ochozath his Gr. numfagwgov; q. d. he who gives away in marriage friend,
and Phichol the commander-in-chief of his army.
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And Isaac said to them, Wherefore have you come to me? whereas you hated me, and sent
me away from you.
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And they said, We have surely seen that the Lord was with you, and we said, Let there
be an oath between us and you, and we will make a covenant with you,
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that you shall do no wrong by us, as we have not abhorred you, and according as we
have treated you well, and have sent you forth peaceably; and now you are blessed
of the Lord.
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And he made a feast for them, and they ate and drank.
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And they arose in the morning, and swore each to his neighbour; and Isaac sent them
forth, and they departed from him in safety.
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And it came to pass in that day, that the servants of Isaac came and told him of the
well which they had dug; and they said, We have not found water.
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And he called it, Oath: therefore he called the name of that city, the Well of Oath,
until this day.
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And Esau was forty years old; and he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beoch the
Chettite, and Basemath, daughter of Helon the Alex. Hivite Chettite.
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And they were provoking to Isaac and Rebecca.