Genesis:26

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ylt @Genesis:26:1 @And there is a famine in the land , besides the first famine which was in the days of Abraham , and Isaac goeth unto Abimelech king of the Philistines , to Gerar . ylt @Genesis:26:2 @And Jehovah appeareth unto him , and saith , 'Go not down towards Egypt , tabernacle in the land concerning which I speak unto thee , ylt @Genesis:26:3 @sojourn in this land , and I am with thee , and bless thee , for to thee and to thy seed I give all these lands , and I have established the oath which I have sworn to Abraham thy father ; ylt @Genesis:26:4 @and I have multiplied thy seed as stars of the heavens , and I have given to thy seed all these lands ; and blessed themselves in thy seed have all nations of the earth ; ylt @Genesis:26:5 @because that Abraham hath hearkened to My voice , and keepeth My charge , My commands , My statutes , and My laws .' ylt @Genesis:26:6 @And Isaac dwelleth in Gerar ; ylt @Genesis:26:7 @and men of the place ask him of his wife , and he saith , 'She [is ] my sister :' for he hath been afraid to say , 'My wife -- lest the men of the place kill me for Rebekah , for she [is ] of good appearance .' ylt @Genesis:26:8 @And it cometh to pass , when the days have been prolonged to him there , that Abimelech king of the Philistines looketh through the window , and seeth , and lo , Isaac is playing with Rebekah his wife . ylt @Genesis:26:9 @And Abimelech calleth for Isaac , and saith , 'Lo , she [is ] surely thy wife ; and how hast thou said , She [is ] my sister ?' and Isaac saith unto him , 'Because I said , Lest I die for her .' ylt @Genesis:26:10 @And Abimelech saith , 'What [is ] this thou hast done to us ? as a little thing one of the people had lain with thy wife , and thou hadst brought upon us guilt ;' ylt @Genesis:26:11 @and Abimelech commandeth all the people , saying , 'He who cometh against this man or against his wife , dying doth die .' ylt @Genesis:26:12 @And Isaac soweth in that land , and findeth in that year a hundredfold , and Jehovah blesseth him ; ylt @Genesis:26:13 @and the man is great , and goeth on , going on and becoming great , till that he hath been very great , ylt @Genesis:26:14 @and he hath possession of a flock , and possession of a herd , and an abundant service ; and the Philistines envy him , ylt @Genesis:26:15 @and all the wells which his father 's servants digged in the days of Abraham his father , the Philistines have stopped them , and fill them with dust . ylt @Genesis:26:16 @And Abimelech saith unto Isaac , 'Go from us ; for thou hast become much mightier than we ;' ylt @Genesis:26:17 @and Isaac goeth from thence , and encampeth in the valley of Gerar , and dwelleth there ; ylt @Genesis:26:18 @and Isaac turneth back , and diggeth the wells of water which they digged in the days of Abraham his father , which the Philistines do stop after the death of Abraham , and he calleth to them names according to the names which his father called them . ylt @Genesis:26:19 @And Isaac 's servants dig in the valley , and find there a well of living water , ylt @Genesis:26:20 @and shepherds of Gerar strive with shepherds of Isaac , saying , 'The water [is ] ours ;' and he calleth the name of the well 'Strife ,' because they have striven habitually with him ; ylt @Genesis:26:21 @and they dig another well , and they strive also for it , and he calleth its name 'Hatred .' ylt @Genesis:26:22 @And he removeth from thence , and diggeth another well , and they have not striven for it , and he calleth its name Enlargements , and saith , 'For -- now hath Jehovah given enlargement to us , and we have been fruitful in the land .' ylt @Genesis:26:23 @And he goeth up from thence [to ] Beer-Sheba , ylt @Genesis:26:24 @and Jehovah appeareth unto him during that night , and saith , 'I [am ] the God of Abraham thy father , fear not , for I [am ] with thee , and have blessed thee , and have multiplied thy seed , because of Abraham My servant ;' ylt @Genesis:26:25 @and he buildeth there an altar , and preacheth in the name of Jehovah , and stretcheth out there his tent , and there Isaac 's servants dig a well . ylt @Genesis:26:26 @And Abimelech hath gone unto him from Gerar , and Ahuzzath his friend , and Phichol head of his host ; ylt @Genesis:26:27 @and Isaac saith unto them , 'Wherefore have ye come unto me , and ye have hated me , and ye send me away from you ?' ylt @Genesis:26:28 @And they say , 'We have certainly seen that Jehovah hath been with thee , and we say , 'Let there be , we pray thee , an oath between us , between us and thee , and let us make a covenant with thee ; ylt @Genesis:26:29 @do not evil with us , as we have not touched thee , and as we have only done good with thee , and send thee away in peace ; thou [art ] now blessed of Jehovah .' ylt @Genesis:26:30 @And he maketh for them a banquet , and they eat and drink , ylt @Genesis:26:31 @and rise early in the morning , and swear one to another , and Isaac sendeth them away , and they go from him in peace . ylt @Genesis:26:32 @And it cometh to pass during that day that Isaac 's servants come and declare to him concerning the circumstances of the well which they have digged , and say to him , 'We have found water ;' ylt @Genesis:26:33 @and he calleth it Shebah , [oath ,] therefore the name of the city [is ] Beer-Sheba , [well of the oath ,] unto this day . ylt @Genesis:26:34 @And Esau is a son of forty years , and he taketh a wife , Judith , daughter of Beeri the Hittite , and Bashemath , daughter of Elon the Hittite , ylt @Genesis:26:35 @and they are a bitterness of spirit to Isaac and to Rebekah .

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