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Genesis 26

Genesis 26 is the major chapter centered on Isaac. During famine, God tells him not to go to Egypt and reaffirms the Abrahamic promises. Isaac repeats his father’s fear by calling Rebekah his sister, but Abimelech discovers the truth. Isaac prospers greatly, provoking Philistine envy and conflict over wells. He repeatedly moves rather than escalating disputes until the LORD gives room. At Beersheba God appears again, Isaac builds an altar, and Abimelech seeks a peace covenant.

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Genesis 26 is the major chapter centered on Isaac. During famine, God tells him not to go to Egypt and reaffirms the Abrahamic promises. Isaac repeats his father’s fear by calling Rebekah his sister, but Abimelech discovers the truth. Isaac prospers greatly, provoking Philistine envy and conflict over wells. He repeatedly moves rather than escalating disputes until the LORD gives room. At Beersheba God appears again, Isaac builds an altar, and Abimelech seeks a peace covenant.

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Verses 1–5God directs Isaac to stay in the landVerses 6–11Isaac calls Rebekah his sisterVerses 12–22Isaac prospers and digs wellsVerses 23–25God appears to Isaac at BeershebaVerses 26–33Isaac and Abimelech make a covenantVerses 34–35Esau's wives grieve Isaac and Rebekah
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1And there was a famine in the land, beside the…2And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not…3Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee,…4And I will make thy seed to multiply as the…5Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge,…6And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:7And the men of the place asked him of his…8And it came to pass, when he had been there…9And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety…10And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto…11And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth…12Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the…13And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew…14For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds,…15For all the wells which his father's servants had digged…16And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou…17And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the…18And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they…19And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there…20And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen,…21And they digged another well, and strove for that also:…22And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and…23And he went up from thence to Beersheba.24And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and…25And he builded an altar there, and called upon the…26Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one…27And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me,…28And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was…29That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have…30And he made them a feast, and they did eat…31And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware…32And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's…33And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the…34And Esau was forty years old when he took to…35Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to…