Genesis 26:1
Then came a time of great need in the land, like that which had been before in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, at Gerar.
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- Gen 12:10 : 10 And because there was little food to be had in that land, he went down into Egypt.
- Gen 20:1-2 : 1 And Abraham went on his way from there to the land of the South, and was living between Kadesh and Shur, in Gerar. 2 And Abraham said of Sarah, his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent and took Sarah.
- Gen 21:22-32 : 22 Now at that time, Abimelech and Phicol, the captain of his army, said to Abraham, I see that God is with you in all you do. 23 Now, then, give me your oath, in the name of God, that you will not be false to me or to my sons after me, but that as I have been good to you, so you will be to me and to this land where you have been living. 24 And Abraham said, I will give you my oath. 25 But Abraham made a protest to Abimelech because of a water-hole which Abimelech's servants had taken by force. 26 But Abimelech said, I have no idea who has done this thing; you never gave me word of it, and I had no knowledge of it till this day. 27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them made an agreement together. 28 And Abraham put seven young lambs of the flock on one side by themselves. 29 Then Abimelech said, What are these seven lambs which you have put on one side? 30 And he said, Take these seven lambs from me as a witness that I have made this water-hole. 31 So he gave that place the name Beer-sheba, because there the two of them had given their oaths. 32 So they made an agreement at Beer-sheba, and Abimelech and Phicol, the captain of his army, went back to the land of the Philistines.
- Gen 25:11 : 11 Now after the death of Abraham, the blessing of God was with Isaac, his son.
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6So Isaac went on living in Gerar;
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15Now all the water-holes, which his father's servants had made in the days of Abraham, had been stopped up with earth by the Philistines.
16And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go away from us, for you are stronger than we are.
17So Isaac went away from there, and put up his tents in the valley of Gerar, making his living-place there.
18And he made again the water-holes which had been made in the days of Abraham his father, and which had been stopped up by the Philistines; and he gave them the names which his father had given them.
19Now Isaac's servants made holes in the valley, and came to a spring of flowing water.
20But the herdmen of Gerar had a fight with Isaac's herdmen, for they said, The spring is ours: so he gave the spring the name of Esek, because there was a fight about it.
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2And the Lord came to him in a vision and said, Do not go down to Egypt; keep in the land of which I will give you knowledge:
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10And because there was little food to be had in that land, he went down into Egypt.
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25Then he made an altar there, and gave worship to the name of the Lord, and he put up his tents there, and there his servants made a water-hole.
26And Abimelech had come to him from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his friend and Phicol, the captain of his army.
27And Isaac said to them, Why have you come to me, seeing that in your hate for me you sent me away from you?
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1And Abraham went on his way from there to the land of the South, and was living between Kadesh and Shur, in Gerar.
2And Abraham said of Sarah, his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent and took Sarah.
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1And when the grain which they had got in Egypt was all used up, their father said to them, Go again and get us a little food.
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12Now Isaac, planting seed in that land, got in the same year fruit a hundred times as much, for the blessing of the Lord was on him.
13And his wealth became very great, increasing more and more;
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34And Abraham went on living in the land of the Philistines as in a strange country.
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8And when he had been there for some time, Abimelech, king of the Philistines, looking through a window, saw Isaac playing with Rebekah his wife.
9And he said to Isaac, It is clear that she is your wife: why then did you say, She is my sister? And Isaac said, For fear that I might be put to death because of her.
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19Now these are the generations of Abraham's son Isaac:
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62Now Isaac had come through the waste land to Beer-lahai-roi; for he was living in the South.
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5And the sons of Israel came with all the others to get grain: for they were very short of food in the land of Canaan.
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32So they made an agreement at Beer-sheba, and Abimelech and Phicol, the captain of his army, went back to the land of the Philistines.
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22Now at that time, Abimelech and Phicol, the captain of his army, said to Abraham, I see that God is with you in all you do.
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3And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the River, guiding him through all the land of Canaan; I made his offspring great in number, and gave him Isaac.
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15And Abimelech said, See, all my land is before you; take whatever place seems good to you.
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11Now there was no food to be had in all Egypt and Canaan, and there was great trouble: and our fathers were not able to get food.
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11Now after the death of Abraham, the blessing of God was with Isaac, his son.
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32And that day Isaac's servants came to him and gave him word of the water-hole which they had made, and said to him, We have come to water.
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13Now there was no food to be had in all the land, so that all Egypt and Canaan were wasted from need of food.