Genesis 26:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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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  • 6 So Isaac went on living in Gerar;

  • Gen 26:15-20
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    15 Now 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.

    16 And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go away from us, for you are stronger than we are.

    17 So Isaac went away from there, and put up his tents in the valley of Gerar, making his living-place there.

    18 And 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.

    19 Now Isaac's servants made holes in the valley, and came to a spring of flowing water.

    20 But 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.

  • 2 And 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:

  • 10 And because there was little food to be had in that land, he went down into Egypt.

  • Gen 26:25-27
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    25 Then 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.

    26 And Abimelech had come to him from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his friend and Phicol, the captain of his army.

    27 And Isaac said to them, Why have you come to me, seeing that in your hate for me you sent me away from you?

  • Gen 20:1-2
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    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.

  • 1 And 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.

  • Gen 26:12-13
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    12 Now 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.

    13 And his wealth became very great, increasing more and more;

  • 34 And Abraham went on living in the land of the Philistines as in a strange country.

  • Gen 26:8-9
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    8 And when he had been there for some time, Abimelech, king of the Philistines, looking through a window, saw Isaac playing with Rebekah his wife.

    9 And 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.

  • 19 Now these are the generations of Abraham's son Isaac:

  • 62 Now Isaac had come through the waste land to Beer-lahai-roi; for he was living in the South.

  • 5 And the sons of Israel came with all the others to get grain: for they were very short of food in the land of Canaan.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 3 And 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.

  • 15 And Abimelech said, See, all my land is before you; take whatever place seems good to you.

  • 11 Now 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.

  • 11 Now after the death of Abraham, the blessing of God was with Isaac, his son.

  • 32 And 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.

  • 13 Now there was no food to be had in all the land, so that all Egypt and Canaan were wasted from need of food.