Genesis 26:1

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Now there was a famine in the land, apart from the earlier famine that had occurred in the days of Abraham. So Isaac went to Abimelech, the king of the Philistines, in Gerar.

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  • Gen 12:10 : 10 Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.
  • Gen 20:1-2 : 1 Abraham journeyed from there to the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur, and he lived temporarily in Gerar. 2 Abraham said about Sarah his wife, 'She is my sister,' and Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent for her and took her.
  • Gen 21:22-32 : 22 At that time, Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, said to Abraham, 'God is with you in everything you do.' 23 Now swear to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me, my children, or my descendants. Show to me and the land where you have lived the same kindness I have shown to you. 24 Abraham said, 'I swear it.' 25 Then Abraham rebuked Abimelech about the well of water that Abimelech’s servants had seized. 26 But Abimelech said, 'I do not know who did this. You did not tell me, and I have only heard about it today.' 27 So Abraham took sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them made a covenant. 28 Abraham set apart seven ewe lambs from the flock. 29 Abimelech asked Abraham, 'What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs that you have set apart by themselves?' 30 He replied, 'Accept these seven lambs from my hand as a witness that I dug this well.' 31 That is why the place was called Beersheba, because the two of them swore an oath there. 32 After making the covenant at Beersheba, Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, returned to the land of the Philistines.
  • Gen 25:11 : 11 After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who settled near Beer-lahai-roi.

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  • Gen 26:6
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    6So Isaac settled in Gerar.

  • Gen 26:15-20
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    15The Philistines stopped up all the wells that his father’s servants had dug during the days of Abraham his father, filling them with dirt.

    16Then Abimelech said to Isaac, "Leave us, for you have become much mightier than we are."

    17So Isaac departed from there, pitched his tent in the Valley of Gerar, and settled there.

    18Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham's death; he gave them the same names his father had given them.

    19Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found a well of flowing water there.

    20But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen and said, "The water is ours!" So he named the well Esek, because they disputed with him.

  • Gen 26:2
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    2The LORD appeared to him and said, "Do not go down to Egypt. Stay in the land that I will show you.

  • Gen 12:10
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    10Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.

  • Gen 26:25-27
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    25So Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD. He pitched his tent there, and his servants dug a well.

    26Meanwhile, Abimelech came to him from Gerar with his adviser Ahuzzath and Phicol the commander of his army.

    27Isaac asked them, "Why have you come to me, since you were hostile to me and sent me away?"

  • Gen 20:1-2
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    1Abraham journeyed from there to the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur, and he lived temporarily in Gerar.

    2Abraham said about Sarah his wife, 'She is my sister,' and Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent for her and took her.

  • Gen 43:1
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    1Now the famine was severe in the land.

  • Gen 26:12-13
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    12Isaac sowed seed in that land, and in that same year he reaped a hundredfold, because the LORD blessed him.

    13The man became rich, and his wealth continued to grow until he became very wealthy.

  • Gen 21:34
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    34And Abraham stayed in the land of the Philistines for a long time.

  • Gen 26:8-9
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    8After Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech, king of the Philistines, looked out a window and saw Isaac caressing Rebekah, his wife.

    9So Abimelech summoned Isaac and said, "Surely, she is your wife. Why did you say, 'She is my sister'?" Isaac replied, "Because I thought I might be killed on account of her."

  • Gen 25:19
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    19This is the account of the family line of Isaac, the son of Abraham: Abraham fathered Isaac.

  • Gen 24:62
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    62Now Isaac had come from Beer-lahai-roi, for he was living in the Negev.

  • Gen 42:5
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    5So the sons of Israel came to buy grain, along with others who were coming, for the famine was also in the land of Canaan.

  • Gen 21:32
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    32After making the covenant at Beersheba, Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, returned to the land of the Philistines.

  • Gen 21:22
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    22At that time, Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, said to Abraham, 'God is with you in everything you do.'

  • Josh 24:3
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    3But I took your ancestor Abraham from beyond the Euphrates River, led him throughout the land of Canaan, and gave him many descendants. I gave him Isaac.

  • Gen 20:15
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    15And Abimelech said, 'My land is before you; settle wherever you please.'

  • Acts 7:11
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    11Then a famine came over the entire land of Egypt and Canaan, bringing great distress, and our ancestors could not find food.

  • Gen 25:11
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    11After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who settled near Beer-lahai-roi.

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    32That same day, Isaac's servants came and told him about the well they had dug, saying, "We have found water!"

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    13There was no food in the entire land because the famine was very severe. The land of Egypt and the land of Canaan wasted away under the pressure of the famine.