Genesis 26:1
Isaac and Abimelech There was a famine in the land, subsequent to the earlier famine that occurred in the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.
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- Gen 12:10 : 10 The Promised Blessing Jeopardized There was a famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to stay for a while because the famine was severe.
- Gen 20:1-2 : 1 Abraham and Abimelech Abraham journeyed from there to the Negev region and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he lived as a temporary resident in Gerar, 2 Abraham said about his wife Sarah,“She is my sister.” So Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent for Sarah 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 all that you do. 23 Now swear to me right here in God’s name that you will not deceive me, my children, or my descendants. Show me, and the land where you are staying, the same loyalty that I have shown you.” 24 Abraham said,“I swear to do this.” 25 But Abraham lodged a complaint against Abimelech concerning a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized. 26 “I do not know who has done this thing,” Abimelech replied.“Moreover, you did not tell me. I did not hear about it until today.” 27 Abraham took some sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech. The two of them made a treaty. 28 Then Abraham set seven ewe lambs apart from the flock by themselves. 29 Abimelech asked Abraham,“What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs that you have set apart?” 30 He replied,“You must take these seven ewe lambs from my hand as legal proof that I dug this well.” 31 That is why he named that place Beer Sheba, because the two of them swore an oath there. 32 So they made a treaty at Beer Sheba. Then 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. Isaac lived near Beer Lahai Roi.
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6So Isaac settled in Gerar.
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15So the Philistines took dirt and filled up all the wells that his father’s servants had dug back in the days of his father Abraham.
16Then Abimelech said to Isaac,“Leave us and go elsewhere, for you have become much more powerful than we are.”
17So Isaac left there and settled in the Gerar Valley.
18Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug back in the days of his father Abraham, for the Philistines had stopped them up after Abraham died. Isaac gave these wells the same names his father had given them.
19When Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and discovered a well with fresh flowing water there,
20the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying,“The water belongs to us!” So Isaac named the well Esek because they argued with him about it.
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2The LORD appeared to Isaac and said,“Do not go down to Egypt; settle down in the land that I will point out to you.
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10The Promised Blessing Jeopardized There was a famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to stay for a while because the famine was severe.
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25Then Isaac built an altar there and worshiped the LORD. He pitched his tent there, and his servants dug a well.
26Now Abimelech had come to him from Gerar along with Ahuzzah his friend and Phicol the commander of his army.
27Isaac asked them,“Why have you come to me? You hate me and sent me away from you.”
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1Abraham and Abimelech Abraham journeyed from there to the Negev region and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he lived as a temporary resident in Gerar,
2Abraham said about his wife Sarah,“She is my sister.” So Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent for Sarah and took her.
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1The Second Journey to Egypt Now the famine was severe in the land.
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12When Isaac planted in that land, he reaped in the same year a hundred times what he had sown, because the LORD blessed him.
13The man became wealthy. His influence continued to grow until he became very prominent.
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34So Abraham stayed in the land of the Philistines for quite some time.
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8After Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines happened to look out a window and observed Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.
9So Abimelech summoned Isaac and said,“She is really your wife! Why did you say,‘She is my sister’?” Isaac replied,“Because I thought someone might kill me to get her.”
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19Jacob and Esau This is the account of Isaac, the son of Abraham.Abraham became the father of Isaac.
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62Now Isaac came from Beer Lahai Roi, for he was living in the Negev.
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5So Israel’s sons came to buy grain among the other travelers, for the famine was severe in the land of Canaan.
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32So they made a treaty at Beer Sheba. Then Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, returned to the land of the Philistines.
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22At that time Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, said to Abraham,“God is with you in all that you do.
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3but I took your father Abraham from beyond the Euphrates and brought him into the entire land of Canaan. I made his descendants numerous; I gave him Isaac,
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15Then Abimelech said,“Look, my land is before you; live wherever you please.”
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11Then a famine occurred throughout Egypt and Canaan, causing great suffering, and our ancestors could not find food.
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11After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac. Isaac lived near Beer Lahai Roi.
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32That day Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug.“We’ve found water,” they reported.
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13But there was no food in all the land because the famine was very severe; the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan wasted away because of the famine.