Genesis 26:26

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Now Abimelech had come to him from Gerar along with Ahuzzah his friend and Phicol the commander of his army.

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  • Gen 20:3 : 3 But God appeared to Abimelech in a dream at night and said to him,“You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is someone else’s wife.”
  • 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.

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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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    1Isaac 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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    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.

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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.

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    10Then Abimelech exclaimed,“What in the world have you done to us? One of the men nearly took your wife to bed, and you would have brought guilt on us!”

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    24The LORD appeared to him that night and said,“I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of my servant Abraham.”

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    27Isaac asked them,“Why have you come to me? You hate me and sent me away from you.”

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    8Early in the morning Abimelech summoned all his servants. When he told them about all these things, they were terrified.

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    10Then Abimelech asked Abraham,“What prompted you to do this thing?”

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    25But Abraham lodged a complaint against Abimelech concerning a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized.

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    14So Abimelech gave sheep, cattle, and male and female servants to Abraham. He also gave his wife Sarah back to him.

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    6So Isaac settled in Gerar.

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    31Early in the morning the men made a treaty with each other. Isaac sent them off; they separated on good terms.