Genesis 26

Isaac Settles in Gerar

1 Now there was a famine in the land, besides the previous famine that had occurred in the days of Abraham. So Isaac went to Gerar, to Abimelech king of the Philistines. 2 And the Lord appeared to him and said, "Do not go down to Egypt; stay in the land of which I shall tell you. 3 Live for a time in this land and I will be with you and bless you, for to you and to your *26:3 Lit seeddescendants I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to your father Abraham. 4 I will multiply your *26:4 Lit seeddescendants as the stars of heaven, and will give your *26:4 Lit seeddescendants all these lands; and by your *26:4 Lit seeddescendants all the nations of the earth *26:4 Or bless themselvesshall be blessed, 5 because Abraham *26:5 Lit listened diligently to My voiceobeyed Me and fulfilled his duty to Me, and kept My commandments, My statutes, and My laws."

6 So Isaac lived in Gerar. 7 When the men of the place asked about his wife, he said, "She is my sister," for he was afraid to say, "my wife," thinking, "*26:7 Lit lest...placethe men of the place might kill me on account of Rebekah, since she is beautiful." 8 Now it came about, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked down through a window, and saw them, and behold, Isaac was caressing his wife Rebekah.