Genesis 26

Isaac and Abimelech

1 There was a famine in the land, besides *Gen. 12:10the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to *Gen. 20:1, 2Abimelech king of the Philistines, in Gerar.

2 Then the Lord appeared to him and said: *Gen. 12:7; 17:1; 18:1; 35:9"Do not go down to Egypt; live in *Gen. 12:1the land of which I shall tell you. 3 *Gen. 20:1; Ps. 39:12; Heb. 11:9Dwell in this land, and *Gen. 28:13, 15I will be with you and *Gen. 12:2bless you; for to you and your descendants *Gen. 12:7; 13:15; 15:18I give all these lands, and I will perform *Gen. 22:16; Ps. 105:9the oath which I swore to Abraham your father. 4 And *Gen. 15:5; 22:17; Ex. 32:13I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven; I will give to your descendants all these lands; *Gen. 12:3; 22:18; Gal. 3:8and in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed; 5 *Gen. 22:16, 18because Abraham obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws."

6 So Isaac dwelt in Gerar. 7 And the men of the place asked about his wife. And *Gen. 12:13; 20:2, 12, 13he said, "She is my sister"; for *Prov. 29:25he was afraid to say, "Sheis my wife," becausehethought, "lest the men of the place kill me for Rebekah, because she is*Gen. 12:11; 24:16; 29:17beautiful to behold." 8 Now it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked through a window, and saw, and there was Isaac, showing endearment to Rebekah his wife.