Genesis 26
Isaac and Abimelech
1 And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar. References Abraham: Genesis 25:11. Parallel theme: Genesis 12:10
2 And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:
3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; Blessing: Genesis 18:18, Psalms 72:17, Acts 3:25, Galatians 3:8. Parallel theme: Genesis 13:16, 15:5, 15:18, Exodus 32:13, Galatians 3:16, Hebrews 11:2 +5
5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. References Abraham: Genesis 17:23, 18:19, Hebrews 11:8, James 2:21. Parallel theme: Genesis 12:4, 22:16, 22:18, Matthew 7:24, 1 Corinthians 15:58, Galatians 5:6 +5
6 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:
7 And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.
8 And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.
9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.
10 And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.
11 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death. Parallel theme: Genesis 20:6, Psalms 105:15, Proverbs 6:29, Zechariah 2:8
12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORDLord: יְהוָה / אֲדֹנָי (YHWH / Adonai). When 'LORD' appears in small capitals, it represents the Tetragrammaton YHWH (יְהוָה), God's personal covenant name meaning 'I AM.' When 'Lord' appears normally, it's Adonai (אֲדֹנָי), meaning 'my Lord,' emphasizing sovereignty. blessed him. Blessing: Genesis 24:1, 24:35, 26:3, 30:30, Job 42:12, Psalms 67:6. Parallel theme: Ecclesiastes 11:6, Zechariah 8:12, Mark 4:8, 1 Corinthians 3:6 +5
13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great: Parallel theme: Genesis 24:35, Psalms 112:3, Proverbs 10:22
14 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.
15 For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth. Parallel theme: Genesis 21:30
16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we. Parallel theme: Exodus 1:9
17 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
18 And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them. Parallel theme: Genesis 21:31, Numbers 32:38, Psalms 16:4, Hosea 2:17, Zechariah 13:2
19 And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
20 And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water is our's: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him. Parallel theme: Genesis 21:25
21 And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.
22 And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORDLord: יְהוָה / אֲדֹנָי (YHWH / Adonai). When 'LORD' appears in small capitals, it represents the Tetragrammaton YHWH (יְהוָה), God's personal covenant name meaning 'I AM.' When 'Lord' appears normally, it's Adonai (אֲדֹנָי), meaning 'my Lord,' emphasizing sovereignty. hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land. References Lord: Psalms 118:5. Parallel theme: Genesis 17:6, 28:3, 41:52, Exodus 1:7, Psalms 4:1, 18:19 +2
23 And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba.
24 And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake.
25 And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well. Sacrifice: Genesis 8:20, 13:4, 13:18, 22:9, 33:20, 35:1, Exodus 17:15, Psalms 116:17 +3
26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army. Parallel theme: Genesis 20:3
27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?
28 And they said, We saw certainly that the LORDLord: יְהוָה / אֲדֹנָי (YHWH / Adonai). When 'LORD' appears in small capitals, it represents the Tetragrammaton YHWH (יְהוָה), God's personal covenant name meaning 'I AM.' When 'Lord' appears normally, it's Adonai (אֲדֹנָי), meaning 'my Lord,' emphasizing sovereignty. was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;
29 That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the LORD. Blessing: Genesis 12:2, 22:17, 24:31, Psalms 115:15. Parallel theme: Genesis 21:22
30 And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.
31 And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
32 And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water. Parallel theme: Genesis 26:25, Proverbs 10:4, 13:4, Matthew 7:7
33 And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.
Esau's Wives
34 And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite: Parallel theme: Genesis 24:3, 28:9, 36:2, 36:5, 36:13, Exodus 34:16, 1 Corinthians 7:2, Hebrews 12:16 +3
35 Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah. Parallel theme: Genesis 6:2, 28:8