Genesis 26:1–8

Isaac and Abimelek

26 Now there was a famine in the lands—besides the previous famine in Abraham’s time—and Isaac went to Abimelek king of the Philistinest in Gerar.u 2 The Lord appearedv to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt;w live in the land where I tell you to live.x 3 Stay in this land for a while,y and I will be with youz and will bless you.a For to you and your descendants I will give all these landsb and will confirm the oath I swore to your father Abraham.c 4 I will make your descendantsd as numerous as the stars in the skye and will give them all these lands,f and through your offspringa all nations on earth will be blessed,b g 5 because Abraham obeyed meh and did everything I required of him, keeping my commands, my decreesi and my instructions.j” 6 So Isaac stayed in Gerar.k

7 When the men of that place asked him about his wife, he said, “She is my sister,l” because he was afraid to say, “She is my wife.” He thought, “The men of this place might kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is beautiful.”

8 When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelek king of the Philistinesm looked down from a window and saw Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.

s	Ge 12:10 Dt 32:24
t	Ge 10:14 Jdg 10:6
u	Ge 20:1
v	Ge 12:7
w	Ge 46:3
x	Ge 12:1
y	Ge 20:1
z	Ge 21:20 Ge 27:45 Ge 31:3 Ge 31:5 Ge 32:9 Ge 35:3 Ge 48:21 Ex 3:12 Ex 33:14–16 Nu 23:21 Dt 31:23 Jos 1:5 Is 43:2 Je 1:8 Je 1:19 Hag 1:13
a	Ge 26:12 Ge 12:2
b	Ge 12:7 Ac 7:5
c	Ge 17:19
d	Ge 26:24 Ge 48:4
e	Ge 12:2 Nu 10:36
f	Ge 12:7
a	Or seed
b	Or and all nations on earth will use the name of your offspring in blessings (see 48:20)
g	Ge 12:3 Ac 3:25 Ga 3:8
h	Ge 18:19
i	Ps 119:80 Ps 119:112 Eze 18:21
j	Le 18:4 Le 18:5 Le 18:26 Le 19:19 Le 19:37 Le 20:8 Le 20:22 Le 25:18 Le 26:3 Nu 15:40 Dt 4:40 Dt 6:2 Dt 11:1 1 Ki 2:3
k	Ge 20:1
l	Ge 12:13
m	Ge 10:14