Genesis 26:1–11

^*And there was a famine in the land, beside ^athe first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto ^bAbimelech king of the ^cPhilistines unto Gerar. ²And the Lord appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in ^dthe land which I shall tell thee of: ^3eSojourn in this land, and ^fI will be with thee, and ^gwill bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, ^hI will give all these countries, and I will perform ⁱthe oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father; ⁴And ^kI will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; ^land in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; ^5mBecause that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. ⁶And Isaac dwelt in Gerar: ⁷And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and ⁿhe said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, ^osaid he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she ^pwas fair to look upon. ⁸And 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. ⁹And 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. ¹⁰And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and ^qthou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us. ¹¹And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.