26Now there was a famine in the land^s—besides the previous famine in Abraham’s time—and Isaac went to Abimelek king of the Philistines^t in Gerar.^u ²The Lord appeared^v to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt;^w live in the land where I tell you to live.^x ³Stay in this land for a while,^y and I will be with you^z and will bless you.^a For to you and your descendants I will give all these lands^b and will confirm the oath I swore to your father Abraham.^c ⁴I will make your descendants^d as numerous as the stars in the sky^e and will give them all these lands,^f and through your offspring^a all nations on earth will be blessed,^b^g ⁵because Abraham obeyed me^h and did everything I required of him, keeping my commands, my decreesⁱ and my instructions.^j”

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Footnotes

aOr seed
bOr and all nations on earth will use the name of your offspring in blessings (see 48:20)

Cross references

sSee Ge 12:10; See Dt 32:24
tSee Ge 10:14; Jdg 10:6
uSee Ge 20:1
vSee Ge 12:7
w Ge 46:3
xSee Ge 12:1
y Ge 20:1
zSee Ge 21:20; 27:45; 31:3, 5; 32:9; 35:3; 48:21; Ex 3:12; 33:14–16; Nu 23:21; Dt 31:23; Jos 1:5; Isa 43:2; Jer 1:8, 19; Hag 1:13
aver 12; See Ge 12:2
bSee Ge 12:7; Ac 7:5
cSee Ge 17:19
dver 24; Ge 48:4
eSee Ge 12:2; See Nu 10:36
fSee Ge 12:7
gSee Ge 12:3; Ac 3:25*; Gal 3:8
hSee Ge 18:19
i Ps 119:80, 112; Eze 18:21
j Lev 18:4, 5, 26; 19:19, 37; 20:8, 22; 25:18; 26:3; Nu 15:40; Dt 4:40; 6:2; 11:1; 1 Ki 2:3

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Now there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Gerar to Abimelech king of the Philistines. And the Lord appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; dwell in the land of which I shall tell you. Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you and will bless you, for to you and to your offspring I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath that I swore to Abraham your father. I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and will give to your offspring all these lands. And in your offspring all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because Abraham obeyed my voice and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

There was another famine in the land in addition to the one that had occurred in Abraham’s time. And Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, at Gerar. The Lord appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Live in the land that I tell you about; stay in this land as an alien, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham. I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky, I will give your offspring all these lands, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed by your offspring, because Abraham listened to me and kept my mandate, my commands, my statutes, and my instructions.”

NLTNew Living Translation

A severe famine now struck the land, as had happened before in Abraham’s time. So Isaac moved to Gerar, where Abimelech, king of the Philistines, lived.

The Lord appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt, but do as I tell you. Live here as a foreigner in this land, and I will be with you and bless you. I hereby confirm that I will give all these lands to you and your descendants, just as I solemnly promised Abraham, your father. I will cause your descendants to become as numerous as the stars of the sky, and I will give them all these lands. And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed. I will do this because Abraham listened to me and obeyed all my requirements, commands, decrees, and instructions.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine which was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, to Gerar. And Yahweh appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; dwell in the land which I will show to you. Dwell as an alien in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you, for I will give all these lands to you and to your descendants, and I will establish the oath that I swore to Abraham your father. And I will multiply your descendants like the stars of heaven, and I will give to your descendants all these lands. And all nations of the earth will be blessed through your offspring, because Abraham listened to my voice and kept my charge: my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.”

KJV 1900King James Version

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. And the Lord appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: 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; 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; Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

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