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King James Version
And there was a famine in the land, besides
the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines ,
unto Gerar.
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 Jehovah
appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt .
Dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of .
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 lands
, and I will establish
the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father .
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 multiply
thy seed as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these lands.
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed .
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.
Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
And Isaac dwelt in Gerar .
And Isaac dwelt in Gerar :
And the men of the place asked him of his wife .
And he said, She is my sister .
For he feared to say, My wife .
Lest, `
said he '
, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah .
Because she was fair to look upon.
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.
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.
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.
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 because
of
her.
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.
And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? One of the people might easily
have lain
with thy wife, and thou wouldest
have brought guiltiness upon us.
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.
And Abimelech charged all the
people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
And Abimelech charged all his
people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
And
Isaac sowed in that land, and found
in the same year a
hundredfold .
And Jehovah
blessed him.
Then
Isaac sowed in that land, and received
in the same year an
hundredfold :
and the
LORD
blessed him.
And the man waxed great, and grew
more
and more
until he became very great .
And the man waxed great, and went
forward,
and grew
until he became very great :
And
he had possessions
of flocks, and possessions
of herds, and a
great household.
And the Philistines envied him.
For
he had possession
of flocks, and possession
of herds, and great store
of
servants:
and the Philistines envied him.
Now
all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped, and filled with earth.
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.
And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us .
For thou art much mightier than we.
And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us ;
for thou art much mightier than we.
And Isaac departed thence, and encamped
in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
And Isaac departed thence, and pitched
his
tent
in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
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.
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.
And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
And the herdsmen
of Gerar strove
with Isaac's herdsmen
, saying, The water is ours .
And he called the name of the well Esek ,
because they contended
with him.
And the herdmen
of Gerar did
strive
with Isaac's herdmen
, saying, The water is ours :
and he called the name of the well Esek ;
because they strove
with him.
And they digged another well, and they
strove for that also .
And he called the name of it Sitnah.
And they digged another well, and strove for that also :
and he called the name of it Sitnah.
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 Jehovah
hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
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
LORD
hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba
.
And he went up from thence to Beersheba
.
And Jehovah
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.
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.
And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of Jehovah
, and pitched his tent there .
And there Isaac's servants digged a well.
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.
Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend
, and Phicol
the captain of his host
.
Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one
of
his friends
, and Phichol
the chief
captain of his army
.
And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore are
ye
come unto
me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?
And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye
to
me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?
And they said, We saw plainly
that Jehovah
was with thee .
And we said, Let there now
be an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee ,
And they said, We saw certainly
that the
LORD
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 ;
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 Jehovah
.
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
.
And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.
And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.
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.
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.
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.
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.
And he called it Shibah.
Therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba
unto this day.
And he called it Shebah:
therefore the name of the city is Beersheba
unto this day.
And when
Esau was forty years old he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath
the daughter of Elon the Hittite .
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 :
And
they
were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
Which
were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
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