Genesis 26

Verse 1

WEB There was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines, to Gerar.

KJV 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.

TSK A. M. 2200. B.C. 1804. the first: ge 12:10; And Isaac: ge 25:11; Abimelech: ge 20:2, ge 21:22-32

Verse 2

WEB Yahweh appeared to him, and said, “Don’t go down into Egypt. Live in the land I will tell you about.

KJV And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:

TSK appeared: ge 12:7, ge 17:1, ge 18:1,10-20; dwell: ge 12:1, ps 37:3

Verse 3

WEB Live in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you. For to you, and to your seed, I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.

KJV 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;

TSK Sojourn: ge 26:12,14, ge 20:1, ps 32:8, ps 37:1-6, ps 39:12, heb 11:9,13-16; I will be: ge 28:15, ge 39:2,21, isa 43:2,5, php 4:9; unto thee: ge 12:1,7, ge 13:15,17, ge 15:18, ge 17:8; oath: ge 22:16,18, ps 105:9, mic 7:20, heb 6:17

Verse 4

WEB I will multiply your seed as the stars of the sky, and will give to your seed all these lands. In your seed will all the nations of the earth be blessed,

KJV 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;

TSK multiply: ge 13:16, ge 15:5,18, ge 17:4-8, ge 18:18, ge 22:17, heb 11:2; seed shall: ge 12:2,3, ge 22:18, ps 72:17, ac 3:25, ga 3:8,16

Verse 5

WEB because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my requirements, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.”

KJV Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

TSK Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.: ge 12:4, ge 17:23, ge 18:19, ge 22:16,18, ps 112:1,2, ps 128:1-6, mt 5:19, mt 7:24, 1co 15:58, ga 5:6, heb 11:8, jas 2:21

Verse 6

WEB Isaac lived in Gerar.

KJV And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:

TSK Gerar: ge 20:1

Verse 7

WEB The men of the place asked him about his wife. He said, “She is my sister,” for he was afraid to say, “My wife,” lest, he thought, “the men of the place might kill me for Rebekah, because she is beautiful to look at.”

KJV 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.

TSK She is my sister: ge 12:13, ge 20:2,5,12,13, pr 29:25, mt 10:28, eph 5:25, col 3:9; fair: ge 24:16

Verse 8

WEB It happened, 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 caressing Rebekah, his wife.

KJV 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.

TSK a window: jud 5:28, pr 7:6, so 2:9; sporting: pr 5:18,19, ec 9:9, isa 62:5

Verse 9

WEB Abimelech called Isaac, and said, “Behold, surely she is your wife. Why did you say, ‘She is my sister?’” Isaac said to him, “Because I said, ‘Lest I die because of her.’”

KJV 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.

TSK No cross references.

Verse 10

WEB Abimelech said, “What is this you have done to us? One of the people might easily have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt on us!”

KJV 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.

TSK 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.: ge 12:18,19, ge 20:9,10

Verse 11

WEB Abimelech commanded all the people, saying, “He who touches this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”

KJV And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.

TSK toucheth: ge 20:6, ps 105:15, pr 6:29, zec 2:8

Verse 12

WEB Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year one hundred times what he planted. Yahweh blessed him.

KJV Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.

TSK an hundredfold: ps 67:6, ps 72:16, ec 11:6, zec 8:12, mt 13:8,23, mr 4:8, 1co 3:6, 2co 9:10,11, ga 6:7,8; blessed: ge 26:3,29, ge 24:1,35, ge 30:30, job 42:12

Verse 13

WEB The man grew great, and grew more and more until he became very great.

KJV And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:

TSK waxed great: ge 24:35, ps 112:3

Verse 14

WEB He had possessions of flocks, possessions of herds, and a great household. The Philistines envied him.

KJV For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.

TSK had possession: ge 12:16, ge 13:2, job 1:3, job 42:12, ps 112:3, ps 144:13,14, pr 10:22; envied: ge 37:11, 1sa 18:9, job 5:2, ps 112:10, pr 27:4, ec 4:4

Verse 15

WEB Now all the wells which his father’s servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped, and filled with earth.

KJV 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.

TSK his father's: ge 21:30

Verse 16

WEB Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go from us, for you are much mightier than we.”

KJV And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.

TSK mightier: ex 1:9

Verse 17

WEB Isaac departed from there, encamped in the valley of Gerar, and lived there.

KJV And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.

TSK No cross references.

Verse 18

WEB Isaac dug again the wells of water, which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father. For the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham. He called their names after the names by which his father had called them.

KJV 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.

TSK and he: ge 21:31, nu 32:38, ps 16:4, ho 2:17, zec 13:2

Verse 19

WEB Isaac’s servants dug in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.

KJV And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.

TSK springing water: so 4:15, joh 4:10,11, joh 7:38

Verse 20

WEB The herdsmen of Gerar argued with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, “The water is ours.” He called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him.

KJV 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.

TSK did strive: ge 21:25

Verse 21

WEB They dug another well, and they argued over that, also. He called its name Sitnah.

KJV And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.

TSK Sitnah: ezr 4:6

Verse 22

WEB He left that place, and dug another well. They didn’t argue over that one. He called it Rehoboth. He said, “For now Yahweh has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”

KJV 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.

TSK the Lord: ps 4:1, ps 18:19, ps 118:5; be fruitful: ge 17:6, ge 28:3, ge 41:52, ex 1:7

Verse 23

WEB He went up from there to Beersheba.

KJV And he went up from thence to Beersheba.

TSK Beer-sheba: ge 21:31, ge 46:1, jud 20:1

Verse 24

WEB Yahweh appeared to him the same night, and said, “I am the God of Abraham your father. Don’t be afraid, for I am with you, and will bless you, and multiply your seed for my servant Abraham’s sake.”

KJV 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.

TSK I am the: ge 15:1, ge 17:7, ge 24:12, ge 28:13, ge 31:5, ex 3:6, mt 22:32, ac 7:32; fear: ge 26:3,4, ge 13:16, ge 22:19, ps 27:1-3, ps 46:1,2, isa 12:2, isa 41:10,13-15, isa 43:1,2, isa 44:2, isa 51:7,12, lu 12:32, heb 13:6, re 1:17

Verse 25

WEB He built an altar there, and called on the name of Yahweh, and pitched his tent there. There Isaac’s servants dug a well.

KJV 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.

TSK builded: ge 8:20, ge 12:7, ge 13:18, ge 22:9, ge 33:20, ge 35:1, ex 17:15; called: ps 116:17

Verse 26

WEB Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol the captain of his army.

KJV Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.

TSK Abimelech: ge 20:3, ge 21:22-32

Verse 27

WEB Isaac said to them, “Why have you come to me, since you hate me, and have sent me away from you?”

KJV And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?

TSK seeing: ge 26:14,16, jud 11:7, ac 7:9,14,27,35, re 3:9

Verse 28

WEB They said, “We saw plainly that Yahweh was with you. We said, ‘Let there now be an oath between us, even between us and you, and let us make a covenant with you,

KJV 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;

TSK was with: ge 21:22,23, ge 39:5, jos 3:7, 2ch 1:1, isa 45:14, isa 60:14, isa 61:6,9, ro 8:31, 1co 14:25, heb 13:5; Let there: ge 21:31,32, ge 24:3,41, ge 31:49-53, heb 6:16

Verse 29

WEB that you will do us no harm, as we have not touched you, and as we have done to you nothing but good, and have sent you away in peace.’ You are now the blessed of Yahweh.”

KJV 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.

TSK not: ge 26:11,14,15; the blessed: ge 26:12, ge 12:2, ge 21:22, ge 22:17, ge 24:31, ps 115:15

Verse 30

WEB He made them a feast, and they ate and drank.

KJV And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.

TSK And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.: ge 19:3, ge 21:8, ge 31:54, ro 12:18, heb 12:14, 1pe 4:9

Verse 31

WEB They rose up some time in the morning, and swore one to another. Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.

KJV 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.

TSK betimes: ge 19:2, ge 21:14, ge 22:3, ge 31:55; sware: ge 14:22, ge 21:23,31,32, ge 25:33, ge 31:44, 1sa 14:24, 1sa 20:3,16,17, 1sa 30:15, heb 6:16

Verse 32

WEB It happened the same day, that Isaac’s servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had dug, and said to him, “We have found water.”

KJV 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.

TSK We have: ge 26:25, pr 2:4,5, pr 10:4, pr 13:4, mt 7:7

Verse 33

WEB He called it Shibah. Therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day.

KJV And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day.

TSK therefore: ge 21:31; Beer-sheba: ge 26:28

Verse 34

WEB When Esau was forty years old, he took as wife Judith, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon the Hittite.

KJV 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:

TSK A. M. 2208. B.C. 1796. And Esau: ge 36:2,5,13; the daughter: ge 24:3, ex 34:16, 1co 7:2, heb 12:16; Bashemath: ge 36:2

Verse 35

WEB They grieved Isaac’s and Rebekah’s spirits.

KJV Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.

TSK Which: ge 6:2, ge 27:46, ge 28:1,2,8