Genesis 26:6
4 I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed,
5 because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”
So Isaac settled in Gerar.
7 But when the men of that place asked about his wife, he said, “She is my sister.” For he was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” since he thought to himself, “The men of this place will kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is so beautiful.”
8 When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked down from the window and was surprised to see Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- So Isaac settled in Gerar.
- KJV
- And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:
- WEB
- Isaac lived in Gerar.
- ASV
- And Isaac dwelt in Gerar.
- DARBY
- And Isaac dwelt at Gerar.
- BLB
- And Isaac dwelt in Gerar.
- ÅB
- Så ble Isak boende i Gerar.
- OTB
- Så ble Isak boende i Gerar.
- B1930
- Så blev Isak boende i Gerar.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 20:1
Now Abraham journeyed from there to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar,
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