Genesis 26:6
4 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;
5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:
7 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.
8 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.
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.
Compare
- 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
And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
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