Links to all Books and Chapters Today's Date: 4/4/2025 ======= Genesis 26:1 ============ Gen 26:1 Now there was a famine in the land, besides the previous famine that had occurred in the days of Abraham. So Isaac went to Gerar, to Abimelech king of the Philistines.(nasb) Gen 26:1 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.(kjv) Gen 26:1 There was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines, in Gerar.(nkjv) ======= Genesis 26:2 ============ Gen 26:2 The Lord appeared to him and said, "Do not go down to Egypt; stay in the land of which I shall tell you.(nasb) Gen 26:2 And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:(kjv) Gen 26:2 Then the Lord appeared to him and said: "Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land of which I shall tell you.(nkjv) ======= Genesis 26:3 ============ Gen 26:3 Sojourn in this land and I will be with you and bless you, for to you and to your descendants I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to your father Abraham.(nasb) Gen 26:3 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;(kjv) Gen 26:3 Dwell in this land, and I will be with you and bless you; for to you and your descendants I give all these lands, and I will perform the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.(nkjv) ======= Genesis 26:4 ============ Gen 26:4 I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven, and will give your descendants all these lands; and by your descendants all the nations of the earth shall be blessed;(nasb) Gen 26:4 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;(kjv) Gen 26:4 And I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven; I will give to your descendants all these lands; and in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed;(nkjv) ======= Genesis 26:5 ============ Gen 26:5 because Abraham obeyed Me and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes and My laws."(nasb) Gen 26:5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.(kjv) Gen 26:5 because Abraham obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws."(nkjv) ======= Genesis 26:6 ============ Gen 26:6 So Isaac lived in Gerar.(nasb) Gen 26:6 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:(kjv) Gen 26:6 So Isaac dwelt in Gerar.(nkjv) ======= Genesis 26:7 ============ Gen 26:7 When the men of the place asked about his wife, he said, "She is my sister," for he was afraid to say, "my wife," thinking, "the men of the place might kill me on account of Rebekah, for she is beautiful."(nasb) Gen 26:7 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.(kjv) Gen 26:7 And the men of the place asked about his wife. And he said, "She is my sister"; for he was afraid to say, "She is my wife," because he thought, "lest the men of the place kill me for Rebekah, because she is beautiful to behold."(nkjv) ======= Genesis 26:8 ============ Gen 26:8 It came about, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out through a window, and saw, and behold, Isaac was caressing his wife Rebekah.(nasb) Gen 26:8 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.(kjv) Gen 26:8 Now it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked through a window, and saw, and there was Isaac, showing endearment to Rebekah his wife.(nkjv) ======= Genesis 26:9 ============ Gen 26:9 Then Abimelech called Isaac and said, "Behold, certainly she is your wife! How then did you say, 'She is my sister'?" And Isaac said to him, "Because I said, 'I might die on account of her.'"(nasb) Gen 26:9 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.(kjv) Gen 26:9 Then Abimelech called Isaac and said, "Quite obviously she is your wife; so how could you say, 'She is my sister'?" And Isaac said to him, "Because I said, 'Lest I die on account of her.' "(nkjv) ======= Genesis 26:10 ============ Gen 26:10 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 upon us."(nasb) Gen 26:10 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.(kjv) Gen 26:10 And Abimelech said, "What is this you have done to us? One of the people might soon have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt on us."(nkjv) ======= Genesis 26:11 ============ Gen 26:11 So Abimelech charged all the people, saying, "He who touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death."(nasb) Gen 26:11 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.(kjv) Gen 26:11 So Abimelech charged all his people, saying, "He who touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death."(nkjv) ======= Genesis 26:12 ============ Gen 26:12 Now Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in the same year a hundredfold. And the Lord blessed him,(nasb) Gen 26:12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.(kjv) Gen 26:12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year a hundredfold; and the Lord blessed him.(nkjv) ======= Genesis 26:13 ============ Gen 26:13 and the man became rich, and continued to grow richer until he became very wealthy;(nasb) Gen 26:13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:(kjv) Gen 26:13 The man began to prosper, and continued prospering until he became very prosperous;(nkjv) ======= Genesis 26:14 ============ Gen 26:14 for he had possessions of flocks and herds and a great household, so that the Philistines envied him.(nasb) Gen 26:14 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.(kjv) Gen 26:14 for he had possessions of flocks and possessions of herds and a great number of servants. So the Philistines envied him.(nkjv) ======= Genesis 26:15 ============ Gen 26:15 Now all the wells which his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines stopped up by filling them with earth.(nasb) Gen 26:15 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.(kjv) Gen 26:15 Now the Philistines had stopped up all the wells which his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, and they had filled them with earth.(nkjv) ======= Genesis 26:16 ============ Gen 26:16 Then Abimelech said to Isaac, "Go away from us, for you are too powerful for us."(nasb) Gen 26:16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.(kjv) Gen 26:16 And Abimelech said to Isaac, "Go away from us, for you are much mightier than we."(nkjv) ======= Genesis 26:17 ============ Gen 26:17 And Isaac departed from there and camped in the valley of Gerar, and settled there. (nasb) Gen 26:17 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.(kjv) Gen 26:17 Then Isaac departed from there and pitched his tent in the Valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.(nkjv) ======= Genesis 26:18 ============ Gen 26:18 Then Isaac dug again the wells of water which had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, for the Philistines had stopped them up after the death of Abraham; and he gave them the same names which his father had given them.(nasb) Gen 26:18 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.(kjv) Gen 26:18 And Isaac dug again the wells of water which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father, for the Philistines had stopped them up after the death of Abraham. He called them by the names which his father had called them.(nkjv) ======= Genesis 26:19 ============ Gen 26:19 But when Isaac's servants dug in the valley and found there a well of flowing water,(nasb) Gen 26:19 And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.(kjv) Gen 26:19 Also Isaac's servants dug in the valley, and found a well of running water there.(nkjv) ======= Genesis 26:20 ============ Gen 26:20 the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with the herdsmen of Isaac, saying, "The water is ours!" So he named the well Esek, because they contended with him.(nasb) Gen 26:20 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.(kjv) Gen 26:20 But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, "The water is ours." So he called the name of the well Esek, because they quarreled with him.(nkjv) ======= Genesis 26:21 ============ Gen 26:21 Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over it too, so he named it Sitnah.(nasb) Gen 26:21 And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.(kjv) Gen 26:21 Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over that one also. So he called its name Sitnah.(nkjv) ======= Genesis 26:22 ============ Gen 26:22 He moved away from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it; so he named it Rehoboth, for he said, "At last the Lord has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land."(nasb) Gen 26:22 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.(kjv) Gen 26:22 And he moved from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. So he called its name Rehoboth, because he said, "For now the Lord has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land."(nkjv) ======= Genesis 26:23 ============ Gen 26:23 Then he went up from there to Beersheba.(nasb) Gen 26:23 And he went up from thence to Beersheba.(kjv) Gen 26:23 Then he went up from there to Beersheba.(nkjv) ======= Genesis 26:24 ============ Gen 26:24 The Lord appeared to him the same night and said, "I am the God of your father Abraham; Do not fear, for I am with you. I will bless you, and multiply your descendants, For the sake of My servant Abraham."(nasb) Gen 26:24 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.(kjv) Gen 26:24 And the Lord appeared to him the same night and said, "I am the God of your father Abraham; do not fear, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for My servant Abraham's sake."(nkjv) ======= Genesis 26:25 ============ Gen 26:25 So he built an altar there and called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent there; and there Isaac's servants dug a well. (nasb) Gen 26:25 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.(kjv) Gen 26:25 So he built an altar there and called on the name of the Lord, and he pitched his tent there; and there Isaac's servants dug a well.(nkjv) ======= Genesis 26:26 ============ Gen 26:26 Then Abimelech came to him from Gerar with his adviser Ahuzzath and Phicol the commander of his army.(nasb) Gen 26:26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.(kjv) Gen 26:26 Then Abimelech came to him from Gerar with Ahuzzath, one of his friends, and Phichol the commander of his army.(nkjv) ======= Genesis 26:27 ============ Gen 26:27 Isaac said to them, "Why have you come to me, since you hate me and have sent me away from you?"(nasb) Gen 26:27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?(kjv) Gen 26:27 And Isaac said to them, "Why have you come to me, since you hate me and have sent me away from you?"(nkjv) ======= Genesis 26:28 ============ Gen 26:28 They said, "We see plainly that the Lord has been with you; so we said, 'Let there now be an oath between us, even between you and us, and let us make a covenant with you,(nasb) Gen 26:28 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;(kjv) Gen 26:28 But they said, "We have certainly seen that the Lord is with you. So we said, 'Let there now be an oath between us, between you and us; and let us make a covenant with you,(nkjv) ======= Genesis 26:29 ============ Gen 26:29 that you will do us no harm, just as we have not touched you and have done to you nothing but good and have sent you away in peace. You are now the blessed of the Lord.'"(nasb) Gen 26:29 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.(kjv) Gen 26:29 that you will do us no harm, since we have not touched you, and since we have done nothing to you but good and have sent you away in peace. You are now the blessed of the Lord.' "(nkjv) ======= Genesis 26:30 ============ Gen 26:30 Then he made them a feast, and they ate and drank.(nasb) Gen 26:30 And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.(kjv) Gen 26:30 So he made them a feast, and they ate and drank.(nkjv) ======= Genesis 26:31 ============ Gen 26:31 In the morning they arose early and exchanged oaths; then Isaac sent them away and they departed from him in peace.(nasb) Gen 26:31 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.(kjv) Gen 26:31 Then they arose early in the morning and swore an oath with one another; and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.(nkjv) ======= Genesis 26:32 ============ Gen 26:32 Now it came about on the same day, that Isaac's servants came in and told him about the well which they had dug, and said to him, "We have found water."(nasb) Gen 26:32 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.(kjv) Gen 26:32 It came to pass the same day that Isaac's servants came and told him about the well which they had dug, and said to him, "We have found water."(nkjv) ======= Genesis 26:33 ============ Gen 26:33 So he called it Shibah; therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day.(nasb) Gen 26:33 And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day.(kjv) Gen 26:33 So he called it Shebah. Therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day.(nkjv) ======= Genesis 26:34 ============ Gen 26:34 When Esau was forty years old he married Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite;(nasb) Gen 26:34 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:(kjv) Gen 26:34 When Esau was forty years old, he took as wives Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite.(nkjv) ======= Genesis 26:35 ============ Gen 26:35 and they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah. (nasb) Gen 26:35 Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.(kjv) Gen 26:35 And they were a grief of mind to Isaac and Rebekah.(nkjv) ======= Genesis 27:1 ============ Gen 27:1 Now it came about, when Isaac was old and his eyes were too dim to see, that he called his older son Esau and said to him, "My son." And he said to him, "Here I am."(nasb) Gen 27:1 And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.(kjv) Gen 27:1 Now it came to pass, when Isaac was old and his eyes were so dim that he could not see, that he called Esau his older son and said to him, "My son." And he answered him, "Here I am."(nkjv) |
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