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World English Bible

Genesis 26 (WEBP)

[1] There was a famine in the land, in addition to the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines, to Gerar.
[2] Yahweh appeared to him, and said, “Don’t go down into Egypt. Live in the land I will tell you about.
[3] Live in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you. For I will give to you, and to your offspring, all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.
[4] I will multiply your offspring as the stars of the sky, and will give all these lands to your offspring. In your offspring all the nations of the earth will be blessed,
[5] because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my requirements, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.”
[6] Isaac lived in Gerar.
[7] 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.”
[8] When he had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was caressing Rebekah, his wife.
[9] 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.’”
[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 on us!”
[11] Abimelech commanded all the people, saying, “He who touches this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”
[12] Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year one hundred times what he planted. Yahweh blessed him.
[13] The man grew great, and grew more and more until he became very great.
[14] He had possessions of flocks, possessions of herds, and a great household. The Philistines envied him.
[15] 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.
[16] Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go away from us, for you are much mightier than we.”
[17] Isaac departed from there, encamped in the valley of Gerar, and lived there.
[18] 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.
[19] Isaac’s servants dug in the valley, and found there a well of flowing water.
[20] The herdsmen of Gerar argued with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, “The water is ours.” So he called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him.
[21] They dug another well, and they argued over that, also. So he called its name Sitnah.
[22] He left that place, and dug another well. They didn’t argue over that one. So he called it Rehoboth. He said, “For now Yahweh has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”
[23] He went up from there to Beersheba.
[24] 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 offspring for my servant Abraham’s sake.”
[25] He built an altar there, and called on Yahweh’s name, and pitched his tent there. There Isaac’s servants dug a well.
[26] Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar with Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol the captain of his army.
[27] Isaac said to them, “Why have you come to me, since you hate me, and have sent me away from you?”
[28] 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’s make a covenant with you,
[29] 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.”
[30] He made them a feast, and they ate and drank.
[31] They rose up some time in the morning, and swore an oath to one another. Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
[32] The same day, Isaac’s servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had dug, and said to him, “We have found water.”
[33] He called it “Shibah”. Therefore the name of the city is “Beersheba” to this day.
[34] 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.
[35] They grieved Isaac’s and Rebekah’s spirits.

Genesis 26:19 Or, living. Or, fresh.
Genesis 26:20 “Esek” means “contention”.
Genesis 26:21 “Sitnah” means “hostility”.
Genesis 26:22 “Rehoboth” means “broad places”.
Genesis 26:33a Shibah means “oath” or “seven”.
Genesis 26:33b Beersheba means “well of the oath” or “well of the seven”

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Genesis 26 (KJVS)

[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.
[2] And the Lord appeared () unto him, and said, () Go not down () into Egypt; dwell () in the land which I shall tell () thee of:
[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;
[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.
[6] 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.
[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.
[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.
[11] And Abimelech charged () all his people, saying, () He that toucheth () this man or his wife shall surely () be put to death. ()
[12] Then Isaac sowed () in that land, and received () in the same year an hundredfold: and the Lord blessed () him.
[13] And the man waxed great, () and went () forward, () and grew until he became very great: ()
[14] for he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied () him.
[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.
[16] And Abimelech said () unto Isaac, Go () from us; for thou art much mightier () than we.
[17] And Isaac departed () thence, and pitched his tent () in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt () there.
[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.
[19] And Isaac’s servants digged () in the valley, and found () there a well of springing water.
[20] And the herdmen () of Gerar did strive () with Isaac’s herdmen, () saying, () The water is our’s: and he called () the name of the well Esek; because they strove () with him.
[21] And they digged () another well, and strove () for that also: and he called () the name of it Sitnah.
[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.
[23] And he went up () from thence to Beer-sheba.
[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.
[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.
[26] Then Abimelech went () to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.
[27] And Isaac said () unto them, Wherefore come () ye to me, seeing ye hate () me, and have sent me away () from you?
[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;
[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.
[30] And he made () them a feast, and they did eat () and drink. ()
[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.
[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.
[33] And he called () it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.
[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:
[35] which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.

Genesis 26:12 Heb. found
Genesis 26:13 Heb. went going
Genesis 26:14 Or, husbandry
Genesis 26:19 Heb. living
Genesis 26:20 That is, Contention
Genesis 26:21 That is, Hatred
Genesis 26:22 That is, room
Genesis 26:28 Heb. seeing we saw
Genesis 26:29 Heb. if thou shalt etc.
Genesis 26:33a That is, an oath
Genesis 26:33b That is, the well of the oath
Genesis 26:35 Heb. bitterness of spirit

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Genesis 26 (BYZ)

[1] Ἐγένετο () δὲ () λιμὸς () ἐπὶ () τῆς () γῆς () χωρὶς () τοῦ () λιμοῦ () τοῦ () πρότερον, () ὃς () ἐγένετο () ἐν () τῷ () χρόνῳ () τῷ () Αβρααμ· () ἐπορεύθη () δὲ () Ισαακ () πρὸς () Αβιμελεχ βασιλέα () Φυλιστιιμ εἰς () Γεραρα.
[2] Ὤφθη () δὲ () αὐτῷ () κύριος () καὶ () εἶπεν Μὴ () καταβῇς () εἰς () Αἴγυπτον· () κατοίκησον () δὲ () ἐν () τῇ () γῇ, () ᾗ () ἄν () σοι () εἴπω.
[3] Καὶ () παροίκει () ἐν () τῇ () γῇ () ταύτῃ, () καὶ () ἔσομαι () μετὰ () σοῦ () καὶ () εὐλογήσω () σε· () σοὶ () γὰρ () καὶ () τῷ () σπέρματί () σου () δώσω () πᾶσαν () τὴν () γῆν () ταύτην () καὶ () στήσω () τὸν () ὅρκον () μου, () ὃν () ὤμοσα () Αβρααμ () τῷ () πατρί () σου. ()
[4] Καὶ () πληθυνῶ () τὸ () σπέρμα () σου () ὡς () τοὺς () ἀστέρας () τοῦ () οὐρανοῦ () καὶ () δώσω () τῷ () σπέρματί () σου () πᾶσαν () τὴν () γῆν () ταύτην, () καὶ () ἐνευλογηθήσονται () ἐν () τῷ () σπέρματί () σου () πάντα () τὰ () ἔθνη () τῆς () γῆς, ()
[5] ἀνθ’ () ὧν () ὑπήκουσεν () Αβρααμ () ὁ () πατήρ () σου () τῆς () ἐμῆς () φωνῆς () καὶ () ἐφύλαξεν () τὰ () προστάγματά μου () καὶ () τὰς () ἐντολάς () μου () καὶ () τὰ () δικαιώματά () μου () καὶ () τὰ () νόμιμά μου. ()
[6] Καὶ () κατῴκησεν () Ισαακ () ἐν () Γεραροις.
[7] Ἐπηρώτησαν () δὲ () οἱ () ἄνδρες () τοῦ () τόπου () περὶ () Ρεβεκκας () τῆς () γυναικὸς () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () εἶπεν Ἀδελφή () μού () ἐστιν· () ἐφοβήθη γὰρ () εἰπεῖν ὅτι () Γυνή () μού () ἐστιν, () μήποτε () ἀποκτείνωσιν () αὐτὸν () οἱ () ἄνδρες () τοῦ () τόπου () περὶ () Ρεβεκκας, () ὅτι () ὡραία () τῇ () ὄψει () ἦν. ()
[8] Ἐγένετο () δὲ () πολυχρόνιος ἐκεῖ· () παρακύψας () δὲ () Αβιμελεχ ὁ () βασιλεὺς () Γεραρων διὰ () τῆς () θυρίδος () εἶδεν () τὸν () Ισαακ () παίζοντα () μετὰ () Ρεβεκκας () τῆς () γυναικὸς () αὐτοῦ. ()
[9] Ἐκάλεσεν () δὲ () Αβιμελεχ τὸν () Ισαακ () καὶ () εἶπεν αὐτῷ () Ἄρα () γε () γυνή () σού () ἐστιν· () τί () ὅτι () εἶπας Ἀδελφή () μού () ἐστιν; () Εἶπεν δὲ () αὐτῷ () Ισαακ () Εἶπα γάρ () Μήποτε () ἀποθάνω () δι’ () αὐτήν. ()
[10] Εἶπεν δὲ () αὐτῷ () Αβιμελεχ Τί () τοῦτο () ἐποίησας () ἡμῖν; () Μικροῦ () ἐκοιμήθη τις () τοῦ () γένους () μου () μετὰ () τῆς () γυναικός () σου, () καὶ () ἐπήγαγες () ἐφ’ () ἡμᾶς () ἄγνοιαν. ()
[11] Συνέταξεν () δὲ () Αβιμελεχ παντὶ () τῷ () λαῷ () αὐτοῦ () λέγων () Πᾶς () ὁ () ἁπτόμενος () τοῦ () ἀνθρώπου () τούτου () ἢ () τῆς () γυναικὸς () αὐτοῦ () θανάτου () ἔνοχος () ἔσται. ()
[12] Ἔσπειρεν () δὲ () Ισαακ () ἐν () τῇ () γῇ () ἐκείνῃ () καὶ () εὗρεν () ἐν () τῷ () ἐνιαυτῷ () ἐκείνῳ () ἑκατοστεύουσαν κριθήν· () εὐλόγησεν () δὲ () αὐτὸν () κύριος. ()
[13] Καὶ () ὑψώθη () ὁ () ἄνθρωπος () καὶ () προβαίνων () μείζων () ἐγίνετο, () ἕως () οὗ () μέγας () ἐγένετο () σφόδρα· ()
[14] ἐγένετο () δὲ () αὐτῷ () κτήνη () προβάτων () καὶ () κτήνη () βοῶν () καὶ () γεώργια () πολλά. () Ἐζήλωσαν () δὲ () αὐτὸν () οἱ () Φυλιστιιμ,
[15] καὶ () πάντα () τὰ () φρέατα, () ἃ () ὤρυξαν () οἱ () παῖδες () τοῦ () πατρὸς () αὐτοῦ () ἐν () τῷ () χρόνῳ () τοῦ () πατρὸς () αὐτοῦ, () ἐνέφραξαν αὐτὰ () οἱ () Φυλιστιιμ καὶ () ἔπλησαν αὐτὰ () γῆς. ()
[16] Εἶπεν δὲ () Αβιμελεχ πρὸς () Ισαακ () Ἄπελθε () ἀφ’ () ἡμῶν, () ὅτι () δυνατώτερος () ἡμῶν () ἐγένου () σφόδρα. ()
[17] Καὶ () ἀπῆλθεν () ἐκεῖθεν () Ισαακ () καὶ () κατέλυσεν () ἐν () τῇ () φάραγγι () Γεραρων καὶ () κατῴκησεν () ἐκεῖ. ()
[18] Καὶ () πάλιν () Ισαακ () ὤρυξεν () τὰ () φρέατα () τοῦ () ὕδατος, () ἃ () ὤρυξαν () οἱ () παῖδες () Αβρααμ () τοῦ () πατρὸς () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἐνέφραξαν αὐτὰ () οἱ () Φυλιστιιμ μετὰ () τὸ () ἀποθανεῖν () Αβρααμ () τὸν () πατέρα () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () ἐπωνόμασεν () αὐτοῖς () ὀνόματα () κατὰ () τὰ () ὀνόματα, () ἃ () ἐπωνόμασεν () Αβρααμ () ὁ () πατὴρ () αὐτοῦ. ()
[19] Καὶ () ὤρυξαν () οἱ () παῖδες () Ισαακ () ἐν () τῇ () φάραγγι () Γεραρων καὶ () εὗρον () ἐκεῖ () φρέαρ () ὕδατος () ζῶντος. ()
[20] Καὶ () ἐμαχέσαντο () οἱ () ποιμένες () Γεραρων μετὰ () τῶν () ποιμένων () Ισαακ () φάσκοντες () αὐτῶν () εἶναι () τὸ () ὕδωρ· () καὶ () ἐκάλεσεν () τὸ () ὄνομα () τοῦ () φρέατος () Ἀδικία· () ἠδίκησαν () γὰρ () αὐτόν. ()
[21] Ἀπάρας () δὲ () Ισαακ () ἐκεῖθεν () ὤρυξεν () φρέαρ () ἕτερον, () ἐκρίνοντο () δὲ () καὶ () περὶ () ἐκείνου· () καὶ () ἐπωνόμασεν () τὸ () ὄνομα () αὐτοῦ () Ἐχθρία.
[22] Ἀπάρας () δὲ () ἐκεῖθεν () ὤρυξεν () φρέαρ () ἕτερον, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἐμαχέσαντο () περὶ () αὐτοῦ· () καὶ () ἐπωνόμασεν () τὸ () ὄνομα () αὐτοῦ () Εὐρυχωρία λέγων () Διότι () νῦν () ἐπλάτυνεν () κύριος () ἡμῖν () καὶ () ηὔξησεν () ἡμᾶς () ἐπὶ () τῆς () γῆς. ()
[23] Ἀνέβη () δὲ () ἐκεῖθεν () ἐπὶ () τὸ () φρέαρ () τοῦ () ὅρκου. ()
[24] Καὶ () ὤφθη () αὐτῷ () κύριος () ἐν () τῇ () νυκτὶ () ἐκείνῃ () καὶ () εἶπεν Ἐγώ () εἰμι () ὁ () θεὸς () Αβρααμ () τοῦ () πατρός () σου· () μὴ () φοβοῦ· μετὰ () σοῦ () γάρ () εἰμι () καὶ () ηὐλόγηκά () σε () καὶ () πληθυνῶ () τὸ () σπέρμα () σου () διὰ () Αβρααμ () τὸν () πατέρα () σου. ()
[25] Καὶ () ᾠκοδόμησεν () ἐκεῖ () θυσιαστήριον () καὶ () ἐπεκαλέσατο τὸ () ὄνομα () κυρίου () καὶ () ἔπηξεν () ἐκεῖ () τὴν () σκηνὴν () αὐτοῦ· () ὤρυξαν () δὲ () ἐκεῖ () οἱ () παῖδες () Ισαακ () φρέαρ. ()
[26] Καὶ () Αβιμελεχ ἐπορεύθη () πρὸς () αὐτὸν () ἀπὸ () Γεραρων καὶ () Οχοζαθ ὁ () νυμφαγωγὸς αὐτοῦ () καὶ () Φικολ ὁ () ἀρχιστράτηγος τῆς () δυνάμεως () αὐτοῦ. ()
[27] Καὶ () εἶπεν αὐτοῖς () Ισαακ () Ἵνα () τί () ἤλθατε () πρός () με; () Ὑμεῖς () δὲ () ἐμισήσατέ () με () καὶ () ἀπεστείλατέ () με () ἀφ’ () ὑμῶν. ()
[28] Καὶ () εἶπαν Ἰδόντες () ἑωράκαμεν () ὅτι () ἦν () κύριος () μετὰ () σοῦ, () καὶ () εἴπαμεν Γενέσθω () ἀρὰ () ἀνὰ () μέσον () ἡμῶν () καὶ () ἀνὰ () μέσον () σοῦ, () καὶ () διαθησόμεθα () μετὰ () σοῦ () διαθήκην ()
[29] μὴ () ποιήσειν () μεθ’ () ἡμῶν () κακόν, () καθότι () ἡμεῖς () σε () οὐκ () ἐβδελυξάμεθα, καὶ () ὃν () τρόπον () ἐχρησάμεθά σοι () καλῶς () καὶ () ἐξαπεστείλαμέν () σε () μετ’ () εἰρήνης· () καὶ () νῦν () σὺ () εὐλογητὸς () ὑπὸ () κυρίου. ()
[30] Καὶ () ἐποίησεν () αὐτοῖς () δοχήν, () καὶ () ἔφαγον () καὶ () ἔπιον· ()
[31] καὶ () ἀναστάντες () τὸ () πρωῒ () ὤμοσαν ἄνθρωπος () τῷ () πλησίον () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () ἐξαπέστειλεν () αὐτοὺς () Ισαακ, () καὶ () ἀπῴχοντο ἀπ’ () αὐτοῦ () μετὰ () σωτηρίας. ()
[32] Ἐγένετο () δὲ () ἐν () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () ἐκείνῃ () καὶ () παραγενόμενοι () οἱ () παῖδες () Ισαακ () ἀπήγγειλαν () αὐτῷ () περὶ () τοῦ () φρέατος, () οὗ () ὤρυξαν, () καὶ () εἶπαν Οὐχ () εὕρομεν () ὕδωρ. ()
[33] Καὶ () ἐκάλεσεν () αὐτὸ () Ὅρκος· () διὰ () τοῦτο () ὄνομα () τῇ () πόλει () Φρέαρ () ὅρκου () ἕως () τῆς () σήμερον () ἡμέρας. ()
[34] Ἦν () δὲ () Ησαυ () ἐτῶν () τεσσαράκοντα () καὶ () ἔλαβεν () γυναῖκα () Ιουδιν τὴν () θυγατέρα () Βεηρ τοῦ () Χετταίου καὶ () τὴν () Βασεμμαθ θυγατέρα () Αιλων τοῦ () Ευαίου.
[35] Καὶ () ἦσαν () ἐρίζουσαι () τῷ () Ισαακ () καὶ () τῇ () Ρεβεκκα. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.