Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version So Isaac moved away from there and encamped in the Valley of Gerar, where he settled. New Living Translation So Isaac moved away to the Gerar Valley, where he set up their tents and settled down. English Standard Version So Isaac departed from there and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there. Berean Standard Bible So Isaac left that place and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there. King James Bible And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. New King James Version Then Isaac departed from there and pitched his tent in the Valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. New American Standard Bible So Isaac departed from there and camped in the Valley of Gerar, and settled there. NASB 1995 And Isaac departed from there and camped in the valley of Gerar, and settled there. NASB 1977 And Isaac departed from there and camped in the valley of Gerar, and settled there. Legacy Standard Bible And Isaac departed from there and camped in the valley of Gerar and settled there. Amplified Bible So Isaac left that region and camped in the Valley of Gerar, and settled there. Christian Standard Bible So Isaac left there, camped in the Gerar Valley, and lived there. Holman Christian Standard Bible So Isaac left there, camped in the Valley of Gerar, and lived there. American Standard Version And Isaac departed thence, and encamped in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And Isaaq went on from there and he dwelt in the valley of Gadar and settled down there. Brenton Septuagint Translation And Isaac departed thence, and rested in the valley of Gerara, and dwelt there. Contemporary English Version Isaac left and settled in Gerar Valley, Douay-Rheims Bible So he departed and came to the torrent of Gerara, to dwell there: English Revised Version And Isaac departed thence, and encamped in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. GOD'S WORD® Translation So Isaac moved away. He set up his tents in the Gerar Valley and lived there. Good News Translation So Isaac left and set up his camp in Gerar Valley, where he stayed for some time. International Standard Version So Isaac moved from there and encamped in the Gerar Valley, where he settled. JPS Tanakh 1917 And Isaac departed thence, and encamped in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. Literal Standard Version and Isaac goes from there, and encamps in the Valley of Gerar, and dwells there; Majority Standard Bible So Isaac left that place and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there. New American Bible Isaac left there and camped in the Wadi Gerar where he stayed. NET Bible So Isaac left there and settled in the Gerar Valley. New Revised Standard Version So Isaac departed from there and camped in the valley of Gerar and settled there. New Heart English Bible Isaac departed from there, camped in the valley of Gerar, and lived there. Webster's Bible Translation And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. World English Bible Isaac departed from there, encamped in the valley of Gerar, and lived there. Young's Literal Translation and Isaac goeth from thence, and encampeth in the valley of Gerar, and dwelleth there; Additional Translations ... Context Isaac's Prosperity…16Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us.” 17So Isaac left that place and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there. 18Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died. And he gave these wells the same names his father had given them.… Cross References Genesis 26:16 Then Abimelech said to Isaac, "Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us." Genesis 26:18 Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died. And he gave these wells the same names his father had given them. Treasury of Scripture And Isaac departed there, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelled there. Jump to Previous Camp Camped Departed Dwelleth Dwelt Encamped Encampeth Gerar Isaac Living-Place Making Moved Pitched Settled Tent Tents Thence ValleyJump to Next Camp Camped Departed Dwelleth Dwelt Encamped Encampeth Gerar Isaac Living-Place Making Moved Pitched Settled Tent Tents Thence ValleyGenesis 26 1. Isaac, because of famine, sojourns in Gerar, and the Lord blesses him.7. He is reproved by Abimelech for denying his wife. 12. He grows rich, and the Philistines envy his prosperity. 18. He digs wells. 23. God appears to him at Beersheba, and blesses him; 26. and Abimelech makes a covenant with him. 34. Esau's wives. (17) The valley of Gerar.--The word nahal, rendered "valley," means a narrow defile through which a summer torrent flows. In the bed of these streams water can generally be found by digging, and Isaac hoped that he was far enough from the city for the enmity to cease. But he was mistaken, though he seems for a short period to have been left in peace.Verse 17. - And Isaac - perhaps not without remonstrance, but without offering resistance, as became a saint (Matthew 5:5; Romans 12:17, 18; Hebrews 12:14; 1 Peter 3:9) - departed thence (i.e. from Gerar), and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, - a valley or nahal meant a low, flat region watered by a mountain stream. The Wady Gerar has been identified with the Joorf-el-Gerar, the rush or rapid of Gerar, three hours south-east of Gaza - and dwelt there. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew So Isaacיִצְחָ֑ק (yiṣ·ḥāq) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3327: Isaac -- 'he laughs', son of Abraham and Sarah left וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ (way·yê·leḵ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk that place מִשָּׁ֖ם (miš·šām) Preposition-m | Adverb Strong's 8033: There, then, thither and encamped וַיִּ֥חַן (way·yi·ḥan) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2583: To incline, to decline, to pitch a, tent, gen, to encamp in the Valley בְּנַֽחַל־ (bə·na·ḥal-) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 5158: A stream, a winter torrent, a, valley, a shaft of Gerar גְּרָ֖ר (gə·rār) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 1642: Gerar -- a place South of Gaza and settled וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב (way·yê·šeḇ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry there. שָֽׁם׃ (šām) Adverb Strong's 8033: There, then, thither Links Genesis 26:17 NIVGenesis 26:17 NLT Genesis 26:17 ESV Genesis 26:17 NASB Genesis 26:17 KJV Genesis 26:17 BibleApps.com Genesis 26:17 Biblia Paralela Genesis 26:17 Chinese Bible Genesis 26:17 French Bible Genesis 26:17 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 26:17 Isaac departed from there encamped (Gen. 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