Genesis 26 NIV ISV Parallel

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1Now there was a famine in the land--besides the previous famine in Abraham's time--and Isaac went to Abimelek king of the Philistines in Gerar.

1Later on, a famine swept through the land. This famine was different from the previous famine that had occurred earlier, during Abraham's lifetime. So Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, at Gerar.

2The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, "Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land where I tell you to live.

2That's when the LORD appeared to Isaac. "You are not to go down to Egypt," he said. "Instead, you are to settle down in an area within this land where I'll tell you.

3Stay in this land for a while, and I will be with you and will bless you. For to you and your descendants I will give all these lands and will confirm the oath I swore to your father Abraham.

3Remain in this land, and I'll be with and bless you by giving all these lands to you and to your descendants in fulfillment of my solemn promise that I made to your father Abraham.

4I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed,

4I'll cause you to have as many descendants as the stars of the heavens, and I'll certainly give all these lands to your descendants. Later on, through your descendants all the nations of the earth will bless one another.

5because Abraham obeyed me and did everything I required of him, keeping my commands, my decrees and my instructions."

5I'm going to do this because Abraham did what I told him to do. He kept my instructions, commands, statutes, and laws."

6So Isaac stayed in Gerar.

6So Isaac lived in Gerar.

7When the men of that place asked him about his wife, he said, "She is my sister," because he was afraid to say, "She is my wife." He thought, "The men of this place might kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is beautiful."

7Later on, the men of that place asked about his wife, so he replied, "She's my sister," because he was afraid to call her "my wife." He kept thinking, "…otherwise, the men around here will kill me on account of Rebekah, since she's very beautiful."

8When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelek king of the Philistines looked down from a window and saw Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.

8After he had been there awhile, Abimelech, king of the Philistines, looked out through a window and saw Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.

9So Abimelek summoned Isaac and said, "She is really your wife! Why did you say, 'She is my sister'?" Isaac answered him, "Because I thought I might lose my life on account of her."

9So Abimelech called Isaac and confronted him. "She is definitely your wife!" he accused him, "So why did you claim, 'She's my sister?'" Isaac responded, "Because I had thought '…otherwise, I'll die on account of her.'"

10Then Abimelek said, "What is this you have done to us? One of the men might well have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us."

10"What have you done to us?" Abimelech asked. "Any minute now, one of the people could have had sex with your wife and you would have caused all of us to be guilty."

11So Abimelek gave orders to all the people: "Anyone who harms this man or his wife shall surely be put to death."

11So he issued this order to everyone: "Whoever touches this man or his wife is to be executed."

12Isaac planted crops in that land and the same year reaped a hundredfold, because the LORD blessed him.

12Isaac received a 100-fold return on what he planted that year in the land he received, because the LORD blessed him.

13The man became rich, and his wealth continued to grow until he became very wealthy.

13He became very wealthy and lived a life of wealth, becoming more and more wealthy.

14He had so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.

14He owned so many sheep, cattle, and servants that the Philistines eventually became envious of him.

15So all the wells that his father's servants had dug in the time of his father Abraham, the Philistines stopped up, filling them with earth.

15They filled in with sand all of the wells that Isaac's father Abraham's servants had dug during his lifetime.

16Then Abimelek said to Isaac, "Move away from us; you have become too powerful for us."

16Then Abimelech ordered Isaac, "Move away from us! You've become more powerful than we are."

17So Isaac moved away from there and encamped in the Valley of Gerar, where he settled.

17So Isaac moved from there and encamped in the Gerar Valley, where he settled.

18Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the time of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died, and he gave them the same names his father had given them.

18Isaac re-excavated some wells that his father had first dug during his lifetime, because the Philistines had filled them with sand after Abraham's death. Isaac renamed those wells with the same names that his father had called them.

19Isaac's servants dug in the valley and discovered a well of fresh water there.

19While Isaac's servants were digging in the valley, they discovered a well with flowing water.

20But the herders of Gerar quarreled with those of Isaac and said, "The water is ours!" So he named the well Esek, because they disputed with him.

20But the herdsmen who lived in Gerar quarreled with Isaac's herdsmen. "The water is ours," they said. As a result, Isaac named the well Esek, for they had fiercely disputed with him about it.

21Then they dug another well, but they quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.

21When his workers started digging another well, those herdsmen quarreled about that one, too, so Isaac named it Sitnah.

22He moved on from there and dug another well, and no one quarreled over it. He named it Rehoboth, saying, "Now the LORD has given us room and we will flourish in the land."

22Then he left that area and dug still another well. Because they did not quarrel over that one, Isaac named it Rehoboth, because he used to say, "The LORD has enlarged the territory for us. We will prosper in the land."

23From there he went up to Beersheba.

23Later on, he left there and went to Beer-sheba,

24That night the LORD appeared to him and said, "I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bless you and will increase the number of your descendants for the sake of my servant Abraham."

24where one night the LORD appeared to him. "I am the God of your father Abraham," he told him. "Don't be afraid, because I'm with you. I'm going to bless you and multiply your descendants on account of my servant Abraham."

25Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD. There he pitched his tent, and there his servants dug a well.

25In response, Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD. He also pitched his tents there and his servants dug a well.

26Meanwhile, Abimelek had come to him from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his personal adviser and Phicol the commander of his forces.

26Later, Abimelech traveled from Gerar to visit Isaac . He arrived with Ahuzzath, his staff advisor, and Phicol, the commanding officer of his army.

27Isaac asked them, "Why have you come to me, since you were hostile to me and sent me away?"

27"Why have you come to see me," Isaac asked them, "since you hate me so much that you sent me away from you?"

28They answered, "We saw clearly that the LORD was with you; so we said, 'There ought to be a sworn agreement between us'--between us and you. Let us make a treaty with you

28"We've seen that the LORD is with you," they responded, "so we're proposing an agreement between us—between us and you. Allow us to make a treaty with you

29that you will do us no harm, just as we did not harm you but always treated you well and sent you away peacefully. And now you are blessed by the LORD."

29by which you'll agree not to do us any harm, just as we haven't harmed you, since we've done nothing but good for you after we sent you away in peace. As a result, you've been tremendously blessed by the LORD."

30Isaac then made a feast for them, and they ate and drank.

30So Isaac held a festival for them, and they ate and drank.

31Early the next morning the men swore an oath to each other. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they went away peacefully.

31They woke up early the next morning and made the treaty. After this, Isaac sent them off and they left on peaceful terms.

32That day Isaac's servants came and told him about the well they had dug. They said, "We've found water!"

32That very same day, Isaac's servants arrived and reported to him about a well that they had just completed digging. "We've found water!" they said.

33He called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the town has been Beersheba.

33So Isaac named the well Shebah, which is why the city is named Beer-sheba to this day.

34When Esau was forty years old, he married Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and also Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.

34When Esau was 40 years old, he married Judith, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath, the daughter of Elon the Hittite.

35They were a source of grief to Isaac and Rebekah.

35This brought extreme grief to Isaac and Rebekah.

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