Genesis 26 NLT NIV Parallel

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1A severe famine now struck the land, as had happened before in Abraham’s time. So Isaac moved to Gerar, where Abimelech, king of the Philistines, lived.

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.

2The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt, but do as I tell you.

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

3Live here as a foreigner in this land, and I will be with you and bless you. I hereby confirm that I will give all these lands to you and your descendants, just as I solemnly promised Abraham, your father.

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.

4I will cause your descendants to become as numerous as the stars of the sky, and I will give them all these lands. And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.

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,

5I will do this because Abraham listened to me and obeyed all my requirements, commands, decrees, and instructions.”

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

6So Isaac stayed in Gerar.

7When the men who lived there asked Isaac about his wife, Rebekah, he said, “She is my sister.” He was afraid to say, “She is my wife.” He thought, “They will kill me to get her, because she is so beautiful.”

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."

8But some time later, Abimelech, king of the Philistines, looked out his window and saw Isaac caressing Rebekah.

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.

9Immediately, Abimelech called for Isaac and exclaimed, “She is obviously your wife! Why did you say, ‘She is my sister’?” “Because I was afraid someone would kill me to get her from me,” Isaac replied.

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."

10“How could you do this to us?” Abimelech exclaimed. “One of my people might easily have taken your wife and slept with her, and you would have made us guilty of great sin.”

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."

11Then Abimelech issued a public proclamation: “Anyone who touches this man or his wife will be put to death!” Conflict over Water Rights

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

12When Isaac planted his crops that year, he harvested a hundred times more grain than he planted, for the LORD blessed him.

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

13He became a very rich man, and his wealth continued to grow.

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

14He acquired so many flocks of sheep and goats, herds of cattle, and servants that the Philistines became jealous of him.

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

15So the Philistines filled up all of Isaac’s wells with dirt. These were the wells that had been dug by the servants of his father, Abraham.

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.

16Finally, Abimelech ordered Isaac to leave the country. “Go somewhere else,” he said, “for you have become too powerful for us.”

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

17So Isaac moved away to the Gerar Valley, where he set up their tents and settled down.

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

18He reopened the wells his father had dug, which the Philistines had filled in after Abraham’s death. Isaac also restored the names Abraham had given them.

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.

19Isaac’s servants also dug in the Gerar Valley and discovered a well of fresh water.

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

20But then the shepherds from Gerar came and claimed the spring. “This is our water,” they said, and they argued over it with Isaac’s herdsmen. So Isaac named the well Esek (which means “argument”).

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.

21Isaac’s men then dug another well, but again there was a dispute over it. So Isaac named it Sitnah (which means “hostility”).

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

22Abandoning that one, Isaac moved on and dug another well. This time there was no dispute over it, so Isaac named the place Rehoboth (which means “open space”), for he said, “At last the LORD has created enough space for us to prosper in this land.”

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."

23From there Isaac moved to Beersheba,

23From there he went up to Beersheba.

24where the LORD appeared to him on the night of his arrival. “I am the God of your father, Abraham,” he said. “Do not be afraid, for I am with you and will bless you. I will multiply your descendants, and they will become a great nation. I will do this because of my promise to Abraham, my servant.”

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."

25Then Isaac built an altar there and worshiped the LORD. He set up his camp at that place, and his servants dug another well. Isaac’s Covenant with Abimelech

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.

26One day King Abimelech came from Gerar with his adviser, Ahuzzath, and also Phicol, his army commander.

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

27“Why have you come here?” Isaac asked. “You obviously hate me, since you kicked me off your land.”

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

28They replied, “We can plainly see that the LORD is with you. So we want to enter into a sworn treaty with you. Let’s make a covenant.

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

29Swear that you will not harm us, just as we have never troubled you. We have always treated you well, and we sent you away from us in peace. And now look how the LORD has blessed 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."

30So Isaac prepared a covenant feast to celebrate the treaty, and they ate and drank together.

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

31Early the next morning, they each took a solemn oath not to interfere with each other. Then Isaac sent them home again, and they left him in peace.

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

32That very day Isaac’s servants came and told him about a new well they had dug. “We’ve found water!” they exclaimed.

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

33So Isaac named the well Shibah (which means “oath”). And to this day the town that grew up there is called Beersheba (which means “well of the oath”).

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

34At the age of forty, Esau married two Hittite wives: Judith, the daughter of Beeri, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon.

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

35But Esau’s wives made life miserable for Isaac and Rebekah.

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

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