Verse 26

Genesis 26:26

Free Bible Version

26 and got up early in the morning and they each swore oaths to one other. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they left in peace.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/אֲבִימֶ֕לֶךְ הָלַ֥ךְ אֵלָ֖י/ו מִ/גְּרָ֑ר וַ/אֲחֻזַּת֙ מֵֽרֵעֵ֔/הוּ וּ/פִיכֹ֖ל שַׂר צְבָאֽ/וֹ

English Translation

And Abimelech went to me from Gerar, and Ahuzzath, his friend, and Phicol, the commander of his army.

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Chapter 26 Context

1 There was a famine in the country—not the one that happened before in Abraham's time, but a later on... Focus ↗

2 The Lord appeared to Isaac and told him, “Don't go to Egypt—live in the country that I tell you to. Focus ↗

3 Stay here in this country. I will be with you and I will bless you, because I'm going to give you an... Focus ↗

4 I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars of heaven and I will give them all these lands... Focus ↗

5 because Abraham did what I told him, and kept my requirements, my commands, my regulations, and my l... Focus ↗

6 When the men there asked him about his wife, he told them, “She's my sister,” because he was afraid.... Focus ↗

7 But later on, after he'd been there a while, Abimelech, king of the Philistines, happened to look ou... Focus ↗

8 Abimelech sent for Isaac and complained. “From what I saw she's clearly your wife!” he said. “Why on... Focus ↗

9 “Why would you do this to us?” Abimelech asked. “One of the men here might have slept with your wife... Focus ↗

10 Abimelech issued orders to all the people, warning them, “Anyone who touches this man or his wife wi... Focus ↗

11 Isaac sowed grain that year, and the Lord blessed him with a harvest that was a hundred times what h... Focus ↗

12 He became a rich man, and his wealth steadily increased until he was very rich. Focus ↗

13 He owned many flocks of sheep and herds of cattle, as well as many slaves. He had so much that the P... Focus ↗

14 Then Abimelech told Isaac, “You have to leave our country, because you've become much too powerful f... Focus ↗

15 He unblocked the wells that had been dug in his father Abraham's time—the ones the Philistines had b... Focus ↗

16 But the herdsmen from Gerar argued with Isaac's herdsmen, claiming, “That's our water!” So Isaac nam... Focus ↗

17 He had another well dug, and they argued over that one too. He named the well, “Opposition.” Focus ↗

18 So they moved on from there and he had another well dug. This time there was no argument so he named... Focus ↗

19 That night the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am the God (Elohim) of Abraham your father. Don't b... Focus ↗

20 Isaac built an altar and worshiped the Lord. He also set up his tent, and his servants dug a well th... Focus ↗

21 Sometime later Abimelech came from Gerar to see Isaac, along with Ahuzzath his advisor, and Phicol t... Focus ↗

22 “Why have you come to see me?” Isaac asked them. “Previously you hated me and told me to leave!” Focus ↗

23 “Now we realize that the Lord is with you,” they replied. “So we agreed that we should make a sworn... Focus ↗

24 You'll promise not to harm us in the same way we've never hurt you. You'll agree that we've always t... Focus ↗

25 So Isaac had a special meal prepared to celebrate the agreement. They ate and drank, Focus ↗

26 and got up early in the morning and they each swore oaths to one other. Then Isaac sent them on thei...

27 It was that very day when Isaac's servants who'd been digging a well came and told him, “We've found... Focus ↗

28 So Isaac named the well, “Oath,” and that's why the name of the town is “Well of the Oath” (Beersheb... Focus ↗

29 When Esau was 40, he married Judith, daughter of Beeri the Hittite, as well as Basemath, daughter of... Focus ↗

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