{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/erv/genesis/26","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T00:40:43.813Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","book":"Genesis","bookSlug":"genesis","chapter":26,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":25,"nextChapter":27,"totalChapters":50,"totalVerses":35},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"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 lands, and I will establish the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these lands; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"and the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, My wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah: because she was fair to look upon."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lain with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And Abimelech charged all the people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And Isaac sowed in that land, and found in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And the man waxed great, and grew more and more until he became very great:"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"and he had possessions of flocks, and possessions of herds, and a great household: and the Philistines envied him."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Now 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."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And Isaac departed thence, and encamped in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"And the herdmen of Gerar strove with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they contended with him."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"And they digged another well, and they strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol the captain of his host."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore are ye come unto me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"And they said, We saw plainly that the LORD was with thee: and we said, Let there now be an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;"},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"And he called it Shibah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day."},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"And when Esau was forty years old he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:"},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"and they were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah."}],"citation":{"inline":"Genesis 26 (ERV)","markdown":"[Genesis 26](https://primebible.com/erv/genesis/26)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/genesis/26 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}