Genesis
Chapter 26

26:1	[kjv]	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.
	[bbe]	Then came a time of great need in the land, like that which had been before in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, at Gerar.
26:2	[kjv]	And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:
	[bbe]	And the Lord came to him in a vision and said, Do not go down to Egypt; keep in the land of which I will give you knowledge:
26:3	[kjv]	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 countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
	[bbe]	Keep in this land, and I will be with you and give you my blessing; for to you and to your seed will I give all these lands, giving effect to the oath which I made to your father Abraham;
26:4	[kjv]	And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
	[bbe]	I will make your seed like the stars of heaven in number, and will give them all these lands, and your seed will be a blessing to all the nations of the earth;
26:5	[kjv]	Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
	[bbe]	Because Abraham gave ear to my voice and kept my words, my rules, my orders, and my laws.
26:6	[kjv]	And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:
	[bbe]	So Isaac went on living in Gerar;
26:7	[kjv]	And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.
	[bbe]	And when he was questioned by the men of the place about his wife, he said, She is my sister; fearing to say, She is my wife; for, he said, the men of the place may put me to death on account of Rebekah; because she is very beautiful.
26:8	[kjv]	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.
	[bbe]	And when he had been there for some time, Abimelech, king of the Philistines, looking through a window, saw Isaac playing with Rebekah his wife.
26:9	[kjv]	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.
	[bbe]	And he said to Isaac, It is clear that she is your wife: why then did you say, She is my sister? And Isaac said, For fear that I might be put to death because of her.
26:10	[kjv]	And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.
	[bbe]	Then Abimelech said, What have you done to us? one of the people might well have had connection with your wife, and the sin would have been ours.
26:11	[kjv]	And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
	[bbe]	And Abimelech gave orders to his people that anyone touching Isaac or his wife was to be put to death.
26:12	[kjv]	Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.
	[bbe]	Now Isaac, planting seed in that land, got in the same year fruit a hundred times as much, for the blessing of the Lord was on him.
26:13	[kjv]	And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:
	[bbe]	And his wealth became very great, increasing more and more;
26:14	[kjv]	For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.
	[bbe]	For he had great wealth of flocks and herds and great numbers of servants; so that the Philistines were full of envy.
26:15	[kjv]	For 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.
	[bbe]	Now all the water-holes, which his father's servants had made in the days of Abraham, had been stopped up with earth by the Philistines.
26:16	[kjv]	And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.
	[bbe]	And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go away from us, for you are stronger than we are.
26:17	[kjv]	And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
	[bbe]	So Isaac went away from there, and put up his tents in the valley of Gerar, making his living-place there.
26:18	[kjv]	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.
	[bbe]	And he made again the water-holes which had been made in the days of Abraham his father, and which had been stopped up by the Philistines; and he gave them the names which his father had given them.
26:19	[kjv]	And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
	[bbe]	Now Isaac's servants made holes in the valley, and came to a spring of flowing water.
26:20	[kjv]	And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.
	[bbe]	But the herdmen of Gerar had a fight with Isaac's herdmen, for they said, The spring is ours: so he gave the spring the name of Esek, because there was a fight about it.
26:21	[kjv]	And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.
	[bbe]	Then they made another water-hole, and there was a fight about that, so he gave it the name of Sitnah.
26:22	[kjv]	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.
	[bbe]	Then he went away from there, and made another water-hole, about which there was no fighting: so he gave it the name of Rehoboth, for he said, Now the Lord has made room for us, and we will have fruit in this land.
26:23	[kjv]	And he went up from thence to Beersheba.
	[bbe]	And from there he went on to Beer-sheba.
26:24	[kjv]	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.
	[bbe]	That night the Lord came to him in a vision, and said, I am the God of your father Abraham: have no fear for I am with you, blessing you, and your seed will be increased because of my servant Abraham.
26:25	[kjv]	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.
	[bbe]	Then he made an altar there, and gave worship to the name of the Lord, and he put up his tents there, and there his servants made a water-hole.
26:26	[kjv]	Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.
	[bbe]	And Abimelech had come to him from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his friend and Phicol, the captain of his army.
26:27	[kjv]	And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?
	[bbe]	And Isaac said to them, Why have you come to me, seeing that in your hate for me you sent me away from you?
26:28	[kjv]	And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;
	[bbe]	And they said, We saw clearly that the Lord was with you: so we said, Let there be an oath between us and you, and let us make an agreement with you;
26:29	[kjv]	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.
	[bbe]	That you will do us no damage, even as we put no hand on you, and did you nothing but good, and sent you away in peace: and now the blessing of the Lord is on you.
26:30	[kjv]	And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.
	[bbe]	Then he made a feast for them, and they all had food and drink.
26:31	[kjv]	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.
	[bbe]	And early in the morning they took an oath one to the other: then Isaac sent them away and they went on their way in peace.
26:32	[kjv]	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.
	[bbe]	And that day Isaac's servants came to him and gave him word of the water-hole which they had made, and said to him, We have come to water.
26:33	[kjv]	And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day.
	[bbe]	And he gave it the name of Shibah: so the name of that town is Beer-sheba to this day.
26:34	[kjv]	And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
	[bbe]	And when Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
26:35	[kjv]	Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
	[bbe]	And Isaac and Rebekah had grief of mind because of them.