And there was a famine <H7458> in the land, <H0776> beside <H0905> the first <H7223> famine <H7458> that was in the days <H3117> of Abraham. <H0085> And Isaac <H3327> went <H3212> unto Abimelech <H0040> king <H4428> of the Philistines <H6430> unto Gerar. <H1642>
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And the LORD <H3068> appeared <H7200> unto him, and said, <H0559> Go not down <H3381> into Egypt; <H4714> dwell <H7931> in the land <H0776> which I shall tell <H0559> thee of:
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Sojourn <H1481> in this land, <H0776> and I will be with thee, and will bless <H1288> thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, <H2233> I will give <H5414> all these <H0411> countries, <H0776> and I will perform <H6965> the oath <H7621> which I sware <H7650> unto Abraham <H0085> thy father; <H0001>
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And I will make thy seed <H2233> to multiply <H7235> as the stars <H3556> of heaven, <H8064> and will give <H5414> unto thy seed <H2233> all these <H0411> countries; <H0776> and in thy seed <H2233> shall all the nations <H1471> of the earth <H0776> be blessed; <H1288>
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Because <H6118> that Abraham <H0085> obeyed <H8085> my voice, <H6963> and kept <H8104> my charge, <H4931> my commandments, <H4687> my statutes, <H2708> and my laws. <H8451>
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And Isaac <H3327> dwelt <H3427> in Gerar: <H1642>
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And the men <H0582> of the place <H4725> asked <H7592> [him] of his wife; <H0802> and he said, <H0559> She [is] my sister: <H0269> for he feared <H3372> to say, <H0559> [She is] my wife; <H0802> lest, [said he], the men <H0582> of the place <H4725> should kill <H2026> me for Rebekah; <H7259> because she [was] fair <H2896> to look upon. <H4758>
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And it came to pass, when he had been there a long <H0748> time, <H3117> that Abimelech <H0040> king <H4428> of the Philistines <H6430> looked out <H8259> at <H1157> a window, <H2474> and saw, <H7200> and, behold, Isaac <H3327> [was] sporting <H6711> with Rebekah <H7259> his wife. <H0802>
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And Abimelech <H0040> called <H7121> Isaac, <H3327> and said, <H0559> Behold, of a surety <H0389> she [is] thy wife: <H0802> and how saidst <H0559> thou, She [is] my sister? <H0269> And Isaac <H3327> said <H0559> unto him, Because I said, <H0559> Lest I die <H4191> for her.
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And Abimelech <H0040> said, <H0559> What [is] this thou hast done <H6213> unto us? one <H0259> of the people <H5971> might lightly <H4592> have lien <H7901> with thy wife, <H0802> and thou shouldest have brought <H0935> guiltiness <H0817> upon us.
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And Abimelech <H0040> charged <H6680> all [his] people, <H5971> saying, <H0559> He that toucheth <H5060> this man <H0376> or his wife <H0802> shall surely <H4191> be put to death. <H4191>
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Then Isaac <H3327> sowed <H2232> in that land, <H0776> and received <H4672> in the same year <H8141> an hundredfold: <H3967> <H8180> and the LORD <H3068> blessed <H1288> him.
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And the man <H0376> waxed great, <H1431> and went <H3212> forward, <H1980> and grew <H1432> until he became very <H3966> great: <H1431>
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For he had possession <H4735> of flocks, <H6629> and possession <H4735> of herds, <H1241> and great <H7227> store of servants: <H5657> and the Philistines <H6430> envied <H7065> him.
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For all the wells <H0875> which his father's <H0001> servants <H5650> had digged <H2658> in the days <H3117> of Abraham <H0085> his father, <H0001> the Philistines <H6430> had stopped <H5640> them, and filled <H4390> them with earth. <H6083>
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And Abimelech <H0040> said <H0559> unto Isaac, <H3327> Go <H3212> from us; for thou art much <H3966> mightier <H6105> than we.
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And Isaac <H3327> departed <H3212> thence, <H8033> and pitched his tent <H2583> in the valley <H5158> of Gerar, <H1642> and dwelt <H3427> there.
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And Isaac <H3327> digged <H2658> again <H7725> the wells <H0875> of water, <H4325> which they had digged <H2658> in the days <H3117> of Abraham <H0085> his father; <H0001> for the Philistines <H6430> had stopped <H5640> them after <H0310> the death <H4194> of Abraham: <H0085> and he called <H7121> their names <H8034> after the names <H8034> by which <H0834> his father <H0001> had called <H7121> them.
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And Isaac's <H3327> servants <H5650> digged <H2658> in the valley, <H5158> and found <H4672> there a well <H0875> of springing <H2416> water. <H4325>
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And the herdmen <H7462> of Gerar <H1642> did strive <H7378> with Isaac's <H3327> herdmen, <H7462> saying, <H0559> The water <H4325> [is] ours: and he called <H7121> the name <H8034> of the well <H0875> Esek; <H6230> because they strove <H6229> with him.
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And they digged <H2658> another <H0312> well, <H0875> and strove <H7378> for that also: and he called <H7121> the name <H8034> of it Sitnah. <H7856>
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And he removed <H6275> from thence, and digged <H2658> another <H0312> well; <H0875> and for that they strove <H7378> not: and he called <H7121> the name <H8034> of it Rehoboth; <H7344> and he said, <H0559> For now <H6258> the LORD <H3068> hath made room <H7337> for us, and we shall be fruitful <H6509> in the land. <H0776>
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And he went up <H5927> from thence to Beersheba. <H0884>
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And the LORD <H3068> appeared <H7200> unto him the same night, <H3915> and said, <H0559> I [am] the God <H0430> of Abraham <H0085> thy father: <H0001> fear <H3372> not, for I [am] with thee, <H0854> and will bless <H1288> thee, and multiply <H7235> thy seed <H2233> for my servant <H5650> Abraham's <H0085> sake.
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And he builded <H1129> an altar <H4196> there, and called <H7121> upon the name <H8034> of the LORD, <H3068> and pitched <H5186> his tent <H0168> there: and there Isaac's <H3327> servants <H5650> digged <H3738> a well. <H0875>
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Then Abimelech <H0040> went <H1980> to him from Gerar, <H1642> and Ahuzzath <H0276> one of his friends, <H4828> and Phichol <H6369> the chief captain <H8269> of his army. <H6635>
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And Isaac <H3327> said <H0559> unto them, Wherefore <H4069> come <H0935> ye to me, seeing ye hate <H8130> me, and have sent me away <H7971> from you?
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And they said, <H0559> We saw <H7200> certainly <H7200> that the LORD <H3068> was with thee: and we said, <H0559> Let there be now an oath <H0423> betwixt us, <H0996> [even] betwixt us <H0996> and thee, and let us make <H3772> a covenant <H1285> with thee;
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That thou wilt do <H6213> us no hurt, <H7451> as we have not touched <H5060> thee, and as we have done <H6213> unto thee nothing but <H7535> good, <H2896> and have sent thee away <H7971> in peace: <H7965> thou [art] now <H6258> the blessed <H1288> of the LORD. <H3068>
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And he made <H6213> them a feast, <H4960> and they did eat <H0398> and drink. <H8354>
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And they rose up betimes <H7925> in the morning, <H1242> and sware <H7650> one <H0376> to another: <H0251> and Isaac <H3327> sent them away, <H7971> and they departed <H3212> from him in peace. <H7965>
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And it came to pass the same day, <H3117> that Isaac's <H3327> servants <H5650> came, <H0935> and told <H5046> him concerning <H0182> the well <H0875> which they had digged, <H2658> and said <H0559> unto him, We have found <H4672> water. <H4325>
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And he called <H7121> it Shebah: <H7656> therefore the name <H8034> of the city <H5892> [is] Beersheba <H0884> unto this day. <H3117>
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And Esau <H6215> was forty <H0705> years <H8141> old <H1121> when he took <H3947> to wife <H0802> Judith <H3067> the daughter <H1323> of Beeri <H0882> the Hittite, <H2850> and Bashemath <H1315> the daughter <H1323> of Elon <H0356> the Hittite: <H2850>
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Which were a grief <H4786> of mind <H7307> unto Isaac <H3327> and to Rebekah. <H7259>