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And there was a famine[H7458] in the land[H776], beside[H905] the first[H7223]famine[H7458] that was in the days[H3117] of Abraham[H85]. And Isaac[H3327]went[H3212] unto Abimelech[H40]king[H4428] of the Philistines[H6430] unto Gerar[H1642].
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And the LORD[H3068]appeared[H7200] unto him, and said[H559], Go not down[H3381] into Egypt[H4714]; dwell[H7931] in the land[H776] which I shall tell[H559] thee of:
3Sojourn[H1481] in this land[H776], 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[H411]countries[H776], and I will perform[H6965] the oath[H7621] which I sware[H7650] unto Abraham[H85] thy father[H1];
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And I will make[H7235] thy seed[H2233] to multiply[H7235] as the stars[H3556] of heaven[H8064], and will give[H5414] unto thy seed[H2233] all these[H411]countries[H776]; and in thy seed[H2233] shall all the nations[H1471] of the earth[H776] be blessed[H1288];
5Because[H6118] that Abraham[H85]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[H582] of the place[H4725]asked[H7592] him of his wife[H802]; and he said[H559], She is my sister[H269]: for he feared[H3372] to say[H559], She is my wife[H802]; lest, said[H559] he, the men[H582] 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[H748]time[H3117], that Abimelech[H40]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[H802].
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And Abimelech[H40]called[H7121]Isaac[H3327], and said[H559], Behold, of a surety[H389] she is thy wife[H802]: and how saidst[H559] thou, She is my sister?[H269] And Isaac[H3327]said[H559] unto him, Because I said[H559], Lest I die[H4191] for her.
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And Abimelech[H40]said[H559], What is this thou hast done[H6213] unto us? one[H259] of the people[H5971] might lightly[H4592] have lien[H7901] with thy wife[H802], and thou shouldest have brought[H935]guiltiness[H817] upon us.
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And Abimelech[H40]charged[H6680] all his people[H5971], saying[H559], He that toucheth[H5060] this man[H376] or his wife[H802] shall surely[H4191] be put to death[H4191].
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Then Isaac[H3327]sowed[H2232] in that land[H776], and received[H4672] in the same year[H8141] an hundredfold[H3967]: and the LORD[H3068]blessed[H1288] him.
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And the man[H376] waxed great[H1431], and went[H3212]forward[H1980], and grew[H1432] until he became[H1431]very[H3966]great[H1431]:
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For he had possession[H4735] of flocks[H6629], and possession[H4735] of herds[H1241], and great store[H7227] of servants[H5657]: and the Philistines[H6430]envied[H7065] him.
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For all the wells[H875] which his father[H1]'s servants[H5650] had digged[H2658] in the days[H3117] of Abraham[H85] his father[H1], the Philistines[H6430] had stopped[H5640] them, and filled[H4390] them with earth[H6083].
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And Abimelech[H40]said[H559] 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, and pitched his tent[H2583] in the valley[H5158] of Gerar[H1642], and dwelt[H3427]there[H8033].
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And Isaac[H3327]digged[H2658]again[H7725] the wells[H875] of water[H4325], which[H834] they had digged[H2658] in the days[H3117] of Abraham[H85] his father[H1]; for the Philistines[H6430] had stopped[H5640] them after[H310] the death[H4194] of Abraham[H85]: and he called[H7121] their names[H8034]after[H310] the names[H8034] by which[H834] his father[H1] had called[H7121] them.
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And Isaac's servants[H5650]digged[H2658] in the valley[H5158], and found[H4672] there a well[H875] of springing[H2416]water[H4325].
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And the herdmen[H7462] of Gerar[H1642] did strive[H7378] with Isaac's herdmen[H7462], saying[H559], The water[H4325] is ours: and he called[H7121] the name[H8034] of the well[H875]Esek[H6230]; because they strove[H6229] with him.
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And they digged[H2658]another[H312]well[H875], and strove[H7378] for that also: and he called[H7121] the name of it[H8034]Sitnah[H7856].
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And he removed[H6275] from thence, and digged[H2658]another[H312]well[H875]; and for that they strove[H7378] not: and he called[H7121] the name of it[H8034]Rehoboth[H7344]; and he said[H559], For now[H6258] the LORD[H3068] hath made room[H7337] for us, and we shall be fruitful[H6509] in the land[H776].
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And he went up[H5927] from thence to Beersheba[H884].
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And the LORD[H3068]appeared[H7200] unto him the same night[H3915], and said[H559], I am the God[H430] of Abraham[H85] thy father[H1]: fear[H3372] not, for I am with[H854] thee, and will bless[H1288] thee, and multiply[H7235] thy seed[H2233] for my servant[H5650]Abraham[H85]'s 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[H168] there: and there Isaac's servants[H5650]digged[H3738] a well[H875].
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Then Abimelech[H40]went[H1980] to him from Gerar[H1642], and Ahuzzath[H276] one of his friends[H4828], and Phichol[H6369] the chief captain[H8269] of his army[H6635].
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And Isaac[H3327]said[H559] unto them, Wherefore[H4069]come[H935] ye to me, seeing ye hate[H8130] me, and have sent me away[H7971] from you?
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And they said[H559], We saw[H7200]certainly[H7200] that the LORD[H3068] was with thee: and we said[H559], Let there be now an oath[H423]betwixt[H996] us, even betwixt[H996] us 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[H398] and drink[H8354].
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And they rose up betimes[H7925] in the morning[H1242], and sware[H7650]one[H376] to another[H251]: and Isaac[H3327] sent them away[H7971], and they departed[H3212] from him in peace[H7965].
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And it came[H935] to pass the same day[H3117], that Isaac's servants[H5650]came[H935], and told[H5046] him concerning[H182] the well[H875] which they had digged[H2658], and said[H559] 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[H884] unto this day[H3117].
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And Esau[H6215] was forty[H705]years[H8141]old[H1121] when he took[H3947] to wife[H802]Judith[H3067] the daughter[H1323] of Beeri[H882] the Hittite[H2850], and Bashemath[H1315] the daughter[H1323] of Elon[H356] the Hittite[H2850]:
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Which were a grief[H4786] of mind[H7307] unto Isaac[H3327] and to Rebekah[H7259].