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(Read Isaac Part 1 First)
But some time later, Abimelech, king of the Philistines, looked out a window and saw Isaac fondling Rebekah. - Genesis 26:8
Abimelech called for Isaac and exclaimed, "She is obviously your wife! Why did you say she was your sister?" "Because I was afraid someone would kill me to get her from me," Isaac replied. - Genesis 26:9
That year Isaac's crops were tremendous! He harvested a hundred times more grain than he planted, for the LORD blessed him. - Genesis 26:12
and they filled up all of Isaac's wells with earth. These were the wells that had been dug by the servants of his father, Abraham. - Genesis 26:15
And Abimelech asked Isaac to leave the country. "Go somewhere else," he said, "for you have become too rich and powerful for us." - Genesis 26:16
So Isaac moved to the Gerar Valley and lived there instead. - Genesis 26:17
He reopened the wells his father had dug, which the Philistines had filled in after Abraham's death. Isaac renamed them, using the names Abraham had given them. - Genesis 26:18
But then the local shepherds came and claimed the spring. "This is our water," they said, and they argued over it with Isaac's herdsmen. So Isaac named the well "Argument,"* because they had argued about it with him.2 - Genesis 26:20
Isaac's men then dug another well, but again there was a fight over it. So Isaac named it "Opposition."*3 - Genesis 26:21
Abandoning that one, he dug another well, and the local people finally left him alone. So Isaac called it "Room Enough,"* for he said, "At last the LORD has made room for us, and we will be able to thrive."4 - Genesis 26:22
From there Isaac moved to Beersheba, - Genesis 26:23
Then Isaac built an altar there and worshiped the LORD. He set up his camp at that place, and his servants dug a well. - Genesis 26:25
One day Isaac had visitors from Gerar. King Abimelech arrived with his adviser, Ahuzzath, and also Phicol, his army commander. - Genesis 26:26
"Why have you come?" Isaac asked them. "This is obviously no friendly visit, since you sent me from your land in a most unfriendly way." - Genesis 26:27
So Isaac prepared a great feast for them, and they ate and drank in preparation for the treaty ceremony. - Genesis 26:30
Early the next morning, they each took a solemn oath of nonaggression. Then Isaac sent them home again in peace. - Genesis 26:31
That very day Isaac's servants came and told him about a well they had dug. "We've found water!" they said. - Genesis 26:32
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New Living Translation Bible used with permission Tyndale House Publishers. |
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