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Book of Genesis, Chapter 26

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Genesis 26 NASB - New American Standard BibleGenesis 26 NASB - New American Standard Bible

Chapter 26 of Genesis—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ Now there was 1a famine in the land, besides the previous famine that had occurred in the days of Abraham. So Isaac went to Gerar, to 2Abimelech king of the Philistines.
  2. The LORD 3appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; [a]4stay in the land of which I shall tell you.
  3. Sojourn in this land and 5I will be with you and 6bless you, for 7to you and to your [b]descendants I will give all these lands, and I will establish 8the oath which I swore to your father Abraham.
  4. 9I will multiply your [c]descendants as the stars of heaven, and will give your [d]descendants all these lands; and 10by your [e]descendants all the nations of the earth [f]shall be blessed;
  5. because Abraham [g]11obeyed Me and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes and My laws.”
  6. ¶ So Isaac [h]lived in Gerar.
  7. When the men of the place asked about his wife, he said, “12She is my sister,” for he was 13afraid to say, “my wife,” thinking, “[i]the men of the place might kill me on account of Rebekah, for she is 14beautiful.”
  8. It came about, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out through a window, and saw, and behold, Isaac was caressing his wife Rebekah.
  9. Then Abimelech called Isaac and said, “Behold, certainly she is your wife! How then did you say, ‘She is my sister’?” And Isaac said to him, “Because I said, ‘I might die on account of her.’”
  10. 15Abimelech said, “What is this you have done to us? One of the people might easily have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.”
  11. So Abimelech charged all the people, saying, “He who 16touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.”
  12. ¶ Now Isaac sowed in that land and [j]reaped in the same year a hundredfold. And 17the LORD blessed him,
  13. and the man 18became rich, and continued to grow [k]richer until he became very [l]wealthy;
  14. for 19he had possessions of flocks [m]and herds and a great household, so that the Philistines envied him.
  15. Now 20all the wells which his father’s servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines stopped up [n]by filling them with earth.
  16. Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go away from us, for you are [o]21too powerful for us.”
  17. And Isaac departed from there and camped in the valley of Gerar, and [p]settled there.
  18. ¶ Then Isaac dug again the wells of water which [q]had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, for the Philistines had stopped them up after the death of Abraham; and he [r]gave them the same names which his father had [s]given them.
  19. But when Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found there a well of [t]flowing water,
  20. the herdsmen of Gerar 22quarreled with the herdsmen of Isaac, saying, “The water is ours!” So he named the well [u]Esek, because they contended with him.
  21. Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over it too, so he named it [v]Sitnah.
  22. He moved away from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it; so he named it [w]Rehoboth, for he said, “[x]23At last the LORD has made [y]room for us, and we will be 24fruitful in the land.”
  23. ¶ Then he went up from there to 25Beersheba.
  24. The LORD 26appeared to him the same night and said,
    ¶ “27I am the God of your father Abraham;
    28Do not fear, for I am with you.
    I 29will bless you, and multiply your [z]descendants,
    For the sake of My servant Abraham.”
  25. ¶ So he built an 30altar there and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there; and there Isaac’s servants dug a well.
  26. ¶ Then 31Abimelech came to him from Gerar [aa]with his adviser Ahuzzath and Phicol the commander of his army.
  27. Isaac said to them, “32Why have you come to me, since you hate me and have sent me away from you?”
  28. They said, “We see plainly 33that the LORD has been with you; so we said, ‘Let there now be an oath between us, even between [ab]you and us, and let us make a covenant with you,
  29. that you will do us no harm, just as we have not touched you [ac]and have done to you nothing but good and have sent you away in peace. You are now the 34blessed of the LORD.’”
  30. Then 35he made them a feast, and they ate and drank.
  31. In the morning they arose early and [ad]36exchanged oaths; then Isaac sent them away and they departed from him in peace.
  32. Now it came about on the same day, that Isaac’s servants came in and told him about the well which they had dug, and said to him, “We have found water.”
  33. So he called it Shibah; therefore the name of the city is 37Beersheba to this day.
  34. ¶ When Esau was forty years old 38he [ae]married Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite;
  35. and 39they [af]brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit dwell
  2. ^ Lit seed
  3. ^ Lit seed
  4. ^ Lit seed
  5. ^ Lit seed
  6. ^ Or bless themselves
  7. ^ Lit hearkened to My voice
  8. ^ Lit dwelt
  9. ^ Lit lest...place
  10. ^ Lit found
  11. ^ Lit great
  12. ^ Lit great
  13. ^ Lit and possessions of herds
  14. ^ Lit and filled them
  15. ^ Lit much mightier than we
  16. ^ Lit dwelt
  17. ^ Lit they had dug
  18. ^ Lit called their names as the names
  19. ^ Lit called
  20. ^ Lit living
  21. ^ I.e. contention
  22. ^ I.e. enmity
  23. ^ I.e. broad places
  24. ^ Lit Truly now
  25. ^ Or broad
  26. ^ Lit seed
  27. ^ Lit and his confidential friend
  28. ^ Lit us and you
  29. ^ Lit and just as we
  30. ^ Lit swore one to another
  31. ^ Lit took as wife
  32. ^ Lit were a bitterness of spirit to

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Ge 12:10
  2. ^ Ge 20:1, 2
  3. ^ Ge 12:7; 17:1; 18:1
  4. ^ Ge 12:1
  5. ^ Ge 26:24; 28:15; 31:3
  6. ^ Ge 12:2
  7. ^ Ge 12:7; 13:15; 15:18
  8. ^ Ge 22:16-18; Ps 105:9
  9. ^ Ge 15:5; 22:17; Ex 32:13
  10. ^ Ge 22:18; Ga 3:8
  11. ^ Ge 22:16
  12. ^ Ge 12:13; 20:2, 12
  13. ^ Pr 29:25
  14. ^ Ge 12:11; 24:16; 29:17
  15. ^ Ge 20:9
  16. ^ Ps 105:15
  17. ^ Ge 24:1; 26:3; Jb 42:12; Pr 10:22
  18. ^ Pr 10:22
  19. ^ Ge 24:35; 25:5
  20. ^ Ge 21:25, 30
  21. ^ Ex 1:9
  22. ^ Ge 21:25
  23. ^ Ps 4:1; Is 54:2, 3
  24. ^ Ge 17:6; Ex 1:7
  25. ^ Ge 22:19
  26. ^ Ge 26:2
  27. ^ Ge 17:7, 8; 24:12; Ex 3:6; Ac 7:32
  28. ^ Ge 15:1
  29. ^ Ge 22:17; 26:3, 4
  30. ^ Ge 12:7, 8; 13:4, 18; Ps 116:17
  31. ^ Ge 21:22
  32. ^ Jg 11:7
  33. ^ Ge 21:22, 23
  34. ^ Ge 24:31; Ps 115:15
  35. ^ Ge 19:3
  36. ^ Ge 21:31
  37. ^ Ge 21:31
  38. ^ Ge 28:8; 36:2
  39. ^ Ge 27:46

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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