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Genesis 26 Unlocked Literal Bible

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RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
1 Now a famine happened in the land, besides the first famine that had been in the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines at Gerar.
1 Y HUBO hambre en la tierra, además de la primera hambre que fué en los días de Abraham: y fuése Isaac á Abimelech rey de los Filisteos, en Gerar.
2 Now Yahweh appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land that I tell you to live in.
2 Y apareciósele Jehová, y díjole: No desciendas á Egipto: habita en la tierra que yo te diré;
3 Stay in this very land, and I will be with you and will bless you; for to you and to your descendants, I will give all these lands, and I will fulfill the oath that I swore to Abraham your father.
3 Habita en esta tierra, y seré contigo, y te bendeciré; porque á ti y á tu simiente daré todas estas tierras, y confirmaré el juramento que juré á Abraham tu padre:
4 I will multiply your descendants like the stars of heaven, and will give to your descendants all these lands. Through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.
4 Y multiplicaré tu simiente como las estrellas del cielo, y daré á tu simiente todas estas tierras; y todas las gentes de la tierra serán benditas en tu simiente:
5 I will do this because Abraham obeyed my voice and kept my instructions, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.”
5 Por cuanto oyó Abraham mi voz, y guardó mi precepto, mis mandamientos, mis estatutos y mis leyes.
6 So Isaac settled in Gerar.
6 Habitó, pues, Isaac en Gerar.
7 When the men of the place asked him about his wife, he said, “She is my sister.” He feared to say, “She is my wife,” because he thought, “The men of this place will kill me to get Rebekah, because she is so beautiful.”
7 Y los hombres de aquel lugar le preguntaron acerca de su mujer; y él respondió: Es mi hermana; porque tuvo miedo de decir: Es mi mujer; que tal vez, [dijo], los hombres del lugar me matarían por causa de Rebeca; porque era de hermoso aspecto.
8 After Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines happened to look out of a window. He saw, behold, Isaac was caressing Rebekah, his wife.
8 Y sucedió que, después que él estuvo allí muchos días, Abimelech, rey de los Filisteos, mirando por una ventana, vió á Isaac que jugaba con Rebeca su mujer.
9 Abimelech called Isaac to him and said, “Look, certainly she is your wife. Why did you say, 'She is my sister'?” Isaac said to him, “Because I thought someone might kill me to get her.”
9 Y llamó Abimelech á Isaac, y dijo: He aquí ella es de cierto tu mujer: ¿cómo, pues, dijiste: Es mi hermana? E Isaac le respondió: Porque dije: Quizá moriré por causa de ella.
10 Abimelech said, “What is this you have done to us? One of the people might easily have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.”
10 Y Abimelech dijo: ¿Por qué nos has hecho esto? Por poco hubiera dormido alguno del pueblo con tu mujer, y hubieras traído sobre nosotros el pecado.
11 So Abimelech warned all the people and said, “Whoever touches this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”
11 Entonces Abimelech mandó á todo el pueblo, diciendo: El que tocare á este hombre ó á su mujer, de cierto morirá.
12 Isaac planted crops in that land and reaped in the same year a hundredfold, because Yahweh blessed him.
12 Y sembró Isaac en aquella tierra, y halló aquel año ciento por uno: y bendíjole Jehová.
13 The man became rich, and grew more and more until he became very great.
13 Y el varón se engrandeció, y fué adelantando y engrandeciéndose, hasta hacerse muy poderoso:
14 He had many sheep and cattle, and a large household. The Philistines envied him.
14 Y tuvo hato de ovejas, y hato de vacas, y grande apero; y los Filisteos le tuvieron envidia.
15 Now all the wells that his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines stopped them up by filling them with earth.
15 Y todos los pozos que habían abierto los criados de Abraham su padre en sus días, los Filisteos los habían cegado y llenado de tierra.
16 Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go away from us, for you are much mightier than we.”
16 Y dijo Abimelech á Isaac: Apártate de nosotros, porque mucho más poderoso que nosotros te has hecho.
17 So Isaac departed from there and settled in the Valley of Gerar, and lived there.
17 E Isaac se fué de allí; y asentó sus tiendas en el valle de Gerar, y habitó allí.
18 Once again Isaac dug out the wells of water, which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father. The Philistines had stopped them up after Abraham's death. Isaac called the wells by the same names that his father had called them.
18 Y volvió á abrir Isaac los pozos de agua que habían abierto en los días de Abraham su padre, y que los Filisteos habían cegado, muerto Abraham; y llamólos por los nombres que su padre los había llamado.
19 When Isaac's servants dug in the valley, they found there a well of flowing water.
19 Y los siervos de Isaac cavaron en el valle, y hallaron allí un pozo de aguas vivas.
20 The herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac's herdsmen, and said, “This water is ours.” So Isaac called that well “Esek,” because they had quarreled with him.
20 Y los pastores de Gerar riñeron con los pastores de Isaac, diciendo: El agua es nuestra: por eso llamó el nombre del pozo Esek, porque habían altercado con él.
21 Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over that, too, so he gave it the name of “Sitnah.”
21 Y abrieron otro pozo, y también riñeron sobre él: y llamó su nombre Sitnah.
22 He left there and dug yet another well, but they did not quarrel over that one. So he called it Rehoboth, and he said, “Now Yahweh has made room for us, and we will prosper in the land.”
22 Y apartóse de allí, y abrió otro pozo, y no riñeron sobre él: y llamó su nombre Rehoboth, y dijo: Porque ahora nos ha hecho ensanchar Jehová, y fructificaremos en la tierra.
23 Then Isaac went up from there to Beersheba.
23 Y de allí subió á Beer-seba.
24 Yahweh appeared to him that same night and said, “I am the God of Abraham your father. Do not fear, for I am with you and will bless you and multiply your descendants, for my servant Abraham's sake.”
24 Y apareciósele Jehová aquella noche, y dijo: Yo soy el Dios de Abraham tu padre; no temas, que yo soy contigo, y yo te bendeciré, y multiplicaré tu simiente por amor de Abraham mi siervo.
25 Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of Yahweh. There he pitched his tent, and his servants dug a well.
25 Y edificó allí un altar, é invocó el nombre de Jehová, y tendió allí su tienda: y abrieron allí los siervos de Isaac un pozo.
26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, with Ahuzzath, his friend, and Phicol, the captain of his army.
26 Y Abimelech vino á él desde Gerar, y Ahuzzath, amigo suyo, y Phicol, capitán de su ejército.
27 Isaac said to them, “Why are you coming to me, since you hate me and have sent me away from you?”
27 Y díjoles Isaac: ¿Por qué venís á mí, pues que me habéis aborrecido, y me echasteis de entre vosotros?
28 Then they said, “We have clearly seen that Yahweh has been with you. So we decided that there should be an oath between us, yes, between us and you. So let us make a covenant with you,
28 Y ellos respondieron: Hemos visto que Jehová es contigo; y dijimos: Haya ahora juramento entre nosotros, entre nosotros y ti, y haremos alianza contigo:
29 that you will do us no harm, just as we have not harmed you, and as we have treated you well and have sent you away in peace. Indeed, you are blessed by Yahweh.”
29 Que no nos hagas mal, como nosotros no te hemos tocado, y como solamente te hemos hecho bien, y te enviamos en paz: tú ahora, bendito de Jehová.
30 So Isaac made a feast for them, and they ate and drank.
30 Entonces él les hizo banquete, y comieron y bebieron.
31 They rose early in the morning and swore an oath with each other. Then Isaac sent them away, and they left him in peace.
31 Y se levantaron de madrugada, y juraron el uno al otro; é Isaac los despidió, y ellos se partieron de él en paz.
32 That same day Isaac's servants came and told him about the well that they had dug. They said, “We have found water.”
32 Y en aquel día sucedió que vinieron los criados de Isaac, y diéronle nuevas acerca del pozo que habían abierto, y le dijeron: Agua hemos hallado.
33 He called the well Shibah, so the name of that city is Beersheba to this day.
33 Y llamólo Seba: por cuya causa el nombre de aquella ciudad es Beer-seba hasta este día.
34 When Esau was forty years old, he took a wife, Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and also Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite.
34 Y cuando Esaú fué de cuarenta años, tomó por mujer á Judith hija de Beeri Hetheo, y á Basemat hija de Elón Hetheo:
35 They brought sorrow to Isaac and Rebekah.
35 Y fueron amargura de espíritu á Isaac y á Rebeca.

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People

  • Abimelech

    King of Gerar

    King of Gerar who took Sarah, was warned by God in a dream and returned her to Abraham, and made a covenant with Abraham at Beersheba; an Abimelech king of the Philistines at…

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 20:2–3; Genesis 21:22–27; Genesis 26:1

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  • Ahuzzath

    Abimelech's adviser

    Adviser of Abimelech who came with him and Phicol to Isaac at Beersheba to ask for a covenant.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 26:26

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  • Basemath

    Hittite wife of Esau

    Daughter of Elon the Hittite, whom Esau took as a wife at age forty; she and Judith brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah, while Genesis 36:2 calls Elon the Hittite's daughter,…

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 26:34–35

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  • Beeri

    Father of Esau's wife Judith

    A Hittite named only as the father of Esau's wife Judith.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 26:34

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  • Elon

    Father of Esau's wives

    A Hittite named as the father of Esau's wife Basemath in Genesis 26:34 and of Esau's wife Adah in Genesis 36:2.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 26:34; Genesis 36:2

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  • Esau

    Father of the Edomites

    Isaac's elder son, who traded his birthright for a bowl of stew.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 25–27; 36

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  • Isaac

    Child of promise

    The long-promised son, nearly offered on Moriah, through whom the covenant continued.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 21–27

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  • Judith

    Hittite wife of Esau

    Daughter of Beeri the Hittite, whom Esau took as a wife at age forty; she and Basemath brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 26:34–35

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  • Phicol

    Commander of Abimelech's army

    Commander of Abimelech's army, who stood with him in the covenant at Beersheba with Abraham and again in the covenant with Isaac.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 21:22; Genesis 21:32; Genesis 26:26

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  • Rebekah

    Matriarch, mother of twins

    Wife of Isaac and mother of the twins Jacob and Esau.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 24-27

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Places

  • Beersheba

    Today: Southern Israel (Negev)

    The southern frontier of Israel ('from Dan to Beersheba'). Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob all dug wells and worshiped here at the gateway to the Negev.

    Cited in the guide: Genesis 21:31; Genesis 26:23; 1 Samuel 8:2

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Cross references (33)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Genesis 12:10; Genesis 25:11; Genesis 21:22–32; Genesis 20:1–2
  2. 2 Genesis 12:7; Genesis 18:1; Genesis 17:1; Genesis 12:1; Psalm 37:3
  3. 3 Genesis 28:15; Psalm 105:9; Genesis 22:16–18; Hebrews 11:9; Genesis 17:8
  4. 4 Acts 3:25; Genesis 15:5; Genesis 12:2–3; Galatians 3:8; Genesis 22:17–18
  5. 5 Matthew 7:24; Genesis 22:18; Genesis 22:16; James 2:21; Psalm 112:1–2
  6. 6 Genesis 20:1
  7. 7 Proverbs 29:25; Genesis 20:2; Genesis 12:13; Genesis 24:16; Genesis 20:12–13
  8. 8 Isaiah 62:5; Proverbs 5:18–19; Proverbs 7:6; Song of Songs 2:9; Judges 5:28
  9. 10 Genesis 12:18–19; Genesis 20:9–10
  10. 11 Psalm 105:15; Genesis 20:6; Proverbs 6:29; Zechariah 2:8
  11. 12 Mark 4:8; Genesis 26:3; Zechariah 8:12; 2 Corinthians 9:10–11; Genesis 24:1
  12. 13 Proverbs 10:22; Psalm 112:3; Genesis 24:35
  13. 14 Genesis 37:11; Job 1:3; Job 5:2; Proverbs 27:4; Proverbs 10:22
  14. 15 Genesis 21:30; Genesis 21:25
  15. 16 Exodus 1:9
  16. 18 Zechariah 13:2; Psalm 16:4; Genesis 21:31; Hosea 2:17; Numbers 32:38
  17. 19 John 4:10–11; John 7:38; Song of Songs 4:15
  18. 20 Genesis 21:25
  19. 21 Ezra 4:6
  20. 22 Genesis 17:6; Exodus 1:7; Psalm 118:5; Genesis 41:52; Genesis 28:3
  21. 23 Genesis 46:1; Judges 20:1; Genesis 21:31
  22. 24 Genesis 15:1; Exodus 3:6; Genesis 17:7; Acts 7:32; Genesis 24:12
  23. 25 Genesis 13:18; Psalm 116:17; Genesis 12:7–8; Genesis 35:1; Genesis 33:20
  24. 26 Genesis 21:22–32; Genesis 20:3
  25. 27 Genesis 26:16; Judges 11:7; Acts 7:35; Acts 7:9; Acts 7:27
  26. 28 Genesis 21:22–23; Isaiah 45:14; Isaiah 61:9; Genesis 21:31–32; Joshua 3:7
  27. 29 Genesis 24:31; Genesis 21:22; Genesis 12:2; Psalm 115:15; Genesis 22:17
  28. 30 Genesis 19:3; Hebrews 12:14; Romans 12:18; Genesis 31:54; 1 Peter 4:9
  29. 31 1 Samuel 30:15; Genesis 25:33; Genesis 21:31–32; 1 Samuel 20:16–17; Genesis 31:44
  30. 32 Proverbs 10:4; Matthew 7:7; Proverbs 13:4; Genesis 26:25; Proverbs 2:4–5
  31. 33 Genesis 21:31; Genesis 26:28
  32. 34 Genesis 36:2; Genesis 36:13; Exodus 34:16; Genesis 24:3; Genesis 28:9
  33. 35 Genesis 27:46–28:2; Genesis 28:8; Genesis 6:2

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What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Quotes verse 26:1–5 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book XVI, Chapters 33–36)

    … the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all this land: and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because that Abraham thy father obeyed my voice, and kept my precepts, my commandments, my righteousness, and my laws." This patriarch neither had another wife, nor any concubine, but was content with the twin-children …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)

  2. Quotes verse 26:24 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book XVI, Chapters 33–36)

    … kept my precepts, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws." And again in another oracle He says, "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." So that we must understand how chastely Abraham acted, because imprudent men, who seek some …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)

  3. Quotes verse 26:4 Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament (Sermon XXXVIII)

    That which He promised to Abraham, saying, "In thy seed shall all nations be blessed." What is the faithfulness of God?

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)