1And when a famine came in the land, after that barrenness which had happened in the days of Abraham, Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Palestines, to Gerara.

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Genesis 12:10, Genesis 12:10, Genesis 25:11, Genesis 25:11, Genesis 21:22

2And the Lord appeared to him, and said: Go not down into Egypt, but stay in the land that I shall tell thee.

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Genesis 12:7, Genesis 12:7, Genesis 18:1, Genesis 17:1, Genesis 18:1

3And sojourn in it, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee: for to thee and to thy seed I will give all these countries, to fulfil the oath which I swore to Abraham thy father.

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Genesis 28:15, Genesis 28:15, Psalms 105:9, Psalms 105:9, Genesis 17:8

4And I will multiply thy seed like the stars of heaven: and I will give to thy posterity all these countries: and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.

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Acts 3:25, Acts 3:25, Genesis 22:17, Genesis 22:18, Genesis 15:5

5Because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my precepts and commandments, and observed my ceremonies and laws.

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Genesis 22:18, Genesis 22:16, Genesis 22:18, Genesis 22:16, Psalms 112:1

6So Isaac abode in Gerara.

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Genesis 20:1, Genesis 20:1

7And when he was asked by the men of that place, concerning his wife, he answered: She is my sister: for he was afraid to confess that she was his wife, thinking lest perhaps they would kill him because of her beauty.

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Proverbs 29:25, Proverbs 29:25, Genesis 20:2, Genesis 12:13, Genesis 20:2

8And when very many days were passed, and he abode there, Abimelech, king of the Palestines, looking out through a window, saw him playing with Rebecca, his wife.

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Isaiah 62:5, Song of Solomon 2:9, Proverbs 5:18, Proverbs 5:19, Proverbs 7:6

9And calling for him, he said: It is evident she is thy wife: why didst thou feign her to be thy sister? He answered: I feared lest I should die for her sake.

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10And Abimelech said: Why hast thou deceived us? Some man of the people might have lain with thy wife, and thou hadst brought upon us a great sin. And he commanded all the people, saying:

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Genesis 20:9, Genesis 20:10, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 12:19, Genesis 20:9

11He that shall touch this man's wife, shall surely be put to death.

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Psalms 105:15, Psalms 105:15, Genesis 20:6, Genesis 20:6, Proverbs 6:29

12And Isaac sowed in that land, and he found that same year a hundredfold: and the Lord blessed him.

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Genesis 26:3, Genesis 26:3, Mark 4:8, Mark 4:8, Psalms 67:6

13And the man was enriched, and he went on prospering and increasing, till he became exceeding great.

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Psalms 112:3, Proverbs 10:22, Psalms 112:3, Proverbs 10:22, Genesis 24:35

14And he had possessions of sheep and of herds, and a very great family. Wherefore the Palestines envying him,

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Genesis 37:11, Genesis 37:11, 1 Samuel 18:9, Job 1:3, Psalms 112:3

15Stopped up at that time all the wells, that the servants of his father, Abraham, had digged, filling them up with earth:

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Genesis 21:30, Genesis 21:30, Genesis 21:25, Genesis 21:25

16Insomuch that Abimelech himself said to Isaac: Depart from us, for thou art become much mightier than we.

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Exodus 1:9, Exodus 1:9

17So he departed, and came to the torrent of Gerara, to dwell there:

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18And he digged again other wells, which the servants of his father, Abraham, had digged, and which, after his death, the Philistines had of old stopped up: and he called them by the same names, by which his father before had called them.

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Zechariah 13:2, Zechariah 13:2, Psalms 16:4, Numbers 32:38, Hosea 2:17

19And they digged in the torrent, and found living water:

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John 7:38, John 4:10, John 4:11, John 7:38, John 4:10

20But there also the herdsmen of Gerara strove against the herdsmen of Isaac, saying: It is our water. Wherefore he called the name of the well, on occasion of that which had happened, Calumny.

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Genesis 21:25, Genesis 21:25

21And they digged also another; and for that they quarrelled likewise, and he called the name of it, Enmity.

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Ezra 4:6, Ezra 4:6

22Going forward from thence, he digged another well, for which they contended not; therefore he called the name thereof, Latitude, saying: Now hath the Lord given us room, and made us to increase upon the earth.

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Exodus 1:7, Genesis 17:6, Exodus 1:7, Genesis 17:6, Psalms 118:5

23And he went up from that place to Bersabee,

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Judges 20:1, Genesis 21:31, Genesis 46:1, Judges 20:1, Genesis 21:31

24Where the Lord appeared to him that same night, saying: I am the God of Abraham thy father, do not fear, for I am with thee: I will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake.

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Exodus 3:6, Exodus 3:6, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 17:7

25And he built there an altar: and called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent; and commanded his servants to dig a well.

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Genesis 13:18, Psalms 116:17, Genesis 13:18, Psalms 116:17, Genesis 12:7

26To which place when Abimelech, and Ochozath his friend, and Phicol chief captain of his soldiers, came from Gerara,

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Genesis 21:22, Genesis 21:32, Genesis 20:3, Genesis 21:22, Genesis 21:32

27Isaac said to them: Why are ye come to me, a man whom you hate, and have thrust out from you?

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Genesis 26:16, Genesis 26:16, Judges 11:7, Judges 11:7, Acts 7:9

28And they answered: We saw that the Lord is with thee, and therefore we said: Let there be an oath between us, and let us make a covenant,

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Genesis 21:22, Genesis 21:23, Genesis 21:22, Genesis 21:23, Isaiah 61:9

29That thou do us no harm, as we on our part have touched nothing of thine, nor have done any thing to hurt thee; but with peace have sent thee away, increased with the blessing of the Lord.

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Genesis 24:31, Genesis 24:31, Genesis 21:22, Genesis 21:22, Genesis 22:17

30And he made them a feast, and after they had eaten and drunk:

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Genesis 19:3, Genesis 19:3, Romans 12:18, Hebrews 12:14, Romans 12:18

31Arising in the morning, they swore one to another: and Isaac sent them away peaceably to their own home.

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Genesis 31:44, 1 Samuel 20:16, 1 Samuel 20:17, 1 Samuel 30:15, Genesis 25:33

32And behold, the same day the servants of Isaac came, telling him of a well which they had digged, and saying: We have found water.

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Proverbs 10:4, Proverbs 10:4, Genesis 26:25, Matthew 7:7, Proverbs 13:4

33Whereupon he called it Abundance: and the name of the city was called Bersabee, even to this day.

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Genesis 21:31, Genesis 21:31, Genesis 26:28, Genesis 26:28

34And Esau being forty years old, married wives, Judith, the daughter of Beeri, the Hethite, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon, of the same place.

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Genesis 36:2, Genesis 36:2, Genesis 36:13, Exodus 34:16, Genesis 36:13

35And they both offended the mind of Isaac and Rebecca.

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Genesis 27:46, Genesis 28:2, Genesis 27:46, Genesis 28:2, Genesis 6:2