Genesis 26:1-4

New American Standard Bible 1995

Isaac Settles in Gerar

26 Now there was ^(A)a famine in the land, besides the previous famine that had occurred in the days of Abraham. So Isaac went to Gerar, to ^(B)Abimelech king of the Philistines. ² The Lord ^(C)appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; ^[a](D)stay in the land of which I shall tell you. ³ Sojourn in this land and ^(E)I will be with you and ^(F)bless you, for ^(G)to you and to your ^[b]descendants I will give all these lands, and I will establish ^(H)the oath which I swore to your father Abraham. ^4 (I)I will multiply your ^[c]descendants as the stars of heaven, and will give your ^[d]descendants all these lands; and ^(J)by your ^[e]descendants all the nations of the earth ^[f]shall be blessed;