Genesis 26:6

And Isaac dwelt in Gerar.

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And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:

In Context

5because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my order, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

7And the men of the place asked him of his wife. And he said, She is my sister. For he feared to say, My wife, Lest, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah, because she was fair to look upon.

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Cross References

Genesis 20:1And Abraham journeyed from there toward the land of the South, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur. And he sojourned in Gerar.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 26:2-6

Removal of Isaac to Gerar. ( b. c. 1804.) 1 And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar. 2 And the Lord appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: 3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy… Read the whole commentary →

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