Genesis 26:6

So Isaac stayed in Gerar.

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And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:

In Context

5because Abraham did what I told him, and kept my requirements, my commands, my regulations, and my laws.”

7When the men there asked him about his wife, he told them, “She's my sister,” because he was afraid. He said to himself, “If I say she's my wife, the men here will kill me to get Rebekah, because she's so beautiful.”

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Cross References

Genesis 20:1Abraham traveled towards the Negev, staying between Kadesh and Shur. After that he moved on to live 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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