Genesis 26:6

And Izhak dwelt at Gerar;

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:

In Context

5because Abraham obeyed My word, and kept the keeping of My word, My commandments, My covenant, and My law.

7and the men of the place asked respecting his wife. And he said, She is my sister; for he feared to say, My wife, lest the men of the place should kill him on account of Revekah; for she was of beautiful aspect.

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Cross References

Genesis 20:1And Abraham migrated from thence to the southern land, and dwelt between Rekam and Hagra; 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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