Genesis 26

Gen Z: Genesis 26

1There was a famine, like, a serious one, not the first one that happened with Abraham. So Isaac was like, "Bet, let’s hit up Abimelech, the king of the Philistines in Gerar."

2Then God popped up and was like, “Yo, don’t dip to Egypt; chill in the land I tell you about.”

3Stay here, and I got you; I’ll bless you. You and your fam will own all these lands, and I’ll keep my promise to Abraham, your pops.

4I’m gonna make your fam as lit as the stars in the sky, and all these lands are yours; through your fam, all the nations are gonna be blessed, no cap.

5This is all because Abraham listened to me and kept it 100 with my commands and rules.

6So Isaac was just chillin' in Gerar.

7The locals asked about his wifey, and he was like, “She’s my sis,” 'cause he was lowkey scared they'd off him for Rebekah, since she was a total baddie.

8After a minute, Abimelech peeped Isaac vibing with Rebekah, his wife, from a window.

9Abimelech called Isaac over and was like, “For real, she’s your wife? Why’d you say she’s your sister?” Isaac replied, “I was worried I’d get wrecked for her.”

10Abimelech was like, “What have you done? Someone could’ve messed with your wife, and you would’ve put us in a sus situation.”

11Abimelech told his crew, "Touch this dude or his wifey and it's game over, no cap."

12Isaac planted in that land and got a hundred times back that same year. God was totally vibing with him.

13Dude was leveling up big time, he kept grinding and became super lit.

14He had mad flocks, herds, and a squad of servants, and the Philistines were lowkey jealous.

15All the wells his dad's squad dug, the Philistines blocked them and filled them with dirt, total sus move.

16Abimelech told Isaac, "You gotta bounce; you're way too goated for us."

17So Isaac dipped and set up camp in the Gerar valley, just chillin' there.

18Isaac re-dug the wells from his dad's days, 'cause the Philistines blocked them after Abraham passed. He named them what his dad named them.

19Isaac's crew dug in the valley and found a dope spring of water.

20The herders of Gerar clashed with Isaac's crew, claiming, "That water's ours!" Isaac named the well Esek, 'cause they were all about that drama.

21They dug another well, but had drama over it, so he named it Sitnah.

22Then he moved on and dug another well, and this time no beef, so he called it Rehoboth, saying, "God's making space for us, we’re about to thrive here."

23He bounced from there to Beer-sheba.

24That night, God showed up and said, "Yo, I’m the God of your dad Abraham. No cap, I’m with you, gonna bless you, and make your fam big for Abraham's sake."

25He built an altar there, called on the Lord's name, set up his tent, and Isaac’s crew dug a well.

26Then Abimelech rolled up with his homie Ahuzzath and Phichol, the big boss of his squad.

27Isaac was like, "Why are you here? Y’all used to hate on me and sent me packing."

28They replied, "We saw that the Lord’s been vibing with you, so we thought we should make a pact, like, let’s be cool."

29"You won’t hurt us, 'cause we’ve only done good by you and sent you away chill, so you’re now blessed by the Lord."

30He threw them a feast, and they all ate and drank together.

31They woke up early, made a pact, and Isaac was like, "Y'all can dip now," so they bounced in peace.

32That same day, Isaac's crew came through and said, "Yo, we found water at the well we dug!"

33He named it Shebah, so now the city is still known as Beer-sheba, no cap.

34Esau was 40 when he wifed up Judith, Beeri's daughter, and Bashemath, Elon’s daughter, lit.

35They were lowkey a headache for Isaac and Rebekah, fr.

KJV: Genesis 26

1And 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.

2And the Lord appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:

3Sojourn 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 father;

4And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;

5Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

6And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:

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

8And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.

9And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.

10And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.

11And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.

12Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the Lord blessed him.

13And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:

14For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.

15For all the wells which his father’s servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.

16And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.

17And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.

18And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.

19And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.

20And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac’s herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.

21And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.

22And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the Lord hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.

23And he went up from thence to Beer–sheba.

24And the Lord appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham’s sake.

25And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac’s servants digged a well.

26Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.

27And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?

28And they said, We saw certainly that the Lord was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;

29That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the Lord.

30And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.

31And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.

32And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac’s servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.

33And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beer–sheba unto this day.

34And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:

35Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.

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