Genesis 26:6
New International Version
So Isaac stayed in Gerar.

New Living Translation
So Isaac stayed in Gerar.

English Standard Version
So Isaac settled in Gerar.

Berean Standard Bible
So Isaac settled in Gerar.

King James Bible
And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:

New King James Version
So Isaac dwelt in Gerar.

New American Standard Bible
So Isaac lived in Gerar.

NASB 1995
So Isaac lived in Gerar.

NASB 1977
So Isaac lived in Gerar.

Legacy Standard Bible
So Isaac lived in Gerar.

Amplified Bible
So Isaac stayed in Gerar.

Christian Standard Bible
So Isaac settled in Gerar.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So Isaac settled in Gerar.

American Standard Version
And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Isaaq settled down in Gadar:

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Isaac dwelt in Gerara.

Contemporary English Version
Isaac moved to Gerar

Douay-Rheims Bible
So Isaac abode in Gerara.

English Revised Version
And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So Isaac lived in Gerar.

Good News Translation
So Isaac lived at Gerar.

International Standard Version
So Isaac lived in Gerar.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And Isaac dwelt in Gerar.

Literal Standard Version
And Isaac dwells in Gerar;

Majority Standard Bible
So Isaac settled in Gerar.

New American Bible
So Isaac settled in Gerar.

NET Bible
So Isaac settled in Gerar.

New Revised Standard Version
So Isaac settled in Gerar.

New Heart English Bible
So Isaac settled in Gerar.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:

World English Bible
Isaac lived in Gerar.

Young's Literal Translation
And Isaac dwelleth in Gerar;

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Isaac Deceives Abimelech
6So Isaac settled in Gerar. 7But when the men of that place asked about his wife, he said, “She is my sister.” For he was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” since he thought to himself, “The men of this place will kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is so beautiful.”…

Cross References
Genesis 20:1
Now Abraham journeyed from there to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar,

Genesis 26:5
because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws."

Genesis 26:7
But when the men of that place asked about his wife, he said, "She is my sister." For he was afraid to say, "She is my wife," since he thought to himself, "The men of this place will kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is so beautiful."


Treasury of Scripture

And Isaac dwelled in Gerar:

Gerar.

Genesis 20:1
And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.

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Genesis 26
1. Isaac, because of famine, sojourns in Gerar, and the Lord blesses him.
7. He is reproved by Abimelech for denying his wife.
12. He grows rich, and the Philistines envy his prosperity.
18. He digs wells.
23. God appears to him at Beersheba, and blesses him;
26. and Abimelech makes a covenant with him.
34. Esau's wives.














Verse 6. - And Isaac dwelt in Gerar - as God had shown and enjoined him.

CHAPTER 26:7-11

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
So Isaac
יִצְחָ֖ק (yiṣ·ḥāq)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3327: Isaac -- 'he laughs', son of Abraham and Sarah

settled
וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב (way·yê·šeḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

in Gerar.
בִּגְרָֽר׃ (biḡ·rār)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 1642: Gerar -- a place South of Gaza


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