Genesis 26:27
Modern Translations
New International Version
Isaac asked them, "Why have you come to me, since you were hostile to me and sent me away?"

New Living Translation
“Why have you come here?” Isaac asked. “You obviously hate me, since you kicked me off your land.”

English Standard Version
Isaac said to them, “Why have you come to me, seeing that you hate me and have sent me away from you?”

Berean Study Bible
“Why have you come to me?” Isaac asked them. “You hated me and sent me away.”

New American Standard Bible
Isaac said to them, “Why have you come to me, since you hate me and have sent me away from you?”

NASB 1995
Isaac said to them, "Why have you come to me, since you hate me and have sent me away from you?"

NASB 1977
And Isaac said to them, “Why have you come to me, since you hate me, and have sent me away from you?”

Amplified Bible
Isaac said to them, “Why have you [people] come to me, since you hate me and have sent me away from you?”

Christian Standard Bible
Isaac said to them, “Why have you come to me? You hated me and sent me away from you.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Isaac said to them, "Why have you come to me? You hated me and sent me away from you."

Contemporary English Version
When they arrived, Isaac asked, "Why are you here? Didn't you send me away because you hated me?"

Good News Translation
So Isaac asked, "Why have you now come to see me, when you were so unfriendly to me before and made me leave your country?"

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Isaac asked them, "Why have you come to me, since you hate me and sent me away from you?"

International Standard Version
"Why have you come to see me," Isaac asked them, "since you hate me so much that you sent me away from you?"

NET Bible
Isaac asked them, "Why have you come to me? You hate me and sent me away from you."
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?

New King James Version
And Isaac said to them, “Why have you come to me, since you hate me and have sent me away from you?”

King James 2000 Bible
And Isaac said unto them, Why come you to me, seeing you hate me, and have sent me away from you?

New Heart English Bible
Isaac said to them, "Why have you come to me, since you hate me, and have sent me away from you?"

World English Bible
Isaac said to them, "Why have you come to me, since you hate me, and have sent me away from you?"

American King James Version
And Isaac said to them, Why come you to me, seeing you hate me, and have sent me away from you?

American Standard Version
And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore are ye come unto me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?

A Faithful Version
And Isaac said to them, "Why do you come to me since you hate me and have sent me away from you?"

Darby Bible Translation
And Isaac said to them, Why are ye come to me, seeing ye hate me, and have driven me away from you?

English Revised Version
And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore are ye come unto me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?

Webster's Bible Translation
And Isaac said to them, Why come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
To whom Izhak sayd, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate mee and haue put mee away from you?

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And Isahac sayde vnto them: wherfore come ye to me, seyng ye hate me, and haue put me away from you?

Coverdale Bible of 1535
But Isaac sayde vnto them: Wherfore come ye to me? seynge ye hate me, and haue put me awaye from you?

Tyndale Bible of 1526
And Isaac sayde vnto the: wherfore come ye to me seige ye hate me and haue put me awaye fro you?
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and Isaac says to them, “Why have you come to me, and you have hated me, and you send me away from you?”

Young's Literal Translation
and Isaac saith unto them, 'Wherefore have ye come unto me, and ye have hated me, and ye send me away from you?'

Smith's Literal Translation
And Isaak will say to them, Wherefore came ye to me, and ye hated me, and will send me away from you?

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Isaac said to them: Why are ye come to me, a man whom you hate, and have thrust out from you?

Catholic Public Domain Version
Isaac said to them, “Why have you come to me, a man whom you hate, and whom you have expelled from among you?”

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And Isaaq said to them, “Why have you come to me? You have hated me and sent me from your presence.”

Lamsa Bible
And Isaac said to them, Why have you come to me, seeing that you hate me, and have sent me away from you?

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And Isaac said unto them: 'Wherefore are ye come unto me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?'

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Isaac said to them, Wherefore have ye come to me? whereas ye hated me, and sent me away from you.
















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