Genesis 26 Parallel Bible

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	BISHOPS Bishops' Bible of 1568	ESV English Standard Version	NIV New International Version
1	And there fell a famine in the land, besides the first that was in the dayes of Abraham: And Isahac went vnto Abimelech, king of the Philistines, vnto Gerar.	Now there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Gerar to Abimelech king of the Philistines.	Now there was a famine in the land—besides the previous famine in Abraham’s time—and Isaac went to Abimelek king of the Philistines in Gerar.
2	And the Lorde appeared vnto hym, and sayde: Go not downe into Egypt, but abyde in the lande whiche I shall shewe vnto thee.	And the LORD appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; dwell in the land of which I shall tell you.	The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land where I tell you to live.
3	Soiourne in this lande, and I wyl be with thee, and wyll blesse thee: for vnto thee and vnto thy seede I wyll geue all these countreys, and I wyll perfourme the othe whiche I sware vnto Abraham thy father.	Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you and will bless you, for to you and to your offspring I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath that I swore to Abraham your father.	Stay in this land for a while, and I will be with you and will bless you. For to you and your descendants I will give all these lands and will confirm the oath I swore to your father Abraham.
4	And wyl make thy seede to multiplie as the starres of heauen, and wyll geue vnto thy seede al these countreys: and in thy seede shall all the nations of the earth be blessed:	I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and will give to your offspring all these lands. And in your offspring all the nations of the earth shall be blessed,	I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed,
5	Because that Abraham hearkened vnto my voyce, & kept my ordinaunce, my commaundementes, my statutes, and my lawes.	because Abraham obeyed my voice and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.”	because Abraham obeyed me and did everything I required of him, keeping my commands, my decrees and my instructions.”
6	And Isahac dwelled in Gerar.	So Isaac settled in Gerar.	So Isaac stayed in Gerar.
7	And the men of the place asked him of his wyfe. And he sayde, she is my sister: for he feared to say, she is my wyfe, lest the men of the place shoulde haue kylled hym, because of Rebecca, whiche was beautifull to the eye.	When the men of the place asked him about his wife, he said, “She is my sister,” for he feared to say, “My wife,” thinking, “lest the men of the place should kill me because of Rebekah,” because she was attractive in appearance.	When the men of that place asked him about his wife, he said, “She is my sister,” because he was afraid to say, “She is my wife.” He thought, “The men of this place might kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is beautiful.”
8	And after he had ben there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines loked out at a windowe, & sawe Isahac sportyng with Rebecca his wyfe.	When he had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out of a window and saw Isaac laughing with Rebekah his wife.	When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelek king of the Philistines looked down from a window and saw Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.
9	And Abimelech called Isahac, and said: beholde, she is of a suretie thy wife, and why saydest thou, she is my sister? To whom Isahac aunswered: because I thought that I might peraduenture haue dyed for her sake.	So Abimelech called Isaac and said, “Behold, she is your wife. How then could you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac said to him, “Because I thought, ‘Lest I die because of her.’”	So Abimelek summoned Isaac and said, “She is really your wife! Why did you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac answered him, “Because I thought I might lose my life on account of her.”
10	Abimelech said: why hast thou done this vnto vs? one of the people myght lyghtly haue lyne by thy wyfe, and so shouldest thou haue brought sinne vpon vs.	Abimelech said, “What is this you have done to us? One of the people might easily have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.”	Then Abimelek said, “What is this you have done to us? One of the men might well have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.”
11	And so Abimelech charged al his people, saying: He that toucheth this man or his wyfe, shall dye the death.	So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “Whoever touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.”	So Abimelek gave orders to all the people: “Anyone who harms this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.”
12	Then Isahac sowed in that lande, and receaued in the same yere an hundred folde: and the Lorde blessed hym.	And Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in the same year a hundredfold. The LORD blessed him,	Isaac planted crops in that land and the same year reaped a hundredfold, because the LORD blessed him.
13	And the man waxed myghtie, & went foorth, and grewe tyll he was exceeding great.	and the man became rich, and gained more and more until he became very wealthy.	The man became rich, and his wealth continued to grow until he became very wealthy.
14	For he had possessio of sheepe, of oxen, and a myghtie housholde: and therfore the Philistines had enuie at hym.	He had possessions of flocks and herds and many servants, so that the Philistines envied him.	He had so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.
15	For the Philistines stopped and fylled vp with earth all the welles which his seruauntes had digged in his father Abrahams tyme.	(Now the Philistines had stopped and filled with earth all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father.)	So all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the time of his father Abraham, the Philistines stopped up, filling them with earth.
16	And Abimelech sayde vnto Isahac: Get thee from vs, for thou art mightier then we a great deale.	And Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go away from us, for you are much mightier than we.”	Then Abimelek said to Isaac, “Move away from us; you have become too powerful for us.”
17	Therefore Isahac departed thence, and abode in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.	So Isaac departed from there and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there.	So Isaac moved away from there and encamped in the Valley of Gerar, where he settled.
18	And Isahac returning, digged againe the welles of water which they digged in the dayes of Abraham his father, which the Philistines had stopped after the death of Abraham, & named them after the same names by the which his father had named them.	And Isaac dug again the wells of water that had been dug in the days of Abraham his father, which the Philistines had stopped after the death of Abraham. And he gave them the names that his father had given them.	Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the time of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died, and he gave them the same names his father had given them.
19	Isahacs seruauntes digged in the valley, and founde a well of springyng water.	But when Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found there a well of spring water,	Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and discovered a well of fresh water there.
20	And the heardmen of Gerar did striue with Isahacs heardmen, saying: the water is ours. Then called he the well contention, because they stroue with hym.	the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, “The water is ours.” So he called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him.	But the herders of Gerar quarreled with those of Isaac and said, “The water is ours!” So he named the well Esek, because they disputed with him.
21	And they digged another well, and stroue for that also: and he called the name of it enmitie.	Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over that also, so he called its name Sitnah.	Then they dug another well, but they quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.
22	And then he departed thence, & digged another well, for the which they stroue not. Therfore called he it roomth, saying: the Lorde hath made vs nowe roome that we may encrease vpon the earth.	And he moved from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. So he called its name Rehoboth, saying, “For now the LORD has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.”	He moved on from there and dug another well, and no one quarreled over it. He named it Rehoboth, saying, “Now the LORD has given us room and we will flourish in the land.”
23	And he went vp thence to Beer-seba.	From there he went up to Beersheba.	From there he went up to Beersheba.
24	And the Lorde appeared vnto hym the same night, and sayde: I am the God of Abraham thy father, feare not, for I am with thee, and wyl blesse thee and multiple thy seede for my seruaunt Abrahams sake.	And the LORD appeared to him the same night and said, “I am the God of Abraham your father. Fear not, for I am with you and will bless you and multiply your offspring for my servant Abraham’s sake.”	That night the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bless you and will increase the number of your descendants for the sake of my servant Abraham.”
25	And he builded an aulter there, and called vpon the name of the Lorde, and pitched his tent: and there Isahacs seruauntes dygged a well.	So he built an altar there and called upon the name of the LORD and pitched his tent there. And there Isaac’s servants dug a well.	Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD. There he pitched his tent, and there his servants dug a well.
26	Then came Abimelech to him from Gerar, and Ahuzath his friende, and Phicol the captaine of his armie.	When Abimelech went to him from Gerar with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army,	Meanwhile, Abimelek had come to him from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his personal adviser and Phicol the commander of his forces.
27	And Isahac sayde vnto them: wherfore come ye to me, seyng ye hate me, and haue put me away from you?	Isaac said to them, “Why have you come to me, seeing that you hate me and have sent me away from you?”	Isaac asked them, “Why have you come to me, since you were hostile to me and sent me away?”
28	Whiche aunswered: We sawe most certainly that the Lord was with thee, and we sayde: let there be nowe an oth betwixt vs, euen betwixt vs and thee, and let vs make a league with thee:	They said, “We see plainly that the LORD has been with you. So we said, let there be a sworn pact between us, between you and us, and let us make a covenant with you,	They answered, “We saw clearly that the LORD was with you; so we said, ‘There ought to be a sworn agreement between us’—between us and you. Let us make a treaty with you
29	That thou shouldest do vs no hurt, as we haue not touched thee, and as we haue done vnto thee nothyng but good, & sent thee away in peace: for thou art nowe the blessed of the Lorde.	that you will do us no harm, just as we have not touched you and have done to you nothing but good and have sent you away in peace. You are now the blessed of the LORD.”	that you will do us no harm, just as we did not harm you but always treated you well and sent you away peacefully. And now you are blessed by the LORD.”
30	And he made them a feast, and they dyd eate and drynke.	So he made them a feast, and they ate and drank.	Isaac then made a feast for them, and they ate and drank.
31	And they rose vp betymes in the mornyng, and sware one to another: And Isahac sent them away, and they departed from hym in peace.	In the morning they rose early and exchanged oaths. And Isaac sent them on their way, and they departed from him in peace.	Early the next morning the men swore an oath to each other. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they went away peacefully.
32	And the same daye Isahacs seruauntes came and tolde hym of a well which they had dygged, and sayde vnto hym, we haue founde water.	That same day Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well that they had dug and said to him, “We have found water.”	That day Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. They said, “We’ve found water!”
33	And he called it Sebah: and the name of the citie is called Beer-seba vnto this day.	He called it Shibah; therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day.	He called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the town has been Beersheba.
34	Esau was fourtie yere olde, & he toke a wyfe called Iudith, the daughter of Beeri an Hethite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon, an Hethite also.	When Esau was forty years old, he took Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite to be his wife, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite,	When Esau was forty years old, he married Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and also Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.
35	Which were disobedient vnto Isahac and Rebecca.	and they made life bitter for Isaac and Rebekah.	They were a source of grief to Isaac and Rebekah.
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