Genesis 26 Parallel Bible

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	TYNDALE Tyndale Bible of 1526	ESV English Standard Version	NIV New International Version
1	And there fell a derth in ye lande passinge the first derth yt fell in the dayes of Abraham. Wherfore Isaac went vnto Abimelech kinge of ye Philistias 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	The the LORde apeared vnto him and sayde goo not doune in to Egipte but byde in ye land which I saye vnto ye:	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	Sogeorne in this lade and I wyll be with ye and wyll blesse ye: for vnto the and vnto thy sede I will geue all these cotreis And I will performe the oothe which I swore vnto Abraha 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 will multiplye thy seed as ye starres of heave and will geue vnto thy seed all these contreis. And thorow thy seed shall all the natios of the erth 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 yt Abraha harkened vnto mi voyce and kepte mine ordinauces comaudmetes statutes and 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 Isaac dwelled in Gerar.	So Isaac settled in Gerar.	So Isaac stayed in Gerar.
7	And yt me of the place asked hi of his wife and he sayde yt she was his sister: for he feared to calle her his wife lest the me of the place shulde haue kylled hym for hir sake because she was bewtyfull to ye 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 it happened after he had bene there longe tyme yt Abimelech kinge of ye Philistias loked out at a wyndow and sawe Isaac sportinge with Rebecca his wife.	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 sende for Isaac and sayde: se she is of a suertie thi wife and why saydest thou yt she was thi sister? And Isaac saide vnto hi: I thoughte yt I mighte peradventure haue dyed for hir 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	The fayde Abimelech: whi hast thou done this vnto vs? one of ye people myght lightely haue lyne by thy wife and so shuldest thou haue broughte synne 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	Tha Abimelech charged all his people saynge: he yt toucheth this man or his wife shall surely dye for it.	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	And Isaac sowed in yt lade and founde in ye same yere an hudred bushels: for ye LORde blessed hi	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 mightye and wet forth and grewe till he was exceadinge 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	yt he had possessio of shepe of oxe and a myghtie housholde: so yt the Philestians had envy at him:	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	In so moch yt they stopped and fylled vp with erth all the welles which his fathers servauntes dygged 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	Than sayde Abimelech vnto Isaac: gett the fro me for thou art myhhtier then we a greate 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	Than Isaac departed thense and pitched his tente in the valey 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 Isaac digged agayne the welles of water which they dygged in the dayes of Abraha his father which the Philestias had stoppe after ye deth of Abraha and gaue the the same names which hys father gaue the.	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	As Isaacs seruautes dygged in the valey they founde a well of springynge 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 herdme of Gerar dyd stryue with Isaacs herdme saynge: the water is oures Than called he the well Eseck 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	Than dygged they another well and they stroue for yt also. The rfore called he it Sitena.	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 than he departed these and dygged a nother well for the which they stroue not: therfore called he it Rehoboth saige: ye LORde hath now made vs rowme and we are encreased vpo the erth.	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	Afterward departed he thece and came to Berseba	From there he went up to Beersheba.	From there he went up to Beersheba.
24	And the LORde apered vnto hi the same nyghte and sayde. I am the God of Abraha thy father feare not for I am with the and will blesse the and multiplye thy sede for my seruaute 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 than he buylded an aulter there and called vpo the name of the LORde and there pitched his tente. And there Isaacs servauntes 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	Than came Abimelech to him fro Gerar and Ahusath his frende and Phicol his chefe captayne.	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 Isaac sayde vnto the: wherfore come ye to me seige ye hate me and haue put me awaye fro 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	Than sayde they: we sawe that the LORde was with the and therfore we sayde that there shulde be an oothe betwixte vs ad the and that we wolde make a bonde with the:	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	yt thou shuldeste do vs no hurte as we haue not touched the and haue done vnto the nothinge but good and sed the awaye in peace: for thou art now 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 the a feast and they ate ad droke.	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 by tymes in the mornynge and sware one to another. And Isaac sent the awaye. And they departed from him 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 ye same daye came Isaacs servautes and tolde hi of a well which they had dygged: and sayde vnto hi that thei had 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 Seba wherfore the name of the cyte is called Berseba vnto this daye.	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	When Esau was .xl. yere olde he toke to wyfe Judith the doughter of Bely an Hethite and Busmath the doughter of Elon an Hethite	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	also which were dishobedient vnto Isaac 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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