King James Version (KJV)

Genesis 26:6

“And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:”

Verse in context — Genesis 26

4

And 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;

5

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

6

And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:

7

And 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.

8

And 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.

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