Genesis 26:1 Cross References - MSB

¹ Now there was another famine in the land, subsequent to the one that had occurred in Abraham’s time. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.

¹⁰ Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.

¹ Now Abraham journeyed from there to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar, ² Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.

²² At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, “God is with you in all that you do. ²³ Now, therefore, swear to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me or my children or descendants. Show to me and to the country in which you reside the same kindness that I have shown to you.” ²⁴ And Abraham replied, “I swear it.” ²⁵ But when Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized, ²⁶ Abimelech replied, “I do not know who has done this. You did not tell me, so I have not heard about it until today.” ²⁷ So Abraham brought sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech, and the two men made a covenant. ²⁸ Abraham separated seven ewe lambs from the flock, ²⁹ and Abimelech asked him, “Why have you set apart these seven ewe lambs?” ³⁰ He replied, “You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from my hand as my witness that I dug this well.” ³¹ So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath. ³² After they had made the covenant at Beersheba, Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army got up and returned to the land of the Philistines.

¹¹ After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who lived near Beer-lahai-roi.