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Genesis 26:16 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go away from us, for you are much mightier than we.” "

Genesis 26:16

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14 He had possessions of flocks, possessions of herds, and a great household. The Philistines envied him.

15 Now all the wells which his father’s servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped, and filled with earth.

16 Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go away from us, for you are much mightier than we.”

17 Isaac departed from there, encamped in the valley of Gerar, and lived there.

18 Isaac dug again the wells of water, which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father, for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham. He called their names after the names by which his father had called them.

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"Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said to him, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done deeds to me that ought not to be done!”"

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"Abimelech lived at Arumah; and Zebul drove out Gaal and his brothers, that they should not dwell in Shechem."

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Judges 9:29

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"I wish that this people were under my hand! Then I would remove Abimelech.” He said to Abimelech, “Increase your army and come out!”"

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Daniel 3:35

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"Don’t cause your mercy to depart from us, for the sake of Abraham who is loved by you, and for the sake of Isaac your servant, and Israel your holy one,"

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Genesis 26:1

"There was a famine in the land, in addition to the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines, to Gerar."

Genesis 26:2

"The LORD appeared to him, and said, “Don’t go down into Egypt. Live in the land I will tell you about."

Genesis 26:3

"Live in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you. For I will give to you, and to your offspring, all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to Abraham your father."

Genesis 26:4

"I will multiply your offspring as the stars of the sky, and will give all these lands to your offspring. In your offspring all the nations of the earth will be blessed,"

Genesis 26:5

"because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my requirements, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.”"

Genesis 26:6

"Isaac lived in Gerar."

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