Genesis 26:5

5 because Abraham obeyed me and did everything I required of him, keeping my commands, my decrees and my instructions.”

Genesis 26:5 in Other Translations

KJV
5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
ESV
5 because Abraham obeyed my voice and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws."
NLT
5 I will do this because Abraham listened to me and obeyed all my requirements, commands, decrees, and instructions.”
MSG
5 And why? Because Abraham obeyed my summons and kept my charge - my commands, my guidelines, my teachings."
CSB
5 because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My mandate, My commands, My statutes, and My instructions."

Genesis 26:5 In-Context

3 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 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 Abraham obeyed me and did everything I required of him, keeping my commands, my decrees and my instructions.”
6 So Isaac stayed in Gerar.
7 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.”

Cross References 3

  • 1. S Genesis 18:19; Genesis 22:16
  • 2. Psalms 119:80,112; Ezekiel 18:21
  • 3. Lev 18:4,5,26; Leviticus 19:19,37; Leviticus 20:8,22; Leviticus 25:18; Leviticus 26:3; Numbers 15:40; Deuteronomy 4:40; Deuteronomy 6:2; Deuteronomy 11:1; 1 Kings 2:3
Scripture quoted by permission.  Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®.  NIV®.  Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica.  All rights reserved worldwide.