Genesis 26:6

Isaac and Abimelech

6 So Isaac settled in Gerar.

Genesis 26:6 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 26:6

And Isaac dwelt in Gerar.
] Continued there; in this he was obedient to the command and will of God.

Genesis 26:6 In-Context

4 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,

5 because Abraham obeyed my voice and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. ”

6 So Isaac settled in Gerar.

7 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.

8 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.