Genesis 26:6

6 So Isaac dwelt 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 descendants as the stars of heaven, and will give to your descendants all these lands; and by your descendants all the nations of the earth shall bless themselves:

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

6 So Isaac dwelt 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 for the sake of Rebekah"; because she was fair to look upon.

8 When he had been there a long time, Abim'elech king of the Philistines looked out of a window and saw Isaac fondling Rebekah his wife.