Top Verses from Genesis 26  

Isaac asked them, "Why have you come to me, since you were hostile to me and sent me away?" (NIV)

And Isaac said to them, Why have you come to me, seeing that you hate me and have sent me away from you? (AMP)

And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you? (KJV)

They answered, "We saw clearly that the LORD was with you; so we said, 'There ought to be a sworn agreement between us' – between us and you. Let us make a treaty with you" (NIV)

They said, We saw that the Lord was certainly with you; so we said, Let there be now an oath between us [carrying a curse with it to befall the one who breaks it], even between you and us, and let us make a covenant with you (AMP)

And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee; (KJV)

"That you will do us no harm, just as we did not harm you but always treated you well and sent you away peacefully. And now you are blessed by the LORD." (NIV)

That you will do us no harm, inasmuch as we have not touched you and have done to you nothing but good and have sent you away in peace. You are now the blessed or favored of the Lord! (AMP)

That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the LORD. (KJV)

Now there was a famine in the land – besides the previous famine in Abraham's time – and Isaac went to Abimelek king of the Philistines in Gerar. (NIV)

AND THERE was a famine in the land, other than the former famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Gerar, to Abimelech king of the Philistines. (AMP)

And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar. (KJV)

Early the next morning the men swore an oath to each other. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they went away peacefully. (NIV)

And they rose up early in the morning and took oaths [with a curse] with one another; and Isaac sent them on their way and they departed from him in peace. (AMP)

And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace. (KJV)

When Esau was forty years old, he married Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and also Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite. (NIV)

Now Esau was 40 years old when he took as wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite. (AMP)

And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite: (KJV)

He called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the town has been Beersheba. (NIV)

And he named [the well] Shibah; therefore the name of the city is Beersheba [well of the oath] to this day. [Gen. 21:31.] (AMP)

And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day. (KJV)

Isaac then made a feast for them, and they ate and drank. (NIV)

And he made them a [formal] dinner, and they ate and drank. (AMP)

And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink. (KJV)

"Because Abraham obeyed me and did everything I required of him, keeping my commands, my decrees and my instructions." (NIV)

For Abraham listened to and obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commands, My statutes, and My laws. (AMP)

Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. (KJV)

Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the time of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died, and he gave them the same names his father had given them. (NIV)

And Isaac dug again the wells of water which had been dug in the days of Abraham his father, for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham; and he gave them the names by which his father had called them. (AMP)

And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them. (KJV)