Top Verses from Genesis 26  

So Isaac moved away from there and encamped in the Valley of Gerar, where he settled. (NIV)

So Isaac went away from there and pitched his tent in the Valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. (AMP)

And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. (KJV)

Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD. There he pitched his tent, and there his servants dug a well. (NIV)

And [Isaac] built an altar there and called on the name of the Lord and pitched his tent there; and there Isaac's servants were digging a well. (AMP)

And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well. (KJV)

So Isaac stayed in Gerar. (NIV)

So Isaac stayed in Gerar. (AMP)

And Isaac dwelt in Gerar: (KJV)

Meanwhile, Abimelek had come to him from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his personal adviser and Phicol the commander of his forces. (NIV)

Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar with Ahuzzah, one of his friends, and Phicol, his army's commander. (AMP)

Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army. (KJV)

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." (NIV)

And the men of the place asked him about his wife, and he said, She is my sister; for he was afraid to say, She is my wife--[thinking], Lest the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah, because she is attractive and is beautiful to look upon. (AMP)

And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon. (KJV)

He had so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him. (NIV)

He owned flocks, herds, and a great supply of servants, and the Philistines envied him. (AMP)

For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him. (KJV)

When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelek king of the Philistines looked down from a window and saw Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah. (NIV)

When he had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out of a window and saw Isaac caressing Rebekah his wife. (AMP)

And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife. (KJV)

Then Abimelek said, "What is this you have done to us? One of the men might well have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us." (NIV)

And Abimelech said, What is this you have done to us? One of the men might easily have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt and sin upon us. (AMP)

And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us. (KJV)

Isaac's servants dug in the valley and discovered a well of fresh water there. (NIV)

Now Isaac's servants dug in the valley and found there a well of living [spring] water. (AMP)

And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water. (KJV)

But the herders of Gerar quarreled with those of Isaac and said, "The water is ours!" So he named the well Esek, because they disputed with him. (NIV)

And the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, The water is ours. And he named the well Esek [contention] because they quarreled with him. (AMP)

And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him. (KJV)