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For to you and your descendants I will give all these lands and will confirm the oath I swore to your father Abraham. <a href="/nlt/genesis/26.htm">New Living Translation</a> Live here as a foreigner in this land, and I will be with you and bless you. I hereby confirm that I will give all these lands to you and your descendants, just as I solemnly promised Abraham, your father. <a href="/esv/genesis/26.htm">English Standard Version</a> Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you and will bless you, for to you and to your offspring I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath that I swore to Abraham your father. <a href="/bsb/genesis/26.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham. <a href="/kjv/genesis/26.htm">King James Bible</a> Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father; <a href="/nkjv/genesis/26.htm">New King James Version</a> Dwell in this land, and I will be with you and bless you; for to you and your descendants I give all these lands, and I will perform the oath which I swore to Abraham your father. <a href="/nasb_/genesis/26.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Live for a time in this land and I will be with you and bless you, for to you and to your descendants I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to your father Abraham. <a href="/nasb/genesis/26.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Sojourn in this land and I will be with you and bless you, for to you and to your descendants I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to your father Abraham. <a href="/nasb77/genesis/26.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Sojourn in this land and I will be with you and bless you, for to you and to your descendants I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to your father Abraham. <a href="/lsb/genesis/26.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you and bless you, for to you and to your seed I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to your father Abraham. <a href="/amp/genesis/26.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Live temporarily [as a resident] in this land and I will be with you and will bless and favor you, for I will give all these lands to you and to your descendants, and I will establish and carry out the oath which I swore to Abraham your father. <a href="/csb/genesis/26.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> stay in this land as an alien, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham. <a href="/hcsb/genesis/26.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham. <a href="/asv/genesis/26.htm">American Standard Version</a> sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father; <a href="/cev/genesis/26.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> You will live there as a foreigner, but I will be with you and bless you. I will keep my promise to your father Abraham by giving this land to you and your descendants. <a href="/erv/genesis/26.htm">English Revised Version</a> sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father; <a href="/gwt/genesis/26.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Live here in this land for a while, and I will be with you and bless you. I will give all these lands to you and your descendants. I will keep the oath that I swore to your father Abraham. <a href="/gnt/genesis/26.htm">Good News Translation</a> Live here, and I will be with you and bless you. I am going to give all this territory to you and to your descendants. I will keep the promise I made to your father Abraham. <a href="/isv/genesis/26.htm">International Standard Version</a> Remain in this land, and I'll be with and bless you by giving all these lands to you and to your descendants in fulfillment of my solemn promise that I made to your father Abraham. <a href="/msb/genesis/26.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham. <a href="/net/genesis/26.htm">NET Bible</a> Stay in this land. Then I will be with you and will bless you, for I will give all these lands to you and to your descendants, and I will fulfill the solemn promise I made to your father Abraham. <a href="/nheb/genesis/26.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you. For to you, and to your descendants, I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to Abraham your father. <a href="/wbt/genesis/26.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee: for to thee, and to thy seed I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I swore to Abraham thy father; <a href="/web/genesis/26.htm">World English Bible</a> Live in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you. For I will give to you, and to your offspring, all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to Abraham your father. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/genesis/26.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> sojourn in this land, and I am with you, and bless you, for to you and to your seed I give all these lands, and I have established the oath which I have sworn to your father Abraham; <a href="/ylt/genesis/26.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> sojourn in this land, and I am with thee, and bless thee, for to thee and to thy seed I give all these lands, and I have established the oath which I have sworn to Abraham thy father; <a href="/slt/genesis/26.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee, for to thee and to thy seed will I give all these lands; and I established the oath which I sware to Abraham thy father.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/genesis/26.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And sojourn in it, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee: for to thee and to thy seed I will give all these countries, to fulfill the oath which I swore to Abraham thy father. <a href="/cpdv/genesis/26.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> and sojourn in it, and I will be with you, and I will bless you. For to you and to your offspring I will give all these regions, completing the oath that I promised to Abraham your father. <a href="/nabre/genesis/26.htm">New American Bible</a> Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you and bless you; for to you and your descendants I will give all these lands, in fulfillment of the oath that I swore to your father Abraham. <a href="/nrsvce/genesis/26.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Reside in this land as an alien, and I will be with you, and will bless you; for to you and to your descendants I will give all these lands, and I will fulfill the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/genesis/26.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you and will bless you; for to you and to your descendants I will give all these kingdoms, and I will perform the oath which I swore to Abraham your father; <a href="/hpbt/genesis/26.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Dwell in this land, and I shall be with you and I shall bless you, because to you and to your seed I shall give all these kingdoms, and I shall establish the oath that I swore to Abraham your father;<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/genesis/26.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore unto Abraham thy father; <a href="/sep/genesis/26.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And sojourn in this land; and I will be with thee, and bless thee, for I will give to thee and to thy seed all this land; and I will establish my oath which I swore to thy father Abraam. <a href="/parallel/genesis/26-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=6034" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/genesis/26.htm">God's Promise to Isaac</a> …2The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Settle in the land where I tell you. 3<a href="/hebrew/1481.htm" title="1481: gūr (V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to turn aside from the road, i.e. Sojourn; also to shrink, fear; also to gather for hostility.">Stay</a> <a href="/hebrew/2063.htm" title="2063: haz·zōṯ (Art:: Pro-fs) -- Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that. Irregular feminine of zeh; this.">in this</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: bā·’ā·reṣ (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">land as a foreigner,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: wə·’eh·yeh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf.h-1cs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">and I will be</a> <a href="/hebrew/5973.htm" title="5973: ‘im·mə·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- From amam; adverb or preposition, with, in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix.">with</a> <a href="/hebrew/1288.htm" title="1288: wa·’ă·ḇā·rə·ḵe·kā (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjImperf.h-1cs:: 2mse) -- To kneel, bless. A primitive root; to kneel; by implication to bless God, and man; also to curse.">you and bless you.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: ’et·tên (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">I will give</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/411.htm" title="411: hā·’êl (Art:: Pro-cp) -- These. A demonstrative particle these or those.">these</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ă·rā·ṣōṯ (Art:: N-fp) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">lands</a> <a href="/hebrew/lə·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- ">to you</a> <a href="/hebrew/2233.htm" title="2233: ū·lə·zar·‘ă·ḵā (Conj-w, Prep-l:: N-msc:: 2ms) -- A sowing, seed, offspring. From zara'; seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity.">and your offspring,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6965.htm" title="6965: wa·hă·qi·mō·ṯî (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To arise, stand up, stand. A primitive root; to rise.">and I will confirm</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7621.htm" title="7621: haš·šə·ḇu·‘āh (Art:: N-fs) -- An oath, curse. Feminine passive participle of shaba'; properly, something sworn, i.e. An oath.">the oath</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/7650.htm" title="7650: niš·ba‘·tî (V-Nifal-Perf-1cs) -- A primitive root; propr. To be complete, but used only as a denominative from sheba'; to seven oneself, i.e. Swear.">I swore</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ā·ḇî·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">to your father</a> <a href="/hebrew/85.htm" title="85: lə·’aḇ·rā·hām (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- Contracted from 'ab and an unused root; father of a multitude; Abraham, the later name of Abram.">Abraham.</a> 4I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/genesis/12-7.htm">Genesis 12:7</a> Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him. <a href="/genesis/13-15.htm">Genesis 13:15-17</a> for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever. / I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted. / Get up and walk around the land, through its length and breadth, for I will give it to you.” <a href="/genesis/15-18.htm">Genesis 15:18</a> On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates— <a href="/genesis/17-8.htm">Genesis 17:8</a> And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.” <a href="/genesis/22-16.htm">Genesis 22:16-18</a> saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son, / I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies. / And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.” <a href="/exodus/6-8.htm">Exodus 6:8</a> And I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD!’” <a href="/exodus/33-1.htm">Exodus 33:1</a> Then the LORD said to Moses, “Leave this place, you and the people you brought up out of the land of Egypt, and go to the land that I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ <a href="/deuteronomy/1-8.htm">Deuteronomy 1:8</a> See, I have placed the land before you. Enter and possess the land that the LORD swore He would give to your fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their descendants after them.” <a href="/deuteronomy/34-4.htm">Deuteronomy 34:4</a> And the LORD said to him, “This is the land that I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ I have let you see it with your own eyes, but you will not cross into it.” <a href="/joshua/1-3.htm">Joshua 1:3-4</a> I have given you every place where the sole of your foot will tread, just as I promised to Moses. / Your territory shall extend from the wilderness and Lebanon to the great River Euphrates—all the land of the Hittites—and west as far as the Great Sea. <a href="/psalms/105-9.htm">Psalm 105:9-11</a> the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac. / He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant: / “I will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.” <a href="/acts/7-5.htm">Acts 7:5</a> He gave him no inheritance here, not even a foot of ground. But God promised to give possession of the land to Abraham and his descendants, even though he did not yet have a child. <a href="/romans/4-13.htm">Romans 4:13</a> For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world was not given through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith. <a href="/galatians/3-16.htm">Galatians 3:16</a> The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ. <a href="/hebrews/6-13.htm">Hebrews 6:13-14</a> When God made His promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself, / saying, “I will surely bless you and multiply your descendants.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you; for to you, and to your seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I swore to Abraham your father;Sojourn.<a href="/genesis/26-12.htm">Genesis 26:12,14</a> Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him… <a href="/genesis/20-1.htm">Genesis 20:1</a> And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.<a href="/psalms/32-8.htm">Psalm 32:8</a> I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.I will be.<a href="/genesis/28-15.htm">Genesis 28:15</a> And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.<a href="/genesis/39-2.htm">Genesis 39:2,21</a> And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian… <a href="/isaiah/43-2.htm">Isaiah 43:2,5</a> When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee… unto thee.<a href="/genesis/12-1.htm">Genesis 12:1,7</a> Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: … <a href="/genesis/13-15.htm">Genesis 13:15,17</a> For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever… <a href="/genesis/15-18.htm">Genesis 15:18</a> In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:oath.<a href="/genesis/22-16.htm">Genesis 22:16,18</a> And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: … <a href="/psalms/105-9.htm">Psalm 105:9</a> Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;<a href="/micah/7-20.htm">Micah 7:20</a> Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/26-1.htm">Abraham</a> <a href="/genesis/24-60.htm">Bless</a> <a href="/genesis/25-11.htm">Blessing</a> <a href="/genesis/17-2.htm">Confirm</a> <a href="/genesis/10-20.htm">Countries</a> <a href="/genesis/25-19.htm">Descendants</a> <a href="/revelation/17-17.htm">Effect</a> <a href="/genesis/17-21.htm">Establish</a> <a href="/genesis/17-19.htm">Established</a> <a href="/revelation/17-17.htm">Fulfil</a> <a href="/genesis/17-27.htm">Lands</a> <a href="/genesis/25-33.htm">Oath</a> <a href="/revelation/13-14.htm">Perform</a> <a href="/genesis/24-60.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/genesis/19-9.htm">Sojourn</a> <a href="/genesis/25-33.htm">Sware</a> <a href="/genesis/25-33.htm">Swore</a> <a href="/genesis/22-16.htm">Sworn</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/26-5.htm">Abraham</a> <a href="/genesis/26-4.htm">Bless</a> <a href="/genesis/26-4.htm">Blessing</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-9.htm">Confirm</a> <a href="/genesis/26-4.htm">Countries</a> <a href="/genesis/26-4.htm">Descendants</a> <a href="/genesis/50-25.htm">Effect</a> <a href="/exodus/23-31.htm">Establish</a> <a href="/genesis/41-32.htm">Established</a> <a href="/genesis/29-27.htm">Fulfil</a> <a href="/genesis/26-4.htm">Lands</a> <a href="/genesis/26-28.htm">Oath</a> <a href="/genesis/38-8.htm">Perform</a> <a href="/genesis/26-4.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/genesis/47-4.htm">Sojourn</a> <a href="/genesis/26-31.htm">Sware</a> <a href="/genesis/26-31.htm">Swore</a> <a href="/genesis/26-28.htm">Sworn</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 26</div>1. <a href="/genesis/26-1.htm">Isaac, because of famine, sojourns in Gerar, and the Lord blesses him.</a> 7. <a href="/genesis/26-7.htm">He is reproved by Abimelech for denying his wife.</a> 12. <a href="/genesis/26-12.htm">He grows rich, and the Philistines envy his prosperity.</a> 18. <a href="/genesis/26-18.htm">He digs wells.</a> 23. <a href="/genesis/26-23.htm">God appears to him at Beersheba, and blesses him; </a> 26. <a href="/genesis/26-26.htm">and Abimelech makes a covenant with him.</a> 34. <a href="/genesis/26-34.htm">Esau's wives.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/26.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/genesis/26.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Stay in this land as a foreigner This phrase reflects God's command to Isaac to remain in the land of Gerar, despite being a foreigner. The concept of living as a foreigner is significant in the biblical narrative, as it underscores the theme of faith and reliance on God's promises rather than on human security. Isaac, like his father Abraham, is called to trust in God's provision and protection in a land that is not yet his own. This also prefigures the Christian understanding of believers as "foreigners and exiles" in the world (<a href="/1_peter/2-11.htm">1 Peter 2:11</a>), living by faith in God's promises.and I will be with you and bless you. God's promise of His presence and blessing is central to the covenant relationship. The assurance "I will be with you" echoes God's promise to Abraham and later to Jacob, Moses, and Joshua, emphasizing His faithfulness and the importance of divine presence for success and protection. The blessing includes both material prosperity and spiritual favor, reflecting the covenantal blessings outlined in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>. This promise also foreshadows the ultimate blessing of God's presence through Jesus Christ, Emmanuel, "God with us" (<a href="/matthew/1-23.htm">Matthew 1:23</a>).For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, This promise reiterates the covenant God made with Abraham, emphasizing the gift of the land of Canaan to Isaac and his descendants. The land is a central element of the Abrahamic Covenant, symbolizing God's promise of a future inheritance. This promise is partially fulfilled in the conquest of Canaan under Joshua and finds its ultimate fulfillment in the eschatological hope of a new heaven and new earth (<a href="/revelation/21.htm">Revelation 21:1-3</a>). The reference to "offspring" points to the numerous descendants of Isaac, including the nation of Israel and, ultimately, Jesus Christ, through whom all nations are blessed (<a href="/galatians/3-16.htm">Galatians 3:16</a>).and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham. God's reference to the oath sworn to Abraham highlights the continuity and unchangeability of His promises. The oath, first mentioned in <a href="/genesis/22-16.htm">Genesis 22:16-18</a>, underscores God's commitment to fulfill His covenant promises despite human failures. This confirmation serves as a reminder of God's faithfulness across generations and His sovereign plan for redemption. The oath also points to the ultimate fulfillment in Christ, who is the "yes" and "amen" of all God's promises (<a href="/2_corinthians/1-20.htm">2 Corinthians 1:20</a>), ensuring the eternal inheritance for all who are in Him.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/i/isaac.htm">Isaac</a> The son of Abraham and Sarah, Isaac is the central figure in this passage. He is the recipient of God's promise, continuing the covenant made with his father, Abraham. 2. <a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a> The divine speaker in this passage, reaffirming His covenant and promises to Isaac, as He did with Abraham. 3. <a href="/topical/g/gerar.htm">Gerar</a> The land where Isaac is instructed to stay. It is a Philistine territory, indicating Isaac's status as a foreigner. 4. <a href="/topical/a/abraham.htm">Abraham</a> Isaac's father, with whom God originally made the covenant. The promise to Isaac is a continuation of the Abrahamic covenant. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_covenant.htm">The Covenant</a> The divine promise of land and blessing, initially given to Abraham, now reaffirmed to Isaac.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_god's_promises.htm">Faith in God's Promises</a> Just as Isaac was called to trust in God's promise while living as a foreigner, believers today are called to trust in God's promises, even when circumstances seem uncertain. <a href="/topical/c/continuity_of_god's_covenant.htm">Continuity of God's Covenant</a> The reaffirmation of the covenant to Isaac demonstrates God's faithfulness across generations. Believers can find assurance in the unchanging nature of God's promises. <a href="/topical/o/obedience_in_uncertainty.htm">Obedience in Uncertainty</a> Isaac's decision to stay in Gerar as instructed by God highlights the importance of obedience, even when the future is unclear. Christians are encouraged to obey God's guidance, trusting in His plan. <a href="/topical/b/blessings_through_obedience.htm">Blessings Through Obedience</a> The promise of blessing to Isaac is tied to his obedience. This principle applies to believers, as obedience to God often leads to spiritual and sometimes material blessings. <a href="/topical/l/living_as_foreigners.htm">Living as Foreigners</a> Isaac's status as a foreigner in Gerar parallels the Christian experience of living in the world but not being of it. Believers are called to live distinctively, holding onto God's promises.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_26.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 26</a> <a href="/q/who_are_jesus'_biblical_ancestors.htm">Who are the ancestors of Jesus according to the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'forget_not_his_benefits'_mean.htm">Why is Isaac afraid?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_the_hebrew_bible.htm">What is the Hebrew Bible?</a> <a href="/q/why_prioritize_jews_for_the_gospel.htm">Why prioritize the Jews in spreading the gospel?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/26.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3, 4) These countries.--On the archaic form of the pronoun these, see Note on <a href="/genesis/19-8.htm" title="Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out to you, and do you to them as is good in your eyes: only to these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.">Genesis 19:8</a>. The countries are enumerated in <a href="/context/genesis/15-19.htm" title="The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,">Genesis 15:19-21</a>. For the "oath," see <a href="/genesis/22-16.htm" title="And said, By myself have I sworn, said the LORD, for because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son:">Genesis 22:16</a>; and for the metaphor, "as the stars," see <a href="/genesis/15-5.htm" title="And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if you be able to number them: and he said to him, So shall your seed be.">Genesis 15:5</a>.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/26.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 3. - Sojourn in this land, - viz., Philistia (Murphy, Alford), though otherwise regarded as Canaan (Lange, Keil, Calvin) - and I will be with thee, and will bless thee. Of this comprehensive promise, the first part was enjoyed by, while the second was distinctly stated to, Abraham (cf. <a href="/genesis/12-2.htm">Genesis 12:2</a>). God s presence with Isaac of higher significance than his presence with Ishmael (<a href="/genesis/21-20.htm">Genesis 21:20</a>). For unto thee, and unto thy seed, will I give all these - הָאֶל, an archaism for הָאֵלֶּה (cf. <a href="/genesis/19-8.htm">Genesis 19:8, 25</a>) - countries (i.e. Canaan and the surrounding lands), and I will perform the oath (vide <a href="/genesis/22-16.htm">Genesis 22:16</a>) which I aware unto Abraham thy father. <a href="/commentaries/genesis/26-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Stay in this הַזֹּ֔את (haz·zōṯ) Article | Pronoun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2063.htm">Strong's 2063: </a> Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, land בָּאָ֣רֶץ (bā·’ā·reṣ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land as a foreigner, גּ֚וּר (gūr) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1481.htm">Strong's 1481: </a> To turn aside from the road, sojourn, to shrink, fear, to gather for, hostility and I will be וְאֶֽהְיֶ֥ה (wə·’eh·yeh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be with עִמְּךָ֖ (‘im·mə·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5973.htm">Strong's 5973: </a> With, equally with you and bless you. וַאֲבָרְכֶ֑ךָּ (wa·’ă·ḇā·rə·ḵe·kā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1288.htm">Strong's 1288: </a> To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse For כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction I will give אֶתֵּן֙ (’et·tên) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> To give, put, set all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every these הָאֵ֔ל (hā·’êl) Article | Pronoun - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_411.htm">Strong's 411: </a> These, those lands הָֽאֲרָצֹ֣ת (hā·’ă·rā·ṣōṯ) Article | Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land to you לְךָ֣ (lə·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> and your offspring, וּֽלְזַרְעֲךָ֗ (ū·lə·zar·‘ă·ḵā) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2233.htm">Strong's 2233: </a> Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity and I will confirm וַהֲקִֽמֹתִי֙ (wa·hă·qi·mō·ṯî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6965.htm">Strong's 6965: </a> To arise, stand up, stand the oath הַשְּׁבֻעָ֔ה (haš·šə·ḇu·‘āh) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7621.htm">Strong's 7621: </a> Something sworn, an oath that אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that I swore נִשְׁבַּ֖עְתִּי (niš·ba‘·tî) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7650.htm">Strong's 7650: </a> To seven oneself, swear to your father אָבִֽיךָ׃ (’ā·ḇî·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> Father Abraham. לְאַבְרָהָ֥ם (lə·’aḇ·rā·hām) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_85.htm">Strong's 85: </a> Abraham -- 'exalted father', the father of the Jewish nation <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/26-3.htm">Genesis 26:3 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/genesis/26-3.htm">Genesis 26:3 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/genesis/26-3.htm">Genesis 26:3 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/genesis/26-3.htm">Genesis 26:3 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/genesis/26-3.htm">Genesis 26:3 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/26-3.htm">Genesis 26:3 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/26-3.htm">Genesis 26:3 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/26-3.htm">Genesis 26:3 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/26-3.htm">Genesis 26:3 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/genesis/26-3.htm">Genesis 26:3 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/genesis/26-3.htm">OT Law: Genesis 26:3 Sojourn in this land and I will (Gen. 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