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Now there was a famine in the land, besides the previous famine that had occurred in the days of Abraham. So Isaac went to Gerar, to Abimelech king of the Philistines.

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.

And the LORD appeared to him and said, "Do not go down to Egypt; stay in the land of which I shall tell you.

And the Lord appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:

"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.

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;

"I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven, and will give your descendants all these lands; and by your descendants all the nations of the earth shall be blessed,

And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;

because Abraham obeyed Me and fulfilled his duty to Me, and kept My commandments, My statutes, and My laws."

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