KJV King James Version
And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
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Genesis 26:17
And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So Isaac left that place and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there.
WEB World English Bible
Isaac departed from there, encamped in the valley of Gerar, and lived there.
ASV American Standard Version
And Isaac departed thence, and encamped in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Isaac goeth from thence, and encampeth in the valley of Gerar, and dwelleth there;
Surrounding context — Genesis 26
14 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.
15 For all the wells which his father’s servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.
16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.
17 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
18 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.
19 And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
20 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.
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