1. Once during Abraham's lifetime, the fields had not produced enough grain, and now the same thing happened. So Isaac went to King Abimelech of the Philistines in the land of Gerar,
2. because the Lord had appeared to Isaac and said:Isaac, stay away from Egypt! I will show you where I want you to go.
3. 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.
4. I will give you as many descendants as there are stars in the sky, and I will give your descendants all this land. They will be a blessing to every nation on earth,
5. because Abraham did everything I told him to do.
6. Isaac moved to Gerar
7. with his beautiful wife Rebekah. He was afraid that someone might kill him to get her, and so he told everyone that Rebekah was his sister.
8. After Isaac had been there a long time, King Abimelech looked out of a window and saw Isaac hugging and kissing Rebekah.