1. There was a famine in the land, in addition to the first famine that was during the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelek king of the Philistines in Gerar.
2. The Lord appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Live in the land of which I will tell you.
3. Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you and will bless you; for I will give to you and all your descendants all these lands, and I will fulfill the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.
4. I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of the heavens and will give your descendants all these lands. By your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed,
5. because Abraham obeyed Me and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”
6. So Isaac lived in Gerar.