Genesis 26:6

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4. Genesis 26:4

   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;

5. Genesis 26:5

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

7. Genesis 26:7

   And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.

8. Genesis 26:8

   And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.

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