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Genesis 26:1

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← Genesis 25:34	Genesis 26:1 (KJV)	Genesis 26:2 →
Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised [his] birthright.	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 unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And there was a famine^H7458 in the land^H776, beside^H905 the first^H7223 famine^H7458 that was in the days^H3117 of Abraham^H85. And Isaac^H3327 went^H3212 unto Abimelech^H40 king^H4428 of the Philistines^H6430 unto Gerar^H1642.

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Original Hebrew

וַיְהִי רָעָב בָּאָרֶץ מִלְּבַד הָרָעָב הָרִאשֹׁון אֲשֶׁר הָיָה בִּימֵי אַבְרָהָם וַיֵּלֶךְ יִצְחָק אֶל־אֲבִימֶּלֶךְ מֶלֶךְ־פְּלִשְׁתִּים גְּרָרָה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יְהִ֤י	va/y.Hi	H1961	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ it was
רָעָב֙	ra.'Av	H7458	HNcmsa	a famine
בָּ/אָ֔רֶץ	ba./'A.retz	H776	HRd/Ncbsa	in the/ land
מִ/לְּ/בַד֙	mi./le./Vad	H905	HR/R/Ncmsc	(from)/ (to)/ besides
הָ/רָעָ֣ב	ha./ra.'Av	H7458	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ famine
הָ/רִאשׁ֔וֹן	ha./ri.Shon	H7223	HTd/Aomsa	(the)/ former
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	which
הָיָ֖ה	ha.Yah	H1961	HVqp3ms	it was
בִּ/ימֵ֣י	bi./Mei	H3117	HR/Ncmpc	in/ (the) days of
אַבְרָהָ֑ם	'av.ra.Ham	H85	HNp	Abraham
וַ/יֵּ֧לֶךְ	va/i.Ye.lekh	H3212	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he went
יִצְחָ֛ק	yitz.Chak	H3327	HNp	Isaac
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
אֲבִימֶּ֥לֶךְ	'a.vi.Me.lekh	H40	HNp	Abimelech
מֶֽלֶךְ	Me.lekh-	H4428	HNcmsc	(the) king of
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים	pe.lish.Tim	H6430	HNgmpa	(the) Philistines
גְּרָֽרָ/ה	ge.Ra.ra/h	H1642	HNp/Sd	Gerar/ towards

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H40 — אֲבִימֶלֶךְ (ʼĂbîymelek, ab-ee-mel'-ek): from אָב and מֶלֶךְ; father of (the) king; Abimelek, the name of two Philistine kings and of two Israelites; Abimelech.
• H85 — אַבְרָהָם (ʼAbrâhâm, ab-raw-hawm'): contracted from אָב and an unused root (probably meaning to be populous); father of a multitude; Abraham, the later name of Abram; Abraham.
• H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
• H905 — בַּד (bad, bad): from בָּדַד; properly, separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of atree, bar forcarrying; figuratively, chief of a city; especially (with prepositional prefix) as an adverb, apart, only, besides; alone, apart, bar, besides, branch, by self, of each alike, except, only, part, staff, strength.
• H1642 — גְּרָר (Gᵉrâr, gher-awr'): probably from גָּרַר; a rolling country; Gerar, a Philistine city; Gerar.
• H3117 — יוֹם (yôwm, yome): from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb); age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.
• H3212 — יָלַךְ (yâlak, yaw-lak'): a primitive root (compare הָלַךְ); to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses); [idiom] again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, [phrase] follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, [phrase] pursue, cause to run, spread, take away (-journey), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, [idiom] be weak.
• H3327 — יִצְחָק (Yitschâq, yits-khawk'): from צָחַק; laughter (i.e. mochery); Jitschak (or Isaac), son of Abraham; Isaac. Compare יִשְׂחָק.
• H4428 — מֶלֶךְ (melek, meh'-lek): from מָלַךְ; a king; king, royal.
• H6430 — פְּלִשְׁתִּי (Pᵉlishtîy, pel-ish-tee'): patrial from פְּלֶשֶׁת; a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth; Philistine.
• H7223 — רִאשׁוֹן (riʼshôwn, ree-shone'): or רִאשֹׁן; from רִאשָׁה; first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun); ancestor, (that were) before(-time), beginning, eldest, first, fore(-father) (-most), former (thing), of old time, past.
• H7458 — רָעָב (râʻâb, raw-awb'): from רָעֵב; hunger (more or less extensive); dearth, famine, [phrase] famished, hunger.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
• H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• Abimelech — Genesis 20:2, Genesis 21:22-32
• And Isaac — Genesis 25:11
• the first — Genesis 12:10

Reciprocal references (8): Genesis 10:19, Genesis 20:1, Genesis 24:17, Genesis 42:5, Joshua 13:2, 2 Samuel 21:1, 2 Kings 8:1, 2 Chronicles 14:13

Related Topics

• Nave’s: ABRAHAM, CANAAN, FAMINE, GERAR

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