Genesis 26:3

Translations

Modern

Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.

Traditional

Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;

Literal

Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you and I will bless you. For to you and to your seed I will give all these lands, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to Abraham your father.

Latin

…et peregrinare in ea: eroque tecum, et benedicam tibi: tibi enim et semini tuo dabo universas regiones has, complens juramentum quod spopondi Abraham patri tuo.

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English

Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.

Notes

Genesis 26:2–5

The Lord assured Isaac that the covenant promises (compare 12:2–3; 15:5–8; 17:3–8; 22:15–18; 28:13–14) would pass to him because Abraham faithfully listened to God and obeyed all his requirements, commands, decrees, and instructions. These terms were later used in Deuteronomy to describe God’s full legal covenant with Israel.

An Israelite would immediately think of the complete Torah when hearing these words and be prompted to obey God’s law as Abraham did, though Abraham had only a few commands from the Lord. Through these words, the text emphasizes that Abraham would have obeyed the later commands if he had had them, because he was an obedient servant of the Lord.

Genesis 26:1–35

This section pauses Jacob’s story to focus on Isaac. Isaac’s success and wealth in chapter 26 show that God’s blessing had passed to him (compare 25:11), even though he sometimes failed to trust God.

Theme notes and profiles

Abraham Isaac Symbolic Numbers The Return of God’s Presence with His People

Related verses

Genesis 28:15
Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”
Psalm 105:9
…the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac.
Genesis 22:16–18
…saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son,
Genesis 17:8
And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.”
Genesis 12:7
Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
Genesis 13:15
…for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.
Genesis 20:1
Now Abraham journeyed from there to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar,
Hebrews 11:9
By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.
Genesis 13:17
Get up and walk around the land, through its length and breadth, for I will give it to you.”
Genesis 15:18
On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—
Genesis 26:12
Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,
Genesis 39:2
And the LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the household of his Egyptian master.

Parallels

Genesis 12:1–9

People

Abraham: Patriarch, chosen by God to father His people

Glossary

Abimelech Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Ebla Tablets Foreigner Genesis, Book of Gerar History of Israel Jacob’s Ladder Nathanael Patriarchs, Period of the Philistia, Philistines Rebecca, Rebekah

Topics

Canaan: Land of Renewed to Isaac Children of the Righteous, Blessed of God Children: Share Benefits of Covenant Privileges Guaranteed to Parents Contracts by Oaths Covenant of God with Men: Confirmed with an Oath God: The Care of Isaac Holy Land: Promised to Isaac Isaac: The Miraculous Son of Abraham: Abrahamic Covenant Confirmed In Isaac: The Miraculous Son of Abraham: Prophecies Concerning The Covenant: Made With: Isaac The Jews: Promises Respecting Made to Isaac The Promises of God: Made to Isaac

Genesis 26:3

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