Genesis 26:5
“Because that Abraham obeyed my voyce, and kept my charge, my Commandements, my Statutes and my Lawes.”
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Genesis 26:5 Context
3Soiourne in this land, and I wil be with thee, and will blesse thee: for vnto thee, and vnto thy seed I will giue all these countreys, and I wil performe the othe, which I sware vnto Abraham thy father. 4And I wil make thy seed to multiply as the starres of heauen, and will giue vnto thy seed all these countreys: and in thy Seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed: 5Because that Abraham obeyed my voyce, and kept my charge, my Commandements, my Statutes and my Lawes. 6¶ And Isaac dwelt in Gerar. 7And 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 shee was faire to looke vpon.
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Other Translations for Genesis 26:5
Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
- King James Version
because Abraham obeyed Me and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes and My laws."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Because Abraham gave ear to my voice and kept my words, my rules, my orders, and my laws.
- Basic English Bible
because that Abraham hearkened to my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
- Darby Bible
Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
- Webster's Bible
because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my requirements, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws."
- World English Bible
because that Abraham hath hearkened to My voice, and keepeth My charge, My commands, My statutes, and My laws.'
- Youngs Literal Bible
because that Abraham hearkened to My voice, and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Genesis 26:5
26:5 Abraham obeyed my voice - Do thou do so too, and the promise shall be sure to thee. A great variety of words is here used to express the Divine Will to which Abraham was obedient, my voice, my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws - Which may intimate, that Abraham's obedience was universal; he obeyed the original laws of nature, the revealed laws of divine worship, particularly that of circumcision, and all the extraordinary precepts God gave him, as that of quitting his country, and that (which some think is more especially referred to) the offering up of his son, which Isaac himself had reason enough to remember. Those only shall have the benefit of God's covenant with their parents, that tread the steps of their obedience.