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Genesis 26:5

Genesis chapter 26 · verse 5 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.4and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these lands; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;

v.5This passage

v.6And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Genesis 18:19

    For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

  • 1 Corinthians 15:58

    Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not vain in the Lord.

  • Galatians 5:6

    For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love.

  • Matthew 7:24

    Every one therefore that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock:

  • Matthew 5:19

    Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

  • James 2:21

    Was not Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son upon the altar?