Bible Strands
Genesis 26:3
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD addresses Isaac after commanding him not to travel to Egypt, directing him to settle in the specified territory.
The words — The text employs גּוּר (gur), translated as sojourn or dwell as a foreigner, to define Isaac’s status in the region.
The thread — The promise of divine presence and covenant confirmation echoes the assurance given to Jacob in Genesis 28:15 and recalls the oath referenced in Psalm 105:9 and Genesis 22:16.
Why it lands — The passage grounds the transmission of land and blessing on Isaac’s obedience to God’s designated location, making physical residence the context for covenant fulfillment.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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;
Cross-references
- 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.”
- Psalms 105:9 the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac.
- Genesis 22:16 saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son,
- 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 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 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—