New International Reader's Version

Genesis 26:1-4 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

1. There was very little food in the land. The same thing had been true earlier, in Abraham's time. Isaac went to Abimelech in Gerar. Abimelech was the king of the Philistines.

2. The Lord appeared to Isaac. He said, "Do not go down to Egypt. Live in the land where I tell you to live.

3. Stay here for a while. I will be with you and give you my blessing. I will give all of these lands to you and your children after you. And I will keep the promise I made with an oath to your father Abraham.

4. I will make your children after you as many as the stars in the sky. And I will give them all these lands. All nations on earth will be blessed because of your children.