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Isaac’s Covenant with Abimelech

Genesis 26:27

In 11 translations

BSB
“Why have you come to me?” Isaac asked them. “You hated me and sent me away.”
KJV
And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?
WEB
Isaac said to them, “Why have you come to me, since you hate me, and have sent me away from you?”
ASV
And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore are ye come unto me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?
LSV
and Isaac says to them, “Why have you come to me, and you have hated me, and you send me away from you?”
YLT
and Isaac saith unto them, 'Wherefore have ye come unto me, and ye have hated me, and ye send me away from you?'
DBY
And Isaac said to them, Why are ye come to me, seeing ye hate me, and have driven me away from you?
DRC
Isaac said to them: Why are ye come to me, a man whom you hate, and have thrust out from you?
GNV
To whom Izhak sayd, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate mee and haue put mee away from you?
JPS
And Isaac said unto them: 'Wherefore are ye come unto me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?'
LXXE
And Isaac said to them, Wherefore have ye come to me? whereas ye hated me, and sent me away from you.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֲלֵהֶם֙ יִצְחָ֔ק מַדּ֖וּעַ בָּאתֶ֣ם אֵלָ֑י וְאַתֶּם֙ שְׂנֵאתֶ֣ם אֹתִ֔י וַתְּשַׁלְּח֖וּנִי מֵאִתְּכֶֽם׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς Ἰσαὰκ, ἵνα τί ἤλθετε πρός με; ὑμεῖς δὲ ἐμισήσατέ με, καὶ ἐξαπεστείλατέ με ἀφʼ ὑμῶν.

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  • Genesis 26:16Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us.”
  • Judges 11:7Jephthah replied to the elders of Gilead, “Did you not hate me and expel me from my father’s house? Why then have you come to me now, when you are in distress?”
  • Acts 7:35This Moses, whom they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’ is the one whom God sent to be their ruler and redeemer through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
  • Acts 7:9Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him
  • Acts 7:14Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in all.
  • Revelation 3:9Look at those who belong to the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews but are liars instead. I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and they will know that I love you.
  • Acts 7:27But the man who was abusing his neighbor pushed Moses aside and said, ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us?
  • Genesis 26:14He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.

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