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There was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines, in Gerar.
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Then the Lord appeared to him and said: "Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land of which I shall tell you.
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Dwell in this land, and I will be with you and bless you; for to you and your descendants I give all these lands, and I will perform the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.
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And I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven; I will give to your descendants all these lands; and in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed;
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because Abraham obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws."
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So Isaac dwelt in Gerar.