1 There was a famine in the land, distinct from the earlier one that had occurred in the days of Abraham, and Isaac went down to Abimelech, king of the Philistines in Gerar.
2 The Lord appeared to him and said: Do not go down to Egypt, but camp in this land wherever I tell you.
3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you and bless you; for to you and your descendants I will give all these lands, in fulfillment of the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.
4 I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and in your descendants all the nations of the earth will find blessing—
5 this because Abraham obeyed me, keeping my mandate, my commandments, my ordinances, and my instructions.
6 So Isaac settled in Gerar.