1 Now there was a famine in the land, besides ^bthe former famine that was in the days of Abraham. ^cAnd Isaac went to Gerar to Abimelech king of the Philistines. 2 And the Lord ^dappeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; ^edwell in the land of which I shall tell you. 3 ^fSojourn in this land, and ^gI will be with you and will ^hbless you, ⁱfor to you and to your offspring I will give all these lands, and I will establish ^jthe oath that I swore to Abraham your father. 4 I will multiply your offspring ^kas the stars of heaven and will give to your offspring all these lands. And ^lin your offspring all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, 5 because Abraham obeyed my voice and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.”