Genesis 26:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.”
Genesis 26:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Genesis 26:16 in 7 Bible Translations
Read Genesis 26:16 in the King James Version (KJV) and 6 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Genesis 26:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go away from us, for you are much mightier than we.””
Genesis 26:16 — World English Bible
Genesis 26:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we. ”
Genesis 26:16 — American Standard Version
Genesis 26:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And Abimelech saith unto Isaac, `Go from us; for thou hast become much mightier than we;'”
Genesis 26:16 — Young's Literal Translation
Genesis 26:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go from us; for thou art become much mightier than we. ”
Genesis 26:16 — Darby Translation
Genesis 26:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Then Abimelech sayde vnto Izhak, Get thee from vs, for thou art mightier then wee a great deale.”
Genesis 26:16 — Geneva Bible
Genesis 26:16 LS — The Living Sword (2024)
“And Abimelech said to Isaac, "Go from us, for you have become much mightier than we."”
Genesis 26:16 — The Living Sword
Genesis 26:16 in Context — Genesis 26
14 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.
15 For all the wells which his father’s servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.
16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.
17 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
18 And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.
What Does Genesis 26:16 Mean?
Genesis 26:16 is a verse from the Book of Genesis, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Genesis chapter 26. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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