5because that Abraham hearkened to my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.


In Context

2 And Jehovah appeared to him and said, Go not down to Egypt: dwell in the land that I shall tell thee of.

3 Sojourn in this land; and I will be with thee and bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries; and I will perform the oath which I swore unto Abraham thy father.

4 And I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and unto thy seed will I give all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves —

5 because that Abraham hearkened to my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

6 And Isaac dwelt at Gerar.

7 And the men of the place asked about his wife. And he said, She is my sister; for he feared to say, my wife, saying to himself, Lest the men of the place slay me on account of Rebecca because she was fair in countenance.

Genesis 26:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:5Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

26:5because Abraham obeyed me and kept my requirements, my commands, my decrees and my laws."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

26:5Because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my precepts and commandments, and observed my ceremonies and laws.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

26:5Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

26:5because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:5Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:5because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my requirements, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

26:5because that Abraham hath hearkened to My voice, and keepeth My charge, My commands, My statutes, and My laws.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:5Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.