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


In Context

2 And the Lord appeared to him and said: Go not down into Egypt, but stay in the land that I shall tell thee.

3 And sojourn in it, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee: for to thee and to thy seed I will give all these countries, to fulfill the oath which I swore to Abraham thy father.

4 And I will multiply thy seed like the stars of heaven: and I will give to thy posterity all these countries: and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.

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

6 So Isaac abode in Gerara.

7 And when he was asked by the men of that place, concerning his wife, he answered: She is my sister; for he was afraid to confess that she was his wife, thinking lest perhaps they would like him because of her beauty.

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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:5because that Abraham hearkened to 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.