27Isaac asked them, "Why have you come to me, since you were hostile to me and sent me away?"


In Context

24 That night the Lord appeared to him and said, "I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bless you and will increase the number of your descendants for the sake of my servant Abraham."

25 Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the Lord . There he pitched his tent, and there his servants dug a well.

26 Meanwhile, Abimelech had come to him from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his personal adviser and Phicol the commander of his forces.

27 Isaac asked them, "Why have you come to me, since you were hostile to me and sent me away?"

28 They answered, "We saw clearly that the Lord was with you; so we said, 'There ought to be a sworn agreement between us'-between us and you. Let us make a treaty with you

29 that you will do us no harm, just as we did not molest you but always treated you well and sent you away in peace. And now you are blessed by the Lord ."

Genesis 26:27 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:27And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

26:27Isaac said to them: Why are ye come to me, a man whom you hate, and have thrust out from you?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

26:27And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore are ye come unto me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:27And Isaac said to them, Why are ye come to me, seeing ye hate me, and have driven me away from you?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

26:27And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore are ye come unto me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:27And Isaac said to them, Why come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:27Isaac said to them, |Why have you come to me, since you hate me, and have sent me away from you?|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

26:27and Isaac saith unto them, 'Wherefore have ye come unto me, and ye have hated me, and ye send me away from you?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:27And Isaac said to them, Why come you to me, seeing you hate me, and have sent me away from you?