1 A nd there was a famine in the land, other than the former famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Gerar, to Abimelech king of the Philistines.

وَحَدَثَتْ فِي البِلادِ مَجاعَةٌ غَيرُ المَجاعَةِ الأُولَى الَّتِي حَدَثَتْ فِي زَمَنِ إبْراهِيمَ. فَذَهَبَ إسْحاقُ إلَى مَدِينَةِ جَرارَ، إلَى أبِيمالِكَ مَلِكِ الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ.

2 A nd the Lord appeared to him and said, Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land of which I will tell you.

فَظَهَرَ اللهُ لإسْحاقَ وَقالَ لَهُ: «لا تَنْزِلْ إلَى مِصْرَ. بَلِ امْكُثْ فِي الأرْضِ الَّتِي سَأقُولُ لَكَ عَنْها.

3 D well temporarily in this land, and I will be with you and will favor you with blessings; for to you and to your descendants I will give all these lands, and I will perform the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.

عِشْ فِي هَذِهِ الأرْضِ غَرِيباً، وَسَأكُونُ مَعَكَ وَسَأُبارِكُكَ. إذْ سَأُعطِيكَ وَنَسلَكَ كُلَّ هَذِهِ الأراضِي. وَسَأفِي بِقَسَمِي الَّذِي أقْسَمْتُهُ لإبْراهِيمَ أبِيكَ.

4 A nd I will make your descendants to multiply as the stars of the heavens, and will give to your posterity all these lands (kingdoms); and by your Offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, or by Him bless themselves,

سَأُضاعِفُ نَسلَكَ لِيَكُونُوا بِعَدَدِ نُجُومِ السَّماءِ. وَسَأُعطِي نَسلَكَ كُلَّ هَذِهِ الأراضِي، وَسَتنالُ كُلُّ اًمَمِ الأرْضِ بَرَكَةً بِنَسلِكَ.

5 F or Abraham listened to and obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commands, My statutes, and My laws.

لِأنَّ إبْراهِيمَ أطاعَ كَلامِيَ، وَعَمِلَ بِوَصايايَ وَأحكامِي وَشَرائِعِي.»

6 S o Isaac stayed in Gerar.

فَاسْتَقَرَّ إسْحاقُ فِي جَرارَ.

7 A nd the men of the place asked him about his wife, and he said, She is my sister; for he was afraid to say, She is my wife—, Lest the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah, because she is attractive and is beautiful to look upon.

فَسَألَهُ أهلُ تِلْكَ المَنْطَقَةِ عَنْ زَوْجَتِهِ. فَقالَ: «إنَّها أُختِي.» فَقَدْ خافَ أنْ يَقُولَ: «إنَّها زَوْجَتِي.» إذْ قالَ فِي نَفسِهِ: «سَأقُولُ إنَّها أُختِي لِئَلّا يَقْتُلُونِي طَمَعاً فِي رِفْقَةَ، لِأنَّها جَمِيلَةٌ.»

8 W hen he had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out of a window and saw Isaac caressing Rebekah his wife.

وَبَعْدَ أنْ طالَتْ بِهِ الأيّامُ هُناكَ، نَظَرَ أبِيمالِكُ مَلِكُ الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ مِنْ نافِذَةٍ، وَرَأى إسْحاقَ يُلاطِفُ زَوْجَتَهُ رِفْقَةَ.

9 A nd Abimelech called Isaac and said, See here, she is certainly your wife! How did you say to me, She is my sister? And Isaac said to him, Because I thought, Lest I die on account of her.

فَدَعا أبِيمالِكُ إسْحاقَ وَقالَ: «هِيَ امْرَأتُكَ إذاً! فَلِماذا قُلْتَ إنَّها أُخْتُكَ؟» فَقالَ إسْحاقُ لِأبِيمالِكَ: «خِفْتُ أنْ أمُوتَ بِسَبَبِها.»

10 A nd Abimelech said, What is this you have done to us? One of the men might easily have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt and sin upon us.

فَقالَ أبِيمالِكُ: «ما هَذا الَّذِي فَعَلْتَهُ بِنا؟ كانَ مُمْكِناً أنْ يُعاشِرَ واحِدٌ مِنْ جَماعَتِنا امْرَأتَكَ. لَوْ حَدَثَ هَذا، لَكُنْتَ قَدْ جَلَبْتَ عَلَينا ذَنْباً عَظِيماً.»

11 T hen Abimelech charged all his people, He who touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.

حِينَئِذٍ، أمَرَ أبِيمالِكُ كُلَّ قَوْمِهِ وَقالَ: «مَنْ يُؤذِي هَذا الرَّجُلَ أوْ زَوْجَتَهُ يُقْتَلُ.» ثَراءُ إسْحاق

12 T hen Isaac sowed seed in that land and received in the same year a hundred times as much as he had planted, and the Lord favored him with blessings.

وَزَرَعَ إسْحاقُ بُذُوراً فِي تِلْكَ الأرْضِ. وَفِي السَّنَةِ نَفْسِها حَصَدَ مِئَةَ ضِعْفٍ. وَبارَكَ اللهُ إسْحاقَ.

13 A nd the man became great and gained more and more until he became very wealthy and distinguished;

فَصارَ غَنِيّاً. ثُمَّ ازْدادَ غِنَىً أكثَرَ فَأكْثَرَ حَتَّى صارَ ثَرِيّاً جِدّاً.

14 H e owned flocks, herds, and a great supply of servants, and the Philistines envied him.

فَكانَتْ لَهُ قُطْعانٌ كَثِيرَةٌ مِنَ المَواشِي وَالبَقَرِ وَخُدّامٌ كَثِيرُونَ. فَحَسَدَهُ الفِلِسْطِيُّونَ.

15 N ow all the wells which his father’s servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had closed and filled with earth.

وَكانَ الفِلِسْطِيُّونَ قَدْ طَمُّوا كُلَّ الآبارِ الَّتِي سَبَقَ أنْ حَفَرَها خُدّامُ أبِيهِ إبْراهِيمَ فِي زَمَنِهِ وَمَلأُوها تُراباً.

16 A nd Abimelech said to Isaac, Go away from us, for you are much mightier than we are.

فَقالَ أبِيمالِكُ لإسْحاقَ: «فارِقْنا، فَقَدْ أصْبَحتَ أقْوَى مِنّا بِكَثِيرٍ.»

17 S o Isaac went away from there and pitched his tent in the Valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.

فانصَرَفَ إسْحاقُ مِنْ هُناكَ، وَخَيَّمَ فِي وادِي جَرارَ، وَاسْتَقَرَّ هُناكَ.

18 A nd Isaac dug again the wells of water which had been dug in the days of Abraham his father, for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham; and he gave them the names by which his father had called them.

وَحَفَرَ إسْحاقُ آبارَ الماءِ الَّتِي حُفِرَتْ فِي أيّامِ أبِيهِ إبْراهِيمَ مِنْ جَدِيدٍ. إذْ كانَ الفِلِسْطِيُّونَ قَدْ طَمَرُوها بَعْدَ مَوْتِ إبْراهِيمَ. وَدَعاها إسْحاقُ بِالأسْماءَ نَفْسِها الَّتِي دَعاها بِها أبوْهُ.

19 N ow Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found there a well of living water.

فَحَفَرَ خُدّامُ إسْحاقَ فِي الوادِي، وَوَجَدُوا نَبْعاً ذا مِياهٍ عَذْبَةٍ.

20 A nd the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, The water is ours. And he named the well Esek because they quarreled with him.

لَكِنَّ رُعاةَ جَرارَ تَنازَعُوا مَعَ رُعاةِ إسْحاقَ وَقالُوا: «الماءُ ماؤُنا.» فَسَمَّى إسْحاقُ المَكانَ عِسِقَ، لِأنَّهُمْ تَنازَعُوا مَعَهُ عَلَيها.

21 T hen dug another well, and they quarreled over that also; so he named it Sitnah.

ثُمَّ حَفَرَ خُدّامُ إسْحاقَ بِئْراً أُخْرَى. فَنازَعَهُ أهلُ جَرارَ عَلَيها أيضاً. فَسَمّاها إسْحاقُ سِطْنَةَ.

22 A nd he moved away from there and dug another well, and for that one they did not quarrel. He named it Rehoboth, saying, For now the Lord has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.

فانْتَقَلَ إسْحاقُ مِنْ هُناكَ وَحَفَرَ بِئْراً أُخْرَى. فَلَمْ يُنازِعُوهُ عَلَيها. فَسَمّاها رَحُوبُوتَ، وَقالَ: «الآنَ وَسَّعَ اللهُ لَنا، وَسَنَصِيرُ أكثَرَ عَدَداً فِي الأرْضِ.»

23 N ow he went up from there to Beersheba.

وَانْتَقَلَ إسْحاقُ مِنْ هُناكَ إلَى بِئْرِ السَّبْعِ.

24 A nd the Lord appeared to him the same night and said, I am the God of Abraham your father. Fear not, for I am with you and will favor you with blessings and multiply your descendants for the sake of My servant Abraham.

وَظَهَرَ لَهُ اللهُ فِي تِلْكَ اللَّيلَةِ وَقالَ: «أنا إلَهُ إبِيكَ إبْراهِيمَ، فَلا تَخَفْ، لِأنِّي مَعَكَ، وَسَأُبارِكُكَ. وَسَأُكَثِّرُ نَسلَكَ مِنْ أجلِ إبْراهِيمَ عَبْدِي.»

25 A nd built an altar there and called on the name of the Lord and pitched his tent there; and there Isaac’s servants were digging a well.

فَبَنَى إسْحاقُ مَذبَحاً هُناكَ، وَدَعا بِاسمِ اللهِ. وَنَصَبَ هُناكَ خَيمَتَهُ. وَحَفَرَ خُدّامُ إسْحاقَ بِئْراً هُناكَ.

26 T hen Abimelech went to him from Gerar with Ahuzzah, one of his friends, and Phicol, his army’s commander.

وَجاءَ إلَيهِ أبِيمالِكُ مِنْ جَرارَ مَعَ صاحِبِهِ أحُزّاتَ وَفِيكُولَ آمِرِ جَيشِهِ.

27 A nd Isaac said to them, Why have you come to me, seeing that you hate me and have sent me away from you?

فَقالَ لَهُمْ إسْحاقُ: «لِماذا جِئْتُمْ إلَيَّ؟ فَأنْتُمْ تُبْغِضُونَنِي، وَقَدْ صَرَفْتُمُونِي مِنْ أرْضِكُمْ.»

28 T hey said, We saw that the Lord was certainly with you; so we said, Let there be now an oath between us, even between you and us, and let us make a covenant with you

فَقالُوا لَهُ: «الآنَ تَأكَّدْنا أنَّ اللهَ مَعَكَ. فَقُلْنا: ‹لِيَحلِفْ أحَدُنا لِلآخَرِ عَلَى الوَفاءِ، وَلْنَقطَعْ مَعَكَ عَهْداً.›

29 T hat you will do us no harm, inasmuch as we have not touched you and have done to you nothing but good and have sent you away in peace. You are now the blessed or favored of the Lord!

عِدْ بِأنَّكَ لَنْ تُؤْذِيَنا. فَنَحْنُ لَمْ نُؤْذِكَ. بَلْ لَمْ نَصنَعْ مَعَكَ إلّا خَيراً. وَقَدْ صَرَفْناكَ فِي سَلامٍ. وَأنتَ الآنَ مُبارَكٌ مِنَ اللهِ.»

30 A nd he made them a dinner, and they ate and drank.

فَأعَدَّ لَهُمْ وَلِيمَةً، فَأكَلُوا وَشَرِبُوا.

31 A nd they rose up early in the morning and took oaths with one another; and Isaac sent them on their way and they departed from him in peace.

وَبَكَّرُوا فِي الصَّباحِ وَتَعاهَدُوا. ثُمَّ وَدَّعَهُمْ إسْحاقُ، فَمَضُوا فِي سَلامٍ.

32 T hat same day Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug, saying, We have found water!

وَفِي ذَلِكَ اليَوْمِ جاءَ خُدّامُ إسْحاقَ وَأخبَرُوهُ عَنِ البِئْرِ الَّتِي حَفَرُوها. قالُوا لَهُ: «لَقَدْ وَجَدْنا ماءً!»

33 A nd he named Shibah; therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day.

فَسَمّاها شِبْعَةَ. وَلِهَذا فَإنَّ اسْمَ المَدِينَةِ هُوَ بِئْرُ السَّبْعِ حَتَّى يَومِنا هَذا. زوجتا عِيسُو

34 N ow Esau was 40 years old when he took as wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite.

وَلَمّا بَلَغَ عِيسُو الأربَعِينَ مِنَ العُمْرِ، تَزَوَّجَ يَهُودِيتَ ابْنَةَ بِيرِيَ الحِثِّيِّ، وَبَسْمَةَ ابْنَةَ إيلُونَ الحِثِّيِّ.

35 A nd they made life bitter and a grief of mind and spirit for Isaac and Rebekah.

فَكانَتا مَصْدَرَ حُزْنٍ لإسْحاقَ وَرِفْقَةَ.