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

Now there was another time when there was no food in the land, after the time of no food in the days of Abraham. So Isaac went to Gerar, to Abimelech king of the Philistines.

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

The Lord showed Himself to Isaac, and said, “Do not go to Egypt. Stay in the land I will tell you about.

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

Live in this land and I will be with you and bring good to you. For I will give all these lands to you and your children. I will keep the promise I made to your father Abraham.

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

I will make your children and all your children’s children as many as the stars of heaven. I will give these lands to them.

5 ل ِأنَّ إبْراهِيمَ أطاعَ كَلامِيَ، وَعَمِلَ بِوَصايايَ وَأحكامِي وَشَرائِعِي.»

For Abraham obeyed Me. He did what I told him to do. He kept My Word and My Law.”

6 ف َاسْتَقَرَّ إسْحاقُ فِي جَرارَ.

So Isaac stayed in Gerar.

7 ف َسَألَهُ 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.»

When the men of the place asked him about his wife, he said, “She is my sister.” He was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” because he thought to himself, “The men of this place might kill me because of Rebekah, for she is beautiful.”

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

When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out of the window. And he saw Isaac loving his wife Rebekah.

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

So Abimelech called Isaac and said, “See, she is your wife! How could you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac said to him, “Because I thought I would die because of her.”

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

Abimelech said, “What is this you have done to us? One of the men might have lain with your wife. And you would have brought guilt upon us.”

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

So Abimelech told all the people, “Whoever touches this man or his wife will be put to death.”

12 و َزَرَعَ إسْحاقُ بُذُوراً فِي تِلْكَ الأرْضِ. وَفِي السَّنَةِ نَفْسِها حَصَدَ مِئَةَ ضِعْفٍ. وَبارَكَ اللهُ إسْحاقَ.

Isaac planted seeds in that land. And he gathered in the same year a hundred times as much as he had planted. The Lord brought good to him.

13 ف َصارَ غَنِيّاً. ثُمَّ ازْدادَ غِنَىً أكثَرَ فَأكْثَرَ حَتَّى صارَ ثَرِيّاً جِدّاً.

Isaac became rich and kept getting richer until he became a great man.

14 ف َكانَتْ لَهُ قُطْعانٌ كَثِيرَةٌ مِنَ المَواشِي وَالبَقَرِ وَخُدّامٌ كَثِيرُونَ. فَحَسَدَهُ الفِلِسْطِيُّونَ.

For he had flocks and many cattle and many people working in his house. The Philistines became jealous of him.

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

They filled all the wells with dirt that his father’s servants had dug in the days of his father Abraham.

16 ف َقالَ أبِيمالِكُ لإسْحاقَ: «فارِقْنا، فَقَدْ أصْبَحتَ أقْوَى مِنّا بِكَثِيرٍ.»

Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go away from us. For you are too powerful for us.”

17 ف انصَرَفَ إسْحاقُ مِنْ هُناكَ، وَخَيَّمَ فِي وادِي جَرارَ، وَاسْتَقَرَّ هُناكَ.

So Isaac left that place. He put up his tents in the valley of Gerar, and lived there.

18 و َحَفَرَ 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.

And Isaac dug again the wells of water that had been dug in the days of his father Abraham. For the Philistines had closed them up after the death of Abraham. And he gave them the same names that his father had given them.

19 ف َحَفَرَ خُدّامُ إسْحاقَ فِي الوادِي، وَوَجَدُوا نَبْعاً ذا مِياهٍ عَذْبَةٍ.

Now Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found a well of flowing water there.

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

The men who took care of the cattle of Gerar argued with the men who took care of Isaac’s cattle. They said, “The water belongs to us!” So Isaac gave the well the name Esek, because they argued with him.

21 ث ُمَّ حَفَرَ خُدّامُ إسْحاقَ بِئْراً أُخْرَى. فَنازَعَهُ أهلُ جَرارَ عَلَيها أيضاً. فَسَمّاها إسْحاقُ سِطْنَةَ.

Then his servants dug another well. And they argued about it also. So he gave it the name Sitnah.

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

He moved away from there and dug another well. And they did not argue about it. So he gave it the name Rehoboth. For he said, “Now the Lord has made a large place for us. We will grow much in this land.”

23 و َانْتَقَلَ إسْحاقُ مِنْ هُناكَ إلَى بِئْرِ السَّبْعِ.

Then he went from there to Beersheba.

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

The Lord showed Himself to Isaac that same night, and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bring good to you, and add many to the number of your children and their children’s children, because of My servant Abraham.”

25 ف َبَنَى إسْحاقُ مَذبَحاً هُناكَ، وَدَعا بِاسمِ اللهِ. وَنَصَبَ هُناكَ خَيمَتَهُ. وَحَفَرَ خُدّامُ إسْحاقَ بِئْراً هُناكَ.

So Isaac built an altar there. And he called upon the name of the Lord. He put up his tent there. And there Isaac’s servants dug a well.

26 و َجاءَ إلَيهِ أبِيمالِكُ مِنْ جَرارَ مَعَ صاحِبِهِ أحُزّاتَ وَفِيكُولَ آمِرِ جَيشِهِ.

Then Abimelech came to him from Gerar, with his friend Ahuzzath, and Phicol, the leader of his army.

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

Isaac said to them, “Why have you come to me when you hate me and have sent me away from you?”

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

They said, “It is easy for us to see that the Lord is with you. So we said, ‘Let there now be a promise between us, between you and us. Let us make an agreement with you,

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

that you will not hurt us in any way. For we have not touched you, and have done nothing to you but good. We sent you away in peace. And you now have the Lord’s favor.’”

30 ف َأعَدَّ لَهُمْ وَلِيمَةً، فَأكَلُوا وَشَرِبُوا.

So Isaac made a special supper for them, and they ate and drank.

31 و َبَكَّرُوا فِي الصَّباحِ وَتَعاهَدُوا. ثُمَّ وَدَّعَهُمْ إسْحاقُ، فَمَضُوا فِي سَلامٍ.

They got up early in the morning and made promises to each other. Then Isaac sent them away, and they left him in peace.

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

That same day Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. They said to him, “We have found water.”

33 ف َسَمّاها شِبْعَةَ. وَلِهَذا فَإنَّ اسْمَ المَدِينَةِ هُوَ بِئْرُ السَّبْعِ حَتَّى يَومِنا هَذا. زوجتا عِيسُو

So he gave the well the name Shibah. So the name of the city is Beersheba to this day.

34 و َلَمّا بَلَغَ عِيسُو الأربَعِينَ مِنَ العُمْرِ، تَزَوَّجَ يَهُودِيتَ ابْنَةَ بِيرِيَ الحِثِّيِّ، وَبَسْمَةَ ابْنَةَ إيلُونَ الحِثِّيِّ.

When Esau was forty years old, he married Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite.

35 ف َكانَتا مَصْدَرَ حُزْنٍ لإسْحاقَ وَرِفْقَةَ.

And they made life full of sorrow for Isaac and Rebekah.