1 A nd there is a famine in the land, besides the first famine which was in the days of Abraham, and Isaac goeth unto Abimelech king of the Philistines, to Gerar.

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

2 A nd Jehovah appeareth unto him, and saith, `Go not down towards Egypt, tabernacle in the land concerning which I speak unto thee,

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

3 s ojourn in this land, and I am with thee, and bless thee, for to thee and to thy seed I give all these lands, and I have established the oath which I have sworn to Abraham thy 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 have multiplied thy seed as stars of the heavens, and I have given to thy seed all these lands; and blessed themselves in thy seed have all nations of the earth;

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

5 b ecause that Abraham hath hearkened to My voice, and keepeth My charge, My commands, My statutes, and My laws.'

لِأنَّ إبْراهِيمَ أطاعَ كَلامِيَ، وَعَمِلَ بِوَصايايَ وَأحكامِي وَشَرائِعِي.»

6 A nd Isaac dwelleth in Gerar;

فَاسْتَقَرَّ إسْحاقُ فِي جَرارَ.

7 a nd men of the place ask him of his wife, and he saith, `She my sister:' for he hath been afraid to say, `My wife -- lest the men of the place kill me for Rebekah, for she of good appearance.'

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 A nd it cometh to pass, when the days have been prolonged to him there, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looketh through the window, and seeth, and lo, Isaac is playing with Rebekah his wife.

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

9 A nd Abimelech calleth for Isaac, and saith, `Lo, she surely thy wife; and how hast thou said, She my sister?' and Isaac saith unto him, `Because I said, Lest I die for her.'

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

10 A nd Abimelech saith, `What this thou hast done to us? as a little thing one of the people had lain with thy wife, and thou hadst brought upon us guilt;'

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 a nd Abimelech commandeth all the people, saying, `He who cometh against this man or against his wife, dying doth die.'

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

12 A nd Isaac soweth in that land, and findeth in that year a hundredfold, and Jehovah blesseth him;

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

13 a nd the man is great, and goeth on, going on and becoming great, till that he hath been very great,

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

14 a nd he hath possession of a flock, and possession of a herd, and an abundant service; and the Philistines envy him,

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

15 a nd all the wells which his father's servants digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines have stopped them, and fill them with dust.

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

16 A nd Abimelech saith unto Isaac, `Go from us; for thou hast become much mightier than we;'

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

17 a nd Isaac goeth from thence, and encampeth in the valley of Gerar, and dwelleth there;

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

18 a nd Isaac turneth back, and diggeth the wells of water which they digged in the days of Abraham his father, which the Philistines do stop after the death of Abraham, and he calleth to them names according to the names which his father 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 A nd Isaac's servants dig in the valley, and find there a well of living water,

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

20 a nd shepherds of Gerar strive with shepherds of Isaac, saying, `The water ours;' and he calleth the name of the well `Strife,' because they have striven habitually with him;

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

21 a nd they dig another well, and they strive also for it, and he calleth its name `Hatred.'

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

22 A nd he removeth from thence, and diggeth another well, and they have not striven for it, and he calleth its name Enlargements, and saith, `For -- now hath Jehovah given enlargement to us, and we have been 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 A nd he goeth up from thence Beer-Sheba,

وَانْتَقَلَ إسْحاقُ مِنْ هُناكَ إلَى بِئْرِ السَّبْعِ.

24 a nd Jehovah appeareth unto him during that night, and saith, `I the God of Abraham thy father, fear not, for I with thee, and have blessed thee, and have multiplied thy seed, because of Abraham My servant;'

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 he buildeth there an altar, and preacheth in the name of Jehovah, and stretcheth out there his tent, and there Isaac's servants dig a well.

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

26 A nd Abimelech hath gone unto him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phichol head of his host;

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

27 a nd Isaac saith unto them, `Wherefore have ye come unto me, and ye have hated me, and ye send me away from you?'

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

28 A nd they say, `We have certainly seen that Jehovah hath been with thee, and we say, `Let there be, we pray thee, an oath between us, between us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;

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

29 d o not evil with us, as we have not touched thee, and as we have only done good with thee, and send thee away in peace; thou now blessed of Jehovah.'

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 maketh for them a banquet, and they eat and drink,

فَأعَدَّ لَهُمْ وَلِيمَةً، فَأكَلُوا وَشَرِبُوا.

31 a nd rise early in the morning, and swear one to another, and Isaac sendeth them away, and they go from him in peace.

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

32 A nd it cometh to pass during that day that Isaac's servants come and declare to him concerning the circumstances of the well which they have digged, and say to him, `We have found water;'

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

33 a nd he calleth it Shebah, therefore the name of the city Beer-Sheba, unto this day.

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

34 A nd Esau is a son of forty years, and he taketh a wife, Judith, daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath, daughter of Elon the Hittite,

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

35 a nd they are a bitterness of spirit to Isaac and to Rebekah.

فَكانَتا مَصْدَرَ حُزْنٍ لإسْحاقَ وَرِفْقَةَ.