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.

Now there was a famine in the land, besides the previous famine that had occurred in the days of Abraham. So Isaac went to Gerar, to Abimelech king of the Philistines.

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

The Lord appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; stay in the land of which I shall tell you.

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;

Sojourn in this land and I will be with you and bless you, for to you and to your descendants I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to your father Abraham.

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;

I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven, and will give your descendants all these lands; and by your descendants all the nations of the earth shall be blessed;

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

because Abraham obeyed Me and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes and My laws.”

6 A nd Isaac dwelleth in Gerar;

So Isaac lived in Gerar.

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.'

When the men of the place asked about his wife, he said, “ She is my sister,” for he was afraid to say, “my wife,” thinking, “ the men of the place might kill me on account of Rebekah, for she is beautiful.”

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.

It came about, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out through a window, and saw, and behold, Isaac was caressing his wife Rebekah.

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.'

Then Abimelech called Isaac and said, “Behold, certainly she is your wife! How then did you say, ‘She is my sister’?” And Isaac said to him, “Because I said, ‘I might die on account of her.’”

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;'

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

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

So Abimelech charged all the people, saying, “He who touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.”

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

Now Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in the same year a hundredfold. And the Lord blessed him,

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

and the man became rich, and continued to grow richer until he became very wealthy;

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

for he had possessions of flocks and herds and a great household, so that the Philistines envied him.

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.

Now all the wells which his father’s servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines stopped up by filling them with earth.

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

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

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

And Isaac departed from there and camped in the valley of Gerar, and settled there. Quarrel over the Wells

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.

Then Isaac dug again the wells of water which had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, for the Philistines had stopped them up after the death of Abraham; and he gave them the same names which his father had given them.

19 A nd Isaac's servants dig in the valley, and find there a well of living water,

But when Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found there a well of flowing water,

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;

the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with the herdsmen of Isaac, saying, “The water is ours!” So he named the well Esek, because they contended with him.

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

Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over it too, so he named it Sitnah.

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.'

He moved away from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it; so he named it Rehoboth, for he said, “ At last the Lord has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”

23 A nd he goeth up from thence Beer-Sheba,

Then he went up from there to Beersheba.

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;'

The Lord appeared to him the same night and said, “ I am the God of your father Abraham; Do not fear, for I am with you. I will bless you, and multiply your descendants, For the sake of My servant Abraham.”

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.

So he built an altar there and called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent there; and there Isaac’s servants dug a well. Covenant with Abimelech

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

Then Abimelech came to him from Gerar with his adviser Ahuzzath and Phicol the commander of his army.

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?'

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

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;

They said, “We see plainly that the Lord has been with you; so we said, ‘Let there now be an oath between us, even between you and us, and let us make a covenant with you,

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.'

that you will do us no harm, just 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 of the Lord.’”

30 A nd he maketh for them a banquet, and they eat and drink,

Then he made them a feast, and they ate and drank.

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.

In the morning they arose early and exchanged oaths; then Isaac sent them away and they departed from him in peace.

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;'

Now it came about on the same day, that Isaac’s servants came in and told him about the well which they had dug, and said to him, “We have found water.”

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

So he called it Shibah; therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day.

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,

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

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

and they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.