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God's Promise to Isaac
And there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine which had been in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech the king of the Philistines, to Gerar.
And there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine which had been in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech the king of the Philistines, to Gerar.
Isaac Deceives Abimelech
A severe famine now struck the land, as had happened before in Abraham’s time. So Isaac moved to Gerar, where Abimelech, king of the Philistines, lived.
A severe famine now struck the land, as had happened before in Abraham’s time. So Isaac moved to Gerar, where Abimelech, king of the Philistines, lived.
And Jehovah appeared to him and said, Go not down to Egypt: dwell in the land that I shall tell thee of.
The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt, but do as I tell you.
Sojourn in this land; and I will be with thee and bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries; and I will perform the oath which I swore unto Abraham thy father.
And I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and unto thy seed will I give all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves --
I will cause your descendants to become as numerous as the stars of the sky, and I will give them all these lands. And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.
because that Abraham hearkened to my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
I will do this because Abraham listened to me and obeyed all my requirements, commands, decrees, and instructions.”
And the men of the place asked about his wife. And he said, She is my sister; for he feared to say, my wife, [saying to himself,] Lest the men of the place slay me on account of Rebecca -- because she was fair in countenance.
When the men who lived there asked Isaac about his wife, Rebekah, he said, “She is my sister.” He was afraid to say, “She is my wife.” He thought, “They will kill me to get her, because she is so beautiful.”
And it came to pass when he had been there some time, that Abimelech the king of the Philistines looked out of the window, and saw, and behold, Isaac was dallying with Rebecca his wife.
But some time later, Abimelech, king of the Philistines, looked out his window and saw Isaac caressing Rebekah.
Then Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, she is certainly thy wife; and how saidst thou, She is my sister? and Isaac said to him, Because I said, Lest I die on account of her.
Immediately, Abimelech called for Isaac and exclaimed, “She is obviously your wife! Why did you say, ‘She is my sister’?”
“Because I was afraid someone would kill me to get her from me,” Isaac replied.
“Because I was afraid someone would kill me to get her from me,” Isaac replied.
And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done to us? But a little and one of the people might have lain with thy wife, and thou wouldest have brought a trespass on us.
“How could you do this to us?” Abimelech exclaimed. “One of my people might easily have taken your wife and slept with her, and you would have made us guilty of great sin.”
And Abimelech charged all the people, saying, He that touches this man or his wife shall certainly be put to death.
Then Abimelech issued a public proclamation: “Anyone who touches this man or his wife will be put to death!”
Isaac's Prosperity
And Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year a hundredfold; and Jehovah blessed him.
And Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year a hundredfold; and Jehovah blessed him.
Conflict over Water Rights
When Isaac planted his crops that year, he harvested a hundred times more grain than he planted, for the LORD blessed him.
And the man became great, and he became continually greater, until he was very great.
He became a very rich man, and his wealth continued to grow.
And he had possessions of flocks, and possessions of herds, and a great number of servants; and the Philistines envied him.
He acquired so many flocks of sheep and goats, herds of cattle, and servants that the Philistines became jealous of him.
And all the wells that his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines stopped them and filled them with earth.
So the Philistines filled up all of Isaac’s wells with dirt. These were the wells that had been dug by the servants of his father, Abraham.
And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go from us; for thou art become much mightier than we.
Finally, Abimelech ordered Isaac to leave the country. “Go somewhere else,” he said, “for you have become too powerful for us.”
And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his camp in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
So Isaac moved away to the Gerar Valley, where he set up their tents and settled down.
And Isaac dug again the wells of water that they had dug in the days of Abraham his father, and that the Philistines had stopped after the death of Abraham; and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.
He reopened the wells his father had dug, which the Philistines had filled in after Abraham’s death. Isaac also restored the names Abraham had given them.
And Isaac's servants dug in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
Isaac’s servants also dug in the Gerar Valley and discovered a well of fresh water.
But the shepherds of Gerar strove with Isaac's shepherds, saying, The water is ours. And he called the name of the well Esek, because they had quarrelled with him.
But then the shepherds from Gerar came and claimed the spring. “This is our water,” they said, and they argued over it with Isaac’s herdsmen. So Isaac named the well Esek (which means “argument”).
And they dug another well, and they strove for that also; and he called the name of it Sitnah.
Isaac’s men then dug another well, but again there was a dispute over it. So Isaac named it Sitnah (which means “hostility”).
And he removed thence and dug another well; and they did not strive for that. And he called the name of it Rehoboth, and said, For now Jehovah has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
Abandoning that one, Isaac moved on and dug another well. This time there was no dispute over it, so Isaac named the place Rehoboth (which means “open space”), for he said, “At last the LORD has created enough space for us to prosper in this land.”
And Jehovah appeared to him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake.
where the LORD appeared to him on the night of his arrival. “I am the God of your father, Abraham,” he said. “Do not be afraid, for I am with you and will bless you. I will multiply your descendants, and they will become a great nation. I will do this because of my promise to Abraham, my servant.”
And he built an altar there, and called upon the name of Jehovah. And he pitched his tent there; and there Isaac's servants dug a well.
Then Isaac built an altar there and worshiped the LORD. He set up his camp at that place, and his servants dug another well.
Isaac's Covenant with Abimelech
And Abimelech, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phichol the captain of his host, went to him from Gerar.
And Abimelech, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phichol the captain of his host, went to him from Gerar.
Isaac’s Covenant with Abimelech
One day King Abimelech came from Gerar with his adviser, Ahuzzath, and also Phicol, his army commander.
And Isaac said to them, Why are ye come to me, seeing ye hate me, and have driven me away from you?
“Why have you come here?” Isaac asked. “You obviously hate me, since you kicked me off your land.”
And they said, We saw certainly that Jehovah is with thee; and we said, Let there be then an oath between us -- between us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee,
They replied, “We can plainly see that the LORD is with you. So we want to enter into a sworn treaty with you. Let’s make a covenant.
that thou wilt do us no wrong, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done to thee nothing but good, and have let thee go in peace; thou art now blessed of Jehovah.
Swear that you will not harm us, just as we have never troubled you. We have always treated you well, and we sent you away from us in peace. And now look how the LORD has blessed you!”
And he made them a feast, and they ate and drank.
So Isaac prepared a covenant feast to celebrate the treaty, and they ate and drank together.
And they rose early in the morning, and swore one to another; and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
Early the next morning, they each took a solemn oath not to interfere with each other. Then Isaac sent them home again, and they left him in peace.
And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well that they had dug, and said to him, We have found water.
That very day Isaac’s servants came and told him about a new well they had dug. “We’ve found water!” they exclaimed.
And he called it Shebah; therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba to this day.
So Isaac named the well Shibah (which means “oath”). And to this day the town that grew up there is called Beersheba (which means “well of the oath”).
Esau's Wives
And Esau was forty years old, when he took as wives Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basmath the daughter of Elon the Hittite.
And Esau was forty years old, when he took as wives Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basmath the daughter of Elon the Hittite.
At the age of forty, Esau married two Hittite wives: Judith, the daughter of Beeri, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon.