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Isaac and Abimelek
Now there was a famine in the land — besides the previous famine in Abraham’s time — and Isaac went to Abimelek king of the Philistines in Gerar.
Now there was a famine in the land — besides the previous famine in Abraham’s time — and Isaac went to Abimelek king of the Philistines in Gerar.
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.
The Lord appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land where I tell you to live.
And Jehovah appeared to him and said, Go not down to Egypt: dwell in the land that I shall tell thee of.
Stay in this land for a while, and I will be with you and will bless you. For to you and your descendants I will give all these lands and will confirm the oath I swore to your father Abraham.
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 --
because Abraham obeyed me and did everything I required of him, keeping my commands, my decrees and my instructions.”
because that Abraham hearkened to my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
When the men of that place asked him about his wife, he said, “She is my sister,” because he was afraid to say, “She is my wife.” He thought, “The men of this place might kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is beautiful.”
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 Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelek king of the Philistines looked down from a window and saw Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.
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.
So Abimelek summoned Isaac and said, “She is really your wife! Why did you say, ‘She is my sister’?”
Isaac answered him, “Because I thought I might lose my life on account of her.”
Isaac answered him, “Because I thought I might lose my life on account of her.”
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.
Then Abimelek said, “What is this you have done to us? One of the men might well have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.”
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.
So Abimelek gave orders to all the people: “Anyone who harms this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.”
And Abimelech charged all the people, saying, He that touches this man or his wife shall certainly be put to death.
Isaac planted crops in that land and the same year reaped a hundredfold, because the Lord blessed him.
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.
The man became rich, and his wealth continued to grow until he became very wealthy.
And the man became great, and he became continually greater, until he was very great.
He had so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.
And he had possessions of flocks, and possessions of herds, and a great number of servants; and the Philistines envied him.
So all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the time of his father Abraham, the Philistines stopped up, filling them with earth.
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.
Then Abimelek said to Isaac, “Move away from us; you have become too powerful for us.”
And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go from us; for thou art become much mightier than we.
So Isaac moved away from there and encamped in the Valley of Gerar, where he settled.
And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his camp in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the time of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died, and he gave them the same names his father had given them.
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.
Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and discovered a well of fresh water there.
And Isaac's servants dug in the valley, and found there a well of springing 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.
And they dug another well, and they strove for that also; and he called the name of it Sitnah.
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.
That night the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bless you and will increase the number of your descendants for the sake of my servant Abraham.”
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.
Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the Lord. There he pitched his tent, and there his servants dug a well.
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.
Meanwhile, Abimelek had come to him from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his personal adviser and Phicol the commander of his forces.
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 asked them, “Why have you come to me, since you were hostile to me and sent me away?”
And Isaac said to them, Why are ye come to me, seeing ye hate me, and have driven me away from you?
They answered, “We saw clearly that the Lord was with you; so we said, ‘There ought to be a sworn agreement between us’ — between us and you. Let us make a treaty with you
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,
that you will do us no harm, just as we did not harm you but always treated you well and sent you away peacefully. And now you are blessed by the Lord.”
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.
Isaac then made a feast for them, and they ate and drank.
And he made them a feast, and they ate and drank.
Early the next morning the men swore an oath to each other. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they went away peacefully.
And they rose early in the morning, and swore one to another; and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
That day Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. They said, “We’ve found water!”
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.
And he called it Shebah; therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba to this day.
Jacob Takes Esau’s Blessing
When Esau was forty years old, he married Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and also Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.
When Esau was forty years old, he married Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and also Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.
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.