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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
Now there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Gerar to Abimelech king of the Philistines.
Now there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Gerar to Abimelech king of the Philistines.
The Lord appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land where I tell you to live.
And the Lord appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; dwell in the land of which I shall tell you.
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 you and will bless you, for to you and to your offspring I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath that I swore to Abraham your father.
I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and will give to your offspring all these lands. And in your offspring all the nations of the earth shall be blessed,
because Abraham obeyed me and did everything I required of him, keeping my commands, my decrees and my instructions.”
because Abraham obeyed 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.”
When the men of the place asked him about his wife, he said, “She is my sister,” for he feared to say, “My wife,” thinking, “lest the men of the place should kill me because of Rebekah,” because she was attractive in appearance.
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.
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.”
So Abimelech called Isaac and said, “Behold, she is your wife. How then could you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac said to him, “Because I thought, ‘Lest I die because 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.”
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.”
So Abimelek gave orders to all the people: “Anyone who harms this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.”
So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “Whoever touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.”
Isaac planted crops in that land and the same year reaped a hundredfold, because the Lord blessed him.
And Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in the same year a hundredfold. The Lord blessed him,
The man became rich, and his wealth continued to grow until he became very wealthy.
and the man became rich, and gained more and more until he became very wealthy.
He had so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.
He had possessions of flocks and herds and many servants, so that 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.
(Now the Philistines had stopped and filled with earth all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father.)
Then Abimelek said to Isaac, “Move away from us; you have become too powerful for us.”
And Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go away from us, for you are much mightier than we.”
So Isaac moved away from there and encamped in the Valley of Gerar, where he settled.
So Isaac departed from there and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled 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 had been dug in the days of Abraham his father, which the Philistines had stopped after the death of Abraham. And he gave them the names that his father had given them.
Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and discovered a well of fresh water there.
But when Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found there a well of spring water,
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 the Lord appeared to him the same night and said, “I am the God of Abraham your father. Fear not, for I am with you and will bless you and multiply your offspring 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.
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.
Meanwhile, Abimelek had come to him from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his personal adviser and Phicol the commander of his forces.
When Abimelech went to him from Gerar with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army,
Isaac asked them, “Why have you come to me, since you were hostile to me and sent me away?”
Isaac said to them, “Why have you come to me, seeing that you hate me and have sent 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
They said, “We see plainly that the Lord has been with you. So we said, let there be a sworn pact between us, between you and us, and let us make a covenant with you,
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 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.”
Isaac then made a feast for them, and they ate and drank.
So 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.
In the morning they rose early and exchanged oaths. And Isaac sent them on their way, 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!”
That same day Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well that they had dug and said to him, “We have found water.”
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.
When Esau was forty years old, he took Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite to be his wife, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite,