MLV(i)
1 And there was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech King of the Philistines, to Gerar.
2 And Jehovah appeared to him and said, Do not go down into Egypt. Dwell in the land which I will tell you of.
3 Travel in this land and I will be with you and will bless you. For to you and to your seed, I will give all these lands and I will establish the oath that I swore to Abraham your father.
4 And I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven and will give to your seed all these lands and in your seed all the nations of the earth will be blessed,
5 because Abraham obeyed my voice and kept my order, my commandments, my statutes and my laws.
6 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar. 7 And the men of the place asked him of his wife. And he said, She is my sister. For he feared to say, My wife. Lest, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah, because she was fair to look upon. 8 And it happened, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech King of the Philistines looked out at a window and saw; and behold, Isaac was playing with Rebekah his wife.
9 And Abimelech called Isaac and said, Behold, she is certainly your wife and how did you say, She is my sister? And Isaac said to him, Because I said, Lest I die because of her. 10 And 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 And Abimelech ordered all the people, saying, He who touches this man or his wife will surely be put to death.
12 And Isaac sowed in that land and found a hundredfold in the same year. And Jehovah blessed him. 13 And the man became great and grew more and more until he became very great. 14 And he had possessions of flocks and possessions of herds and a great household. And the Philistines envied him.
15 Now all the wells which his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped and filled with soil. 16 And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go from us, because you are much mightier than we. 17 And Isaac departed from there and encamped in the valley of Gerar and dwelt there.
18 And Isaac again dug the wells of water, which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father. For the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham. And he called their names after the names by which his father had called them. 19 And Isaac's servants dug in the valley and found there a well of springing water.
20 And the herdsmen of Gerar contended with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, The water is ours. And he called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him. 21 And they dug another well and they contended for that also. And he called the name of it Sitnah.
22 And he moved from there and dug another well and they did not contend for that. And he called the name of it Rehoboth. And he said, For now Jehovah has made room for us and we will be fruitful in the land. 23 And he went up from there to Beer-sheba.
24 And Jehovah appeared to him the same night and said, I am the God of Abraham your father. Do not fear, because I am with you and will bless you and multiply your seed for my servant Abraham's sake. 25 And he built an altar there and called upon the name of Jehovah and pitched his tent there. And Isaac's servants dug a well there.
26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar and Ahuzzath his friend and Phicol the captain of his army. 27 And Isaac said to them, Why have you* come to me, seeing you* hate me and have sent me away from you*?
28 And they said, We saw plainly that Jehovah was with you. And we said, Let there now be an oath between us, even between us and you. And let us make a covenant with you, 29 that you will do us no evil, as we have not touched you and as we have done to you nothing but good and have sent you away in peace. You now are the blessed of Jehovah.
30 And he made a feast for them and they ate and drank. 31 And they rose up promptly in the morning and swore one to another. And Isaac sent them away and they departed from him in peace.
32 And it happened in the same day, that Isaac's servants came and told him concerning the well which they had dug and said to him, We have found water. 33 And he called it Shibah to this day.
34 And when Esau was forty years old he took a wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite. 35 And they were a bitterness of spirit to Isaac and to Rebekah.
6 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar. 7 And the men of the place asked him of his wife. And he said, She is my sister. For he feared to say, My wife. Lest, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah, because she was fair to look upon. 8 And it happened, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech King of the Philistines looked out at a window and saw; and behold, Isaac was playing with Rebekah his wife.
9 And Abimelech called Isaac and said, Behold, she is certainly your wife and how did you say, She is my sister? And Isaac said to him, Because I said, Lest I die because of her. 10 And 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 And Abimelech ordered all the people, saying, He who touches this man or his wife will surely be put to death.
12 And Isaac sowed in that land and found a hundredfold in the same year. And Jehovah blessed him. 13 And the man became great and grew more and more until he became very great. 14 And he had possessions of flocks and possessions of herds and a great household. And the Philistines envied him.
15 Now all the wells which his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped and filled with soil. 16 And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go from us, because you are much mightier than we. 17 And Isaac departed from there and encamped in the valley of Gerar and dwelt there.
18 And Isaac again dug the wells of water, which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father. For the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham. And he called their names after the names by which his father had called them. 19 And Isaac's servants dug in the valley and found there a well of springing water.
20 And the herdsmen of Gerar contended with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, The water is ours. And he called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him. 21 And they dug another well and they contended for that also. And he called the name of it Sitnah.
22 And he moved from there and dug another well and they did not contend for that. And he called the name of it Rehoboth. And he said, For now Jehovah has made room for us and we will be fruitful in the land. 23 And he went up from there to Beer-sheba.
24 And Jehovah appeared to him the same night and said, I am the God of Abraham your father. Do not fear, because I am with you and will bless you and multiply your seed for my servant Abraham's sake. 25 And he built an altar there and called upon the name of Jehovah and pitched his tent there. And Isaac's servants dug a well there.
26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar and Ahuzzath his friend and Phicol the captain of his army. 27 And Isaac said to them, Why have you* come to me, seeing you* hate me and have sent me away from you*?
28 And they said, We saw plainly that Jehovah was with you. And we said, Let there now be an oath between us, even between us and you. And let us make a covenant with you, 29 that you will do us no evil, as we have not touched you and as we have done to you nothing but good and have sent you away in peace. You now are the blessed of Jehovah.
30 And he made a feast for them and they ate and drank. 31 And they rose up promptly in the morning and swore one to another. And Isaac sent them away and they departed from him in peace.
32 And it happened in the same day, that Isaac's servants came and told him concerning the well which they had dug and said to him, We have found water. 33 And he called it Shibah to this day.
34 And when Esau was forty years old he took a wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite. 35 And they were a bitterness of spirit to Isaac and to Rebekah.