Genesis 26:1-35 And there fel a derth in the land passyng the fyrst derth that fell in the dayes of Abraham. Wherfore Isaac wente vnto Abimelech kynge of the Phylystyans vnto Gerar.

Matthew⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ And there fel a derth in the land passyng the fyrst derth that fell in the dayes of Abraham. Wherfore Isaac wente vnto Abimelech kynge of the Phylystyans vnto Gerar. ² Then the Lord appeared vnto hym and sayed: Go not downe into Egypte but hyde in the lande whych I say vnto the: ³ soiourne in thys lande, and I wyll be wyth the, and wyll blesse the: for vnto the, and vnto thy seed, I wil giue al these contryes. And I wyl perfourme the oth which I sware vnto Abraham thy father, ⁴ & wyl multiply thy sede as the stars of heauen, & will gyue vnto thy sede al these contries. And thorow thi sede shal all the nacions of the earth be blessed, ⁵ because that Abraham herkened vnto my voyce, & kepe myne ordinaunces, commaundementes, statutes and lawes. ⁶ And Isaac dwelled in Gerar. ⁷ And the men of the place asked him of his wife, & he said that she was hys sister: for he feared to call hyr his wyfe, lest the men of the place shold haue killed him for hir sake, bicause she was beutiful to the eye. ⁸ And it happened after he had bene there long tyme, that Abimelech kynge of the Philistians loked out at a wyndow, & sawe Isaac sportyng wt Rebecca hys wife. ⁹ And Abimelech sente for Isaac, & sayed: see, she is of a suretye thy wyfe, & why saydest thou that she was thy sister? And Isaac said vnto hym: I thought that I myght peraduenture haue dyed for her sake. ¹⁰ Then sayd Abimelech: why haste thou done this vnto vs? one of the people myghte lyghtlye haue lyne by thy wife, and so shuldest thou haue brought synne vpon vs. ¹¹ Than Abimelech charged all his people, saying: he that toucheth this man or his wyfe, shall suerlie dye for it. ¹² And Isaac sowed in that lande, & found in that same yere an .C. bushels: for the Lorde blessed hym, ¹³ & the man waxed myghty, and went forth and grewe tyll he was exceading greate, ¹⁴ that he had possession of shepe, of oxen, and a mighty housholde: so that the Philistians had enuye at hym: ¹⁵ in so muche that they stopped and filled vp wyth earth al the welles whyche hys fathers seruantes digged in hys father Abrahams tyme. ¹⁶ Then sayed Abimelech vnto Isaac: gett the from me, for thou art myghtier then we a great deale. ¹⁷ Then Isaac departed thence, & pitched his tente in the valey Gerar, & dwelt there. ¹⁸ And Isaac digged againe the welles of water which they digged in the dayes of Abraham his father, which the Philistians had stopped after the death of Abraham, & gaue them the same nams which his father gaue them. ¹⁹ As Isaacs seruauntes digged in the valay, they found a wel of liuing water, ²⁰ And the herdmen of Gerar did stryue with Isaacs herdmen, saying: the water is ours. Then called he the well Eseck, bicause they stroue with him. ²¹ Then digged they an other well, & they stroue for that also. Therfore called he it Sitena. ²² And then he departed thence, & digged another wel for that which they stroue not: therfore called he it Rehoboth, saying: the Lorde hath now made vs rowme, & we ar encreased vpon the earth. ²³ Afterwarde departed he thence and came to Bersaba. ²⁴ And the Lorde appeared vnto hym the same nyght, & sayd: I am the God of Abraham thy father, feare not for I am wyth the, and wyll blesse the, and multiply thy sede for my seruaunt Abrahams sake. ²⁵ And then he builded an aultare there, and called vpon the name of the Lord, and there pitched hys tent. And ther Isaacs seruauntes digged a well. ²⁶ Then came Abimelech to hym from Gerar & Ahusath his frende and Phitol hys chyefe captayne. ²⁷ And Isaac sayd vnto them: wherfore come ye to me, seyng ye hate me & haue put me away from you? ²⁸ Then sayed they: we sawe that the Lorde was wyth the, & therfore we sayed that there should be an oothe betwexte vs & the, & that we woulde make a bond wyth the, ²⁹ that thou shouldest do vs no hurt, as we haue not touched the, and haue done vnto the nothynge but good, & sent the away in peace: for thou art nowe the blessed of the Lorde. ³⁰ And he made them a feast, and they ate & dronke. ³¹ And they rose vp by tymes in the morninge, and sware one to an other, And Isaac sent them away. And they departed from hym in peace. ³² And that same daye came Isaacs seruauntes, & told hym of a well whych they had dygged: and said vnto him, that they had found water. ³³ And he called it Seba, wherfore the name of the cyty is called Berseba vnto thys daye. ³⁴ When Esau was .xl. yere old, he toke to wyfe Iudith the doughter of Bery an Hethyte, & Basmath the doughter of Elou an Hethite, ³⁵ also whyche were disobedient vnto Isaac and Rebecca.