اَلتَّكْوِينُ 26

١ 1 وَكَانَ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ جُوعٌ غَيْرُ ٱلْجُوعِ ٱلْأَوَّلِ ٱلَّذِي كَانَ فِي أَيَّامِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، فَذَهَبَ إِسْحَاقُ إِلَى أَبِيمَالِكَ مَلِكِ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ، إِلَى جَرَارَ.

And there was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines, unto Gerar.

٢ 2 وَظَهَرَ لَهُ ٱلرَّبُّ وَقَالَ: «لَا تَنْزِلْ إِلَى مِصْرَ. ٱسْكُنْ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّتِي أَقُولُ لَكَ.

And Jehovah appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:

٣ 3 تَغَرَّبْ فِي هَذِهِ ٱلْأَرْضِ فَأَكُونَ مَعَكَ وَأُبَارِكَكَ، لِأَنِّي لَكَ وَلِنَسْلِكَ أُعْطِي جَمِيعَ هَذِهِ ٱلْبِلَادِ، وَأَفِي بِٱلْقَسَمِ ٱلَّذِي أَقْسَمْتُ لِإِبْرَاهِيمَ أَبِيكَ.

sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;

٤ 4 وَأُكَثِّرُ نَسْلَكَ كَنُجُومِ ٱلسَّمَاءِ، وَأُعْطِي نَسْلَكَ جَمِيعَ هَذِهِ ٱلْبِلَادِ، وَتَتَبَارَكُ فِي نَسْلِكَ جَمِيعُ أُمَمِ ٱلْأَرْضِ،

and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these lands; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;

٥ 5 مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ سَمِعَ لِقَوْلِي وَحَفِظَ مَا يُحْفَظُ لِي: أَوَامِرِي وَفَرَائِضِي وَشَرَائِعِي».

because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

٦ 6 فَأَقَامَ إِسْحَاقُ فِي جَرَارَ.

And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:

٧ 7 وَسَأَلَهُ أَهْلُ ٱلْمَكَانِ عَنِ ٱمْرَأَتِهِ، فَقَالَ: «هِيَ أُخْتِي». لِأَنَّهُ خَافَ أَنْ يَقُولَ: «ٱمْرَأَتِي» لَعَلَّ أَهْلَ ٱلْمَكَانِ: «يَقْتُلُونَنِي مِنْ أَجْلِ رِفْقَةَ» لِأَنَّهَا كَانَتْ حَسَنَةَ ٱلْمَنْظَرِ.

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, [said he], the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.

٨ 8 وَحَدَثَ إِذْ طَالَتْ لَهُ ٱلْأَيَّامُ هُنَاكَ أَنَّ أَبِيمَالِكَ مَلِكَ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ أَشْرَفَ مِنَ ٱلْكُوَّةِ وَنَظَرَ، وَإِذَا إِسْحَاقُ يُلَاعِبُ رِفْقَةَ ٱمْرَأَتَهُ.

And it came to pass, 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 sporting with Rebekah his wife.

٩ 9 فَدَعَا أَبِيمَالِكُ إِسْحَاقَ وَقَالَ: «إِنَّمَا هِيَ ٱمْرَأَتُكَ! فَكَيْفَ قُلْتَ: هِيَ أُخْتِي؟» فَقَالَ لَهُ إِسْحَاقُ: «لِأَنِّي قُلْتُ: لَعَلِّي أَمُوتُ بِسَبَبِهَا».

And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die because of her.

١٠ 10 فَقَالَ أَبِيمَالِكُ: «مَا هَذَا ٱلَّذِي صَنَعْتَ بِنَا؟ لَوْلَا قَلِيلٌ لَٱضْطَجَعَ أَحَدُ ٱلشَّعْبِ مَعَ ٱمْرَأَتِكَ فَجَلَبْتَ عَلَيْنَا ذَنْبًا».

And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might easily have lain with thy wife, and thou wouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.

١١ 11 فَأَوْصَى أَبِيمَالِكُ جَمِيعَ ٱلشَّعْبِ قَائِلًا: «ٱلَّذِي يَمَسُّ هَذَا ٱلرَّجُلَ أَوِ ٱمْرَأَتَهُ مَوْتًا يَمُوتُ».

And Abimelech charged all the people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.

١٢ 12 وَزَرَعَ إِسْحَاقُ فِي تِلْكَ ٱلْأَرْضِ فَأَصَابَ فِي تِلْكَ ٱلسَّنَةِ مِئَةَ ضِعْفٍ، وَبَارَكَهُ ٱلرَّبُّ.

And Isaac sowed in that land, and found in the same year a hundredfold: and Jehovah blessed him.

١٣ 13 فَتَعَاظَمَ ٱلرَّجُلُ وَكَانَ يَتَزَايَدُ فِي ٱلتَّعَاظُمِ حَتَّى صَارَ عَظِيمًا جِدًّا.

And the man waxed great, and grew more and more until he became very great:

١٤ 14 فَكَانَ لَهُ مَوَاشٍ مِنَ ٱلْغَنَمِ وَمَوَاشٍ مِنَ ٱلْبَقَرِ وَعَبِيدٌ كَثِيرُونَ. فَحَسَدَهُ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ.

and he had possessions of flocks, and possessions of herds, and a great household: and the Philistines envied him.

١٥ 15 وَجَمِيعُ ٱلْآبَارِ، ٱلَّتِي حَفَرَهَا عَبِيدُ أَبِيهِ فِي أَيَّامِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَبِيهِ، طَمَّهَا ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ وَمَلَأُوهَا تُرَابًا.

Now all the wells which his father’s servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped, and filled with earth.

١٦ 16 وَقَالَ أَبِيمَالِكُ لِإِسْحَاقَ: «ٱذْهَبْ مِنْ عِنْدِنَا لِأَنَّكَ صِرْتَ أَقْوَى مِنَّا جِدًّا».

And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.

١٧ 17 فَمَضَى إِسْحَاقُ مِنْ هُنَاكَ، وَنَزَلَ فِي وَادِي جَرَارَ وَأَقَامَ هُنَاكَ.

And Isaac departed thence, and encamped in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.

١٨ 18 فَعَادَ إِسْحَاقُ وَنَبَشَ آبَارَ ٱلْمَاءِ ٱلَّتِي حَفَرُوهَا فِي أَيَّامِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَبِيهِ، وَطَمَّهَا ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِ أَبِيهِ، وَدَعَاهَا بِأَسْمَاءٍ كَٱلْأَسْمَاءِ ٱلَّتِي دَعَاهَا بِهَا أَبُوهُ.

And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged 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.

١٩ 19 وَحَفَرَ عَبِيدُ إِسْحَاقَ فِي ٱلْوَادِي فَوَجَدُوا هُنَاكَ بِئْرَ مَاءٍ حَيٍّ.

And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.

٢٠ 20 فَخَاصَمَ رُعَاةُ جَرَارَ رُعَاةَ إِسْحَاقَ قَائِلِينَ: «لَنَا ٱلْمَاءُ». فَدَعَا ٱسْمَ ٱلْبِئْرِ «عِسِقَ» لِأَنَّهُمْ نَازَعُوهُ.

And the herdsmen of Gerar strove with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him.

٢١ 21 ثُمَّ حَفَرُوا بِئْرًا أُخْرَى وَتَخَاصَمُوا عَلَيْهَا أَيْضًا، فَدَعَا ٱسْمَهَا «سِطْنَةَ».

And they digged another well, and they strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.

٢٢ 22 ثُمَّ نَقَلَ مِنْ هُنَاكَ وَحَفَرَ بِئْرًا أُخْرَى وَلَمْ يَتَخَاصَمُوا عَلَيْهَا، فَدَعَا ٱسْمَهَا «رَحُوبُوتَ»، وَقَالَ: «إِنَّهُ ٱلْآنَ قَدْ أَرْحَبَ لَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ وَأَثْمَرْنَا فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ».

And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now Jehovah hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.

٢٣ 23 ثُمَّ صَعِدَ مِنْ هُنَاكَ إِلَى بِئْرِ سَبْعٍ.

And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba.

٢٤ 24 فَظَهَرَ لَهُ ٱلرَّبُّ فِي تِلْكَ ٱللَّيْلَةِ وَقَالَ: «أَنَا إِلَهُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَبِيكَ. لَا تَخَفْ لِأَنِّي مَعَكَ، وَأُبَارِكُكَ وَأُكَثِّرُ نَسْلَكَ مِنْ أَجْلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَبْدِي».

And Jehovah appeared unto 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.

٢٥ 25 فَبَنَى هُنَاكَ مَذْبَحًا وَدَعَا بِٱسْمِ ٱلرَّبِّ. وَنَصَبَ هُنَاكَ خَيْمَتَهُ، وَحَفَرَ هُنَاكَ عَبِيدُ إِسْحَاقَ بِئْرًا.

And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of Jehovah, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac’s servants digged a well.

٢٦ 26 وَذَهَبَ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ جَرَارَ أَبِيمَالِكُ وَأَحُزَّاتُ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ وَفِيكُولُ رَئِيسُ جَيْشِهِ.

Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol the captain of his host.

٢٧ 27 فَقَالَ لَهُمْ إِسْحَاقُ: «مَا بَالُكُمْ أَتَيْتُمْ إِلَيَّ وَأَنْتُمْ قَدْ أَبْغَضْتُمُونِي وَصَرَفْتُمُونِي مِنْ عِنْدِكُمْ؟»

And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore are ye come unto me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?

٢٨ 28 فَقَالُوا: «إِنَّنَا قَدْ رَأَيْنَا أَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ كَانَ مَعَكَ، فَقُلْنَا: لِيَكُنْ بَيْنَنَا حَلْفٌ، بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكَ، وَنَقْطَعُ مَعَكَ عَهْدًا:

And they said, We saw plainly that Jehovah was with thee: and we said, Let there now be an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee,

٢٩ 29 أَنْ لَا تَصْنَعَ بِنَا شَرًّا، كَمَا لَمْ نَمَسَّكَ وَكَمَا لَمْ نَصْنَعْ بِكَ إِلَا خَيْرًا وَصَرَفْنَاكَ بِسَلَامٍ. أَنْتَ ٱلْآنَ مُبَارَكُ ٱلرَّبِّ».

that thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of Jehovah.

٣٠ 30 فَصَنَعَ لَهُمْ ضِيَافَةً، فَأَكَلُوا وَشَرِبُوا.

And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.

٣١ 31 ثُمَّ بَكَّرُوا فِي ٱلْغَدِ وَحَلَفُوا بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ، وَصَرَفَهُمْ إِسْحَاقُ. فَمَضَوْا مِنْ عِنْدِهِ بِسَلَامٍ.

And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.

٣٢ 32 وَحَدَثَ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ أَنَّ عَبِيدَ إِسْحَاقَ جَاءُوا وَأَخْبَرُوهُ عَنِ ٱلْبِئْرِ ٱلَّتِي حَفَرُوا، وَقَالُوا لَهُ: «قَدْ وَجَدْنَا مَاءً».

And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac’s servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.

٣٣ 33 فَدَعَاهَا «شِبْعَةَ»، لِذَلِكَ ٱسْمُ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ بِئْرُ سَبْعٍ إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ.

And he called it Shibah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.

٣٤ 34 وَلَمَّا كَانَ عِيسُو ٱبْنَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً ٱتَّخَذَ زَوْجَةً: يَهُودِيتَ ٱبْنَةَ بِيرِي ٱلْحِثِّيِّ، وَبَسْمَةَ ٱبْنَةَ إِيلُونَ ٱلْحِثِّيِّ.

And when Esau was forty years old he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:

٣٥ 35 فَكَانَتَا مَرَارَةَ نَفْسٍ لِإِسْحَاقَ وَرِفْقَةَ.

and they were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.