اَلتَّكْوِينُ 26

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

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

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

And God appeared to him, and said, "Do not go down into Egypt. Live in the land I will tell you about.

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 you, and will bless you. For to you, and to your descendants, I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.

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

I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the sky, and will give to your descendants all these lands, and by your descendants will all the nations of the earth be blessed,

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

because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my requirements, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws."

٦ 6 فَأَقَامَ إِسْحَاقُ فِي جَرَارَ.

So Isaac settled 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.

The men of the place asked him about his wife. He said, "She is my sister," for he was afraid to say, "My wife," lest, he thought, "the men of the place might kill me for Rebekah, because she is beautiful to look at."

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

It happened, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and look, Isaac was caressing Rebekah, his wife.

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

Abimelech called Isaac, and said, "Look, surely she is your wife. Why did you say, 'She is my sister?'" Isaac said to him, "Because I thought, '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».

Abimelech said, "What is this you have done to us? One of the people might easily have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt on us."

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

Abimelech commanded all the people, saying, "He who touches this man or his wife will surely be put to death."

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

Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year one hundred times what he planted. And God blessed him.

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

The man became wealthy, and prospered more and more until he became very wealthy.

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

He had possessions of flocks, possessions of herds, and a great household. 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 dug 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».

Abimelech said to Isaac, "Go from us, for you are much mightier than we."

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

Isaac departed from there, camped in the valley of Gerar, and lived 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.

Isaac dug again the wells which the servants of his father Abraham had dug. 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.

Isaac's servants dug in the valley, and found there a well of flowing water.

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

The herdsmen of Gerar argued with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, "The water is ours." 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».

They dug another well, and they argued over that, also. He called its name 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».

He left that place, and dug another well. They did not argue over that one. He called it Rehoboth. He said, "For now God has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land."

٢٣ 23 ثُمَّ صَعِدَ مِنْ هُنَاكَ إِلَى بِئْرِ سَبْعٍ.

He went up from there to Beersheba.

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 God appeared to him the same night, and said, "I am the God of Abraham your father. Do not be afraid, for I am with you, and will bless you, and multiply your descendants for my servant Abraham's sake."

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

He built an altar there, and called on the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there. There Isaac's servants dug 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 commander of his army.

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

Isaac said to them, "Why have you come to me, since you 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:

They said, "We saw plainly that God was with you. We said, 'Let there now be an oath between us, even between us and you, and let us make a covenant with you,

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

that you will do us no harm, as we have not touched you, and as we have done to you nothing but good, and have sent you away in peace.' You are now the blessed of God."

٣٠ 30 فَصَنَعَ لَهُمْ ضِيَافَةً، فَأَكَلُوا وَشَرِبُوا.

He made them a feast, and they ate and drank.

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

They rose up some time in the morning, and swore an oath to each other. 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».

It happened 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."

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

He called it Shibah. Therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day.

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

When Esau was forty years old, he married Judith, the daughter of Beeri the Hethite, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon the Hethite.

٣٥ 35 فَكَانَتَا مَرَارَةَ نَفْسٍ لِإِسْحَاقَ وَرِفْقَةَ.

They brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.