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 came to be a famine in the land, besides the first famine which happened in the days of Abraham, —so Isaac went his way unto Abimelech, king of the Philistines towards Gerar;

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

and Yahweh appeared unto him, and said, do not go down towards Egypt, —Make thy habitation in the land, which I may name unto thee:

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, that I may be with thee and bless thee, —for, to thee, and to thy seed, will I give all these lands, So will I establish the oath which I sware to Abraham thy father;

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

and will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heavens, and will give to thy seed, all these lands, —And all the nations of the earth shall bless themselves in thy seed:

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

Because that Abraham hearkened unto my voice, —and so kept my charge, my commandments my statutes and my laws.

٦ 6 فَأَقَامَ إِسْحَاقُ فِي جَرَارَ.

So 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.

Then asked the men of the place as to his wife, and he said, My sister, is she, —For he feared to say My wife, lest [said he] the men of the place should slay me on account of Rebekah, for fair to look on, she is.

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 the days had lengthened out to him there, that Abimelech king of the Philistines, looked out through the lattice of a window, —and he beheld and lo! Isaac—laughing 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».

So Abimelech called for Isaac, and said, But lo she is, thy wife! How then, saidst thou, She is, my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because, I said, Lest I die on her account.

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

Then, said, Abimelech, What is this thou hast done to us? A little more, and one of the people might have lien with thy wife, so shouldst thou have brought upon us, guilt.

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

And Abimelech commanded 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, —seeing that Yahweh had blessed him.

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

So the man waxed great, —and went on and on waxing great until that he had waxed exceeding great.

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

So he came to have possessions of flocks and possessions of herds, and a large body of servants, —and the Philistines envied him.

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

And as for all the wells which the servants of his father digged, in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines stopped them up, and filled them with dust.

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

And Abimelech said unto Isaac, —Get thee from us, for thou hast become far mightier than we.

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

So Isaac went from 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 again digged the wells of water which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father, and which the Philistines stopped up after the death of Abraham, —and he called their names, after the names which his father 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 living water.

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

And the herdmen of Gerar disputed with the herdmen of Isaac saying, Ours, is the, water! So he called the name of the well Esek, because they had stirred up a quarrel with him.

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

And they digged another well, and they disputed over that also, —so he called the name thereof 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 moved on from thence and digged another well, and they disputed not for it, —so he called the name thereof. Rehoboth, and said, For, now, hath Yahweh 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 Yahweh appeared unto him the same night, and said, I, am the God of Abraham thy father, —Do not fear for with thee, am, I, And I will bless thee and multiply thy seed, For the sake of Abraham my servant.

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

So he builded there all altar and called on the name of Yahweh, and spread out there, his tent, —and the servants of Isaac cut out there a well.

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

And, Abimelech, came unto him from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol, commander of his host.

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

And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore have ye come in mite me, seeing that, ye, hated me, and 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 Yahweh was with thee, so we said, Let there be we pray thee an oath betwixt us both, betwixt us and thee, —and let us solemnise 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 not do wrong by us, according as we touched not thee, and according as we did by thee nothing but good, and then sent thee away in peace, thee who, now, art blessed of Yahweh!

٣٠ 30 فَصَنَعَ لَهُمْ ضِيَافَةً، فَأَكَلُوا وَشَرِبُوا.

So he made for them a banquet, and they did eat and drink, —

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

and rose up early in the morning, and took an oath each man to his brother, so Isaac let them go, 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, on the same day, that the servants of Isaac came in, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said to him, We have found water!

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

So he called it, Shibah. For this cause, hath the name of the city, been 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, daughter of Beeri. the Hittite; and Basemath, daughter of Elon, the Hittite;

٣٥ 35 فَكَانَتَا مَرَارَةَ نَفْسٍ لِإِسْحَاقَ وَرِفْقَةَ.

and they became a bitterness of spirit, to Isaac and to Rebekah.