Genesis 26
1 Now there was another famine in the land, subsequent to the one that had occurred in Abraham’s time. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.
orta autem fame super terram post eam sterilitatem quae acciderat in diebus Abraham abiit Isaac ad Abimelech regem Palestinorum in Gerara
2 The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Settle in the land where I tell you.
apparuitque ei Dominus et ait ne descendas in Aegyptum sed quiesce in terra quam dixero tibi
3 Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.
et peregrinare in ea eroque tecum et benedicam tibi tibi enim et semini tuo dabo universas regiones has conplens iuramentum quod spopondi Abraham patri tuo
4 I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed,
et multiplicabo semen tuum sicut stellas caeli daboque posteris tuis universas regiones has et benedicentur in semine tuo omnes gentes terrae
5 because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”
eo quod oboedierit Abraham voci meae et custodierit praecepta et mandata mea et caerimonias legesque servaverit
6 So Isaac settled in Gerar.
mansit itaque Isaac in Geraris
7 But when the men of that place asked about his wife, he said, “She is my sister.” For he was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” since he thought to himself, “The men of this place will kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is so beautiful.”
qui cum interrogaretur a viris loci illius super uxore sua respondit soror mea est timuerat enim confiteri quod sibi esset sociata coniugio reputans ne forte interficerent eum propter illius pulchritudinem
8 When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked down from the window and was surprised to see Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.
cumque pertransissent dies plurimi et ibi demoraretur prospiciens Abimelech Palestinorum rex per fenestram vidit eum iocantem cum Rebecca uxore sua
9 Abimelech sent for Isaac and said, “So she is really your wife! How could you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac replied, “Because I thought I might die on account of her.”
et accersito ait perspicuum est quod uxor tua sit cur mentitus es sororem tuam esse respondit timui ne morerer propter eam
10 “What is this you have done to us?” asked Abimelech. “One of the people could easily have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.”
dixitque Abimelech quare inposuisti nobis potuit coire quispiam de populo cum uxore tua et induxeras super nos grande peccatum praecepitque omni populo dicens
11 So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “Whoever harms this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”
qui tetigerit hominis huius uxorem morte morietur
12 Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,
seruit autem Isaac in terra illa et invenit in ipso anno centuplum benedixitque ei Dominus
13 and he became richer and richer, until he was exceedingly wealthy.
et locupletatus est homo et ibat proficiens atque succrescens donec magnus vehementer effectus est
14 He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.
habuit quoque possessionem ovium et armentorum et familiae plurimum ob haec invidentes ei Palestini
15 So the Philistines took dirt and stopped up all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the days of his father Abraham.
omnes puteos quos foderant servi patris illius Abraham illo tempore obstruxerunt implentes humo
16 Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us.”
in tantum ut ipse Abimelech diceret ad Isaac recede a nobis quoniam potentior nostri factus es valde
17 So Isaac left that place and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there.
et ille discedens veniret ad torrentem Gerarae habitaretque ibi
18 Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died. And he gave these wells the same names his father had given them.
rursum fodit alios puteos quos foderant servi patris sui Abraham et quos illo mortuo olim obstruxerant Philisthim appellavitque eos hisdem nominibus quibus ante pater vocaverat
19 Then Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found a well of fresh water there.
foderunt in torrente et reppererunt aquam vivam
20 But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen and said, “The water is ours!” So he named the well Esek, because they contended with him.
sed et ibi iurgium fuit pastorum Gerarae adversum pastores Isaac dicentium nostra est aqua quam ob rem nomen putei ex eo quod acciderat vocavit Calumniam
21 Then they dug another well and quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.
foderunt et alium et pro illo quoque rixati sunt appellavitque eum Inimicitias
22 He moved on from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. He named it Rehoboth and said, “At last the LORD has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”
profectus inde fodit alium puteum pro quo non contenderunt itaque vocavit nomen illius Latitudo dicens nunc dilatavit nos Dominus et fecit crescere super terram
23 From there Isaac went up to Beersheba,
ascendit autem ex illo loco in Bersabee
24 and that night the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of My servant Abraham.”
ubi apparuit ei Dominus in ipsa nocte dicens ego sum Deus Abraham patris tui noli metuere quia tecum sum benedicam tibi et multiplicabo semen tuum propter servum meum Abraham
25 So Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD, and he pitched his tent there. His servants also dug a well there.
itaque aedificavit ibi altare et invocato nomine Domini extendit tabernaculum praecepitque servis suis ut foderent puteum
26 Later, Abimelech came to Isaac from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army.
ad quem locum cum venissent de Geraris Abimelech et Ochozath amicus illius et Fichol dux militum
27 “Why have you come to me?” Isaac asked them. “You hated me and sent me away.”
locutus est eis Isaac quid venistis ad me hominem quem odistis et expulistis a vobis
28 “We can plainly see that the LORD has been with you,” they replied. “We recommend that there should now be an oath between us and you. Let us make a covenant with you
qui responderunt vidimus tecum esse Dominum et idcirco nunc diximus sit iuramentum inter nos et ineamus foedus
29 that you will not harm us, just as we have not harmed you but have done only good to you, sending you on your way in peace. And now you are blessed by the LORD.”
ut non facias nobis quicquam mali sicut et nos nihil tuorum adtigimus nec fecimus quod te laederet sed cum pace dimisimus auctum benedictione Domini
30 So Isaac prepared a feast for them, and they ate and drank.
fecit ergo eis convivium et post cibum et potum
31 And they got up early the next morning and swore an oath to each other. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they left him in peace.
surgentes mane iuraverunt sibi mutuo dimisitque eos Isaac pacifice in locum suum
32 On that same day, Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. “We have found water!” they told him.
ecce autem venerunt in ipso die servi Isaac adnuntiantes ei de puteo quem foderant atque dicentes invenimus aquam
33 So he called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the city is Beersheba.
unde appellavit eum Abundantiam et nomen urbi inpositum est Bersabee usque in praesentem diem
34 When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.
Esau vero quadragenarius duxit uxores Iudith filiam Beeri Hetthei et Basemath filiam Helon eiusdem loci
35 And they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.
quae ambae offenderant animum Isaac et Rebeccae
