Genesis 26

1 There was a famine in the country—not the one that happened before in Abraham's time, but a later one. So Isaac moved to Gerar in the territory of Abimelech, king of the Philistines.

and to be famine in/on/with land: country/planet from to/for alone: besides [the] famine [the] first: previous which to be in/on/with day Abraham and to go: went Isaac to(wards) Abimelech king Philistine Gerar [to]

2 The Lord appeared to Isaac and told him, “Don't go to Egypt—live in the country that I tell you to.

and to see: see to(wards) him LORD and to say not to go down Egypt [to] to dwell in/on/with land: country/planet which to say to(wards) you

3 Stay here in this country. I will be with you and I will bless you, because I'm going to give you and your descendants all these lands. I will keep the solemn promise that I swore to Abraham your father.

to sojourn in/on/with land: country/planet [the] this and to be with you and to bless you for to/for you and to/for seed: children your to give: give [obj] all [the] land: country/planet [the] these and to arise: establish [obj] [the] oath which to swear to/for Abraham father your

4 I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars of heaven and I will give them all these lands. All the nations of the earth will be blessed by your descendants,

and to multiply [obj] seed: children your like/as star [the] heaven and to give: give to/for seed: children your [obj] all [the] land: country/planet [the] these and to bless in/on/with seed: children your all nation [the] land: country/planet

5 because Abraham did what I told him, and kept my requirements, my commands, my regulations, and my laws.”

consequence which to hear: obey Abraham in/on/with voice my and to keep: obey charge my commandment my statute my and instruction my

6 So Isaac stayed in Gerar.

and to dwell Isaac in/on/with Gerar

7 When the men there asked him about his wife, he told them, “She's my sister,” because he was afraid. He said to himself, “If I say she's my wife, the men here will kill me to get Rebekah, because she's so beautiful.”

and to ask human [the] place to/for woman: wife his and to say sister my he/she/it for to fear to/for to say woman: wife my lest to kill me human [the] place upon Rebekah for pleasant appearance he/she/it

8 But later on, after he'd been there a while, Abimelech, king of the Philistines, happened to look out the window and saw Isaac lovingly fondling his wife Rebekah.

and to be for to prolong to/for him there [the] day and to look Abimelech king Philistine about/through/for [the] window and to see: see and behold Isaac to laugh with Rebekah woman: wife his

9 Abimelech sent for Isaac and complained. “From what I saw she's clearly your wife!” he said. “Why on earth did you say, ‘She's my sister’?” “Because I thought I'd be killed because of her,” Isaac replied.

and to call: call to Abimelech to/for Isaac and to say surely behold woman: wife your he/she/it and how? to say sister my he/she/it and to say to(wards) him Isaac for to say lest to die upon her

10 “Why would you do this to us?” Abimelech asked. “One of the men here might have slept with your wife, and you would have made us all guilty!”

and to say Abimelech what? this to make: do to/for us like/as little to lie down: have sex one [the] people [obj] woman: wife your and to come (in): bring upon us guilt (offering)

11 Abimelech issued orders to all the people, warning them, “Anyone who touches this man or his wife will be executed.”

and to command Abimelech [obj] all [the] people to/for to say [the] to touch in/on/with man [the] this and in/on/with woman: wife his to die to die

12 Isaac sowed grain that year, and the Lord blessed him with a harvest that was a hundred times what he planted.

and to sow Isaac in/on/with land: country/planet [the] he/she/it and to find in/on/with year [the] he/she/it hundred hundredfold and to bless him LORD

13 He became a rich man, and his wealth steadily increased until he was very rich.

and to magnify [the] man and to go: continue to go: continue and growing till for to magnify much

14 He owned many flocks of sheep and herds of cattle, as well as many slaves. He had so much that the Philistines became jealous of him.

and to be to/for him livestock flock and livestock cattle and service many and be jealous [obj] him Philistine

15 So the Philistines used dirt to block up all the wells his father Abraham's servants had dug.

and all [the] well which to search servant/slave father his in/on/with day Abraham father his to close them Philistine and to fill them dust

16 Then Abimelech told Isaac, “You have to leave our country, because you've become much too powerful for us.”

and to say Abimelech to(wards) Isaac to go: went from from with us for be vast from us much

17 So Isaac moved away and set up his tents in the Gerar Valley where he settled down.

and to go: went from there Isaac and to camp in/on/with torrent: valley Gerar and to dwell there

18 He unblocked the wells that had been dug in his father Abraham's time—the ones the Philistines had blocked after the death of Abraham. He gave them the same names his father had.

and to return: again Isaac and to search [obj] well [the] water which to search in/on/with day Abraham father his and to close them Philistine after death Abraham and to call: call by to/for them name like/as name which to call: call by to/for them father his

19 Isaac's servants also dug a new well in the valley and found spring water.

and to search servant/slave Isaac in/on/with torrent: valley and to find there well water alive

20 But the herdsmen from Gerar argued with Isaac's herdsmen, claiming, “That's our water!” So Isaac named the well, “Argument,” because they argued with him.

and to contend to pasture Gerar with to pasture Isaac to/for to say to/for us [the] water and to call: call by name [the] well Esek for to contend with him

21 He had another well dug, and they argued over that one too. He named the well, “Opposition.”

and to search well another and to contend also upon her and to call: call by name her Sitnah

22 So they moved on from there and he had another well dug. This time there was no argument so he named the well, “Freedom,” saying, “Now the Lord has given us freedom to expand and be successful in this land.”

and to proceed from there and to search well another and not to contend upon her and to call: call by name her Rehoboth and to say for now to enlarge LORD to/for us and be fruitful in/on/with land: country/planet

23 From there he moved on to Beersheba.

and to ascend: rise from there Beersheba Beersheba

24 That night the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am the God of Abraham your father. Don't be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and give you many descendants for the sake of my servant Abraham.”

and to see: see to(wards) him LORD in/on/with night [the] he/she/it and to say I God Abraham father your not to fear for with you I and to bless you and to multiply [obj] seed: children your in/on/with for the sake of Abraham servant/slave my

25 Isaac built an altar and worshiped the Lord. He also set up his tent, and his servants dug a well there.

and to build there altar and to call: call to in/on/with name LORD and to stretch there tent his and to pierce there servant/slave Isaac well

26 Sometime later Abimelech came from Gerar to see Isaac, along with Ahuzzath his advisor, and Phicol the commander of his army.

and Abimelech to go: went to(wards) him from Gerar and Ahuzzath companion his and Phicol ruler army his

27 “Why have you come to see me?” Isaac asked them. “Previously you hated me and told me to leave!”

and to say to(wards) them Isaac why? to come (in): come to(wards) me and you(m. p.) to hate [obj] me and to send: depart me from with you

28 “Now we realize that the Lord is with you,” they replied. “So we agreed that we should make a sworn agreement with you.

and to say to see: see to see: see for to be LORD with you and to say to be please oath between us between us and between you and to cut: make(covenant) covenant with you

29 You'll promise not to harm us in the same way we've never hurt you. You'll agree that we've always treated you well, and when we asked you to leave we did so kindly. Now look at how the Lord is blessing you!”

if: surely yes to make: do with us distress: harm like/as as which not to touch you and like/as as which to make: do with you except good and to send: depart you in/on/with peace you(m. s.) now to bless LORD

30 So Isaac had a special meal prepared to celebrate the agreement. They ate and drank,

and to make to/for them feast and to eat and to drink

31 and got up early in the morning and they each swore oaths to one other. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they left in peace.

and to rise in/on/with morning and to swear man: anyone to/for brother: male-sibling his and to send: depart them Isaac and to go: went from with him in/on/with peace

32 It was that very day when Isaac's servants who'd been digging a well came and told him, “We've found water!”

and to be in/on/with day [the] he/she/it and to come (in): come servant/slave Isaac and to tell to/for him upon because [the] well which to search and to say to/for him to find water

33 So Isaac named the well, “Oath,” and that's why the name of the town is “Well of the Oath” (Beersheba) to this day.

and to call: call by [obj] her Shibah upon so name [the] city Beersheba Beersheba till [the] day: today [the] this

34 When Esau was 40, he married Judith, daughter of Beeri the Hittite, as well as Basemath, daughter of Elon the Hittite.

and to be Esau son: aged forty year and to take: marry woman: wife [obj] Judith daughter Beeri [the] Hittite and [obj] Basemath daughter Elon [the] Hittite

35 They caused Isaac and Rebekah a great deal of grief.

and to be bitterness spirit to/for Isaac and to/for Rebekah