Genesis 26

1 And there is a famine in the land, besides the first famine which was in the days of Abraham, and Isaac goes to Abimelech king of the Philistines, to Gerar.

And it was a famine in the land besides the famine former which it was in [the] days of Abraham and he went Isaac to Abimelech [the] king of [the] Philistines Gerar towards.

2 And YHWH appears to him and says, “Do not go down toward Egypt, dwell in the land concerning which I speak to you,

And he appeared to him Yahweh and he said may not you go down Egypt towards dwell in the land which I will say to you.

3 sojourn in this land, and I am with you, and bless you, for to you and to your seed I give all these lands, and I have established the oath which I have sworn to your father Abraham;

Sojourn in the land this so I may be with you and I will bless you for to you and to offspring your I will give all the lands these and I will establish the oath which I swore to Abraham father your.

4 and I have multiplied your seed as stars of the heavens, and I have given to your seed all these lands; and all nations of the earth have blessed themselves in your Seed;

And I will multiply offspring your like [the] stars of the heavens and I will give to offspring your all the lands these and they will bless themselves by offspring your all [the] nations of the earth.

5 because that Abraham has listened to My voice, and keeps My charge, My commands, My statutes, and My laws.”

Consequence that he listened Abraham to voice my and he kept duty my commandments my statutes my and laws my.

6 And Isaac dwells in Gerar;

And he dwelt Isaac in Gerar.

7 and men of the place ask him of his wife, and he says, “She [is] my sister”: for he has been afraid to say, “My wife—lest the men of the place kill me for Rebekah, for she [is] of good appearance.”

And they asked [the] men of the place of wife his and he said [is] sister my she for he was afraid to say wife my lest they should kill me [the] men of the place on Rebekah for [was] good of appearance she.

8 And it comes to pass, when the days have been prolonged to him there, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looks through the window, and sees, and behold, Isaac is playing with his wife Rebekah.

And it was that they had become long to him there the days and he looked down Abimelech [the] king of [the] Philistines through the window and he saw and there! Isaac [was] playing with Rebekah wife his.

9 And Abimelech calls for Isaac and says, “Behold, she [is] surely your wife; and how could you have said, She [is] my sister?” And Isaac says to him, “Because I said, Lest I die for her.”

And he summoned Abimelech Isaac and he said surely here! [is] wife your she and how? did you say [is] sister my she and he said to him Isaac for I thought lest I should die on her.

10 And Abimelech says, “What [is] this you have done to us? As a little thing one of the people had lain with your wife, and you had brought on us guilt”;

And he said Abimelech what? this have you done to us like a little he lay with one of the people wife your and you will bring on us guilt.

11 and Abimelech commands all the people, saying, “He who comes against this man or against his wife, dying does die.”

And he commanded Abimelech all the people saying who [-ever] touches the man this and wife his certainly he will be put to death.

12 And Isaac sows in that land, and finds in that year a hundredfold, and YHWH blesses him;

And he sowed Isaac in the land that and he found in the year that one hundred measures and he blessed him Yahweh.

13 and the man is great, and goes on, going on and becoming great, until he has been very great,

And he became great the man and he went continuously and becoming great until for he became great exceedingly.

14 and he has possession of a flock, and possession of a herd, and an abundant service; and the Philistines envy him,

And it be[longed] to him livestock of flock and livestock of herd and service much and they envied him [the] Philistines.

15 and all the wells which his father’s servants dug in the days of his father Abraham, the Philistines have stopped them, and fill them with dust.

And all the wells which they had dug [the] servants of father his in [the] days of Abraham father his they stopped up them [the] Philistines and they filled them earth.

16 And Abimelech says to Isaac, “Go from us; for you have become much mightier than we”;

And he said Abimelech to Isaac go from with us for you have become [too] powerful for us much.

17 and Isaac goes from there, and encamps in the Valley of Gerar, and dwells there;

And he went from there Isaac and he encamped in [the] wadi of Gerar and he dwelt there.

18 and Isaac turns back, and digs the wells of water which they dug in the days of his father Abraham, which the Philistines have stopped after the death of Abraham, and he calls to them names according to the names which his father called them.

And he returned Isaac and he dug - [the] wells of water which people had dug in [the] days of Abraham father his and they had stopped up them [the] Philistines after [the] death of Abraham and he called them names like the names which he had called them father his.

19 And Isaac’s servants dig in the valley, and find there a well of living water,

And they dug [the] servants of Isaac in the wadi and they found there a well of water living.

20 and shepherds of Gerar strive with shepherds of Isaac, saying, “The water [is] ours”; and he calls the name of the well “Strife,” because they have striven habitually with him;

And they disputed [the] herdsmen of Gerar with [the] herdsmen of Isaac saying [belongs] to us the water and he called [the] name of the well Esek for they quarreled with him.

21 and they dig another well, and they strive also for it, and he calls its name “Hatred.”

And they dug a well another and they disputed also on it and he called name its Sitnah.

22 And he removes from there, and digs another well, and they have not striven for it, and he calls its name “Enlargements,” and says, “For—now has YHWH given enlargement to us, and we have been fruitful in the land.”

And he moved on from there and he dug a well another and not they disputed on it and he called name its Rehoboth and he said that now he has made space Yahweh for us and we will be fruitful in the land.

23 And he goes up from there [to] Beer-Sheba,

And he went up from there Beer Sheba.

24 and YHWH appears to him during that night and says, “I [am] the God of your father Abraham, do not fear, for I [am] with you, and have blessed you, and have multiplied your seed, because of My servant Abraham”;

And he appeared to him Yahweh in the night that and he said I [am] [the] God of Abraham father your may not you be afraid for [am] with you I and I will bless you and I will multiply offspring your for sake of Abraham servant my.

25 and he builds there an altar, and preaches in the Name of YHWH, and stretches out there his tent, and there Isaac’s servants dig a well.

And he built there an altar and he called on [the] name of Yahweh and he pitched there tent his and they dug there [the] servants of Isaac a well.

26 And Abimelech has gone to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phichol head of his host;

And Abimelech he came to him from Gerar and Ahuzzah close friend his and Phicol [the] commander of army his.

27 and Isaac says to them, “Why have you come to me, and you have hated me, and you send me away from you?”

And he said to them Isaac why? have you come to me and you you hate me and you sent away me from with you.

28 And they say, “We have certainly seen that YHWH has been with you, and we say, Now let there be an oath between us, between us and you, and let us make a covenant with you;

And they said certainly we have seen that he has been Yahweh - with you and we said let it be please an oath between us between us and between you and let us make a covenant with you.

29 do no evil with us, as we have not touched you, and as we have only done good with you, and send you away in peace; you [are] now blessed of YHWH.”

If you will do with us harm just as not we have touched you and just as we have done with you only good and we sent away you in peace you now [are] blessed of Yahweh.

30 And he makes a banquet for them, and they eat and drink,

And he prepared for them a feast and they ate and they drank.

31 and rise early in the morning, and swear to one another, and Isaac sends them away, and they go from him in peace.

And they rose early in the morning and they swore an oath each to brother his and he sent off them Isaac and they went from with him in peace.

32 And it comes to pass during that day that Isaac’s servants come and declare to him concerning the circumstances of the well which they have dug, and say to him, “We have found water”;

And it was - on the day that and they came [the] servants of Isaac and they told to him on [the] causes of the well which they had dug and they said to him we have found water.

33 and he calls it Shebah, [oath, ] therefore the name of the city [is] Beer-Sheba, [Well of the Oath, ] to this day.

And he called it Shibah there-fore [the] name of the city [is] Beer Sheba until the day this.

34 And Esau is a son of forty years, and he takes a wife, Judith, daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath, daughter of Elon the Hittite,

And he was Esau a son of forty year[s] and he took a wife Judith [the] daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath [the] daughter of Elon the Hittite.

35 and they are a bitterness of spirit to Isaac and to Rebekah.

And they were bitterness of spirit to Isaac and to Rebekah.