Genesis 26

1 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.

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.

2 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.

The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Settle in the land where I tell you.

3 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.

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.

4 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.

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,

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

because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”

6 And he dwelt Isaac in Gerar.

So Isaac settled in Gerar.

7 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.

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.”

8 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.

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.

9 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.

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.”

10 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.

“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.”

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

So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “Whoever harms this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”

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

Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,

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

and he became richer and richer, until he was exceedingly wealthy.

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

He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.

15 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.

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.

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

Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us.”

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

So Isaac left that place and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there.

18 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.

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.

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

Then Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found a well of fresh water there.

20 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.

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.

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

Then they dug another well and quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.

22 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.

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.”

23 And he went up from there Beer Sheba.

From there Isaac went up to Beersheba,

24 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.

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.”

25 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.

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.

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

Later, Abimelech came to Isaac from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army.

27 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.

“Why have you come to me?” Isaac asked them. “You hated me and sent me away.”

28 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.

“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

29 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.

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.”

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

So Isaac prepared a feast for them, and they ate and drank.

31 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.

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.

32 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.

On that same day, Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. “We have found water!” they told him.

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

So he called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the city is Beersheba.

34 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.

When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.

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

And they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.