Genesis 26
1 Some time later there was a severe (famine/scarcity of food) there. That was different from the famine that occurred when Abraham was alive. So Isaac went [southeast] to Gerar [town, to talk] to Abimelech, the king of the Philistine people-group. [What happened was this: Isaac considered going to Egypt],
Og det kom eit uår, so det vart stor naud i landet, liksom fyrre gongen, medan Abraham livde. Då for Isak til Gerar, til Abimelek, filistarkongen.
2 but Yahweh appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt! Live in the land where I will tell you to go!
Og Herren synte seg for honom og sagde: «Far ikkje ned til Egyptarland! Bu i det landet som eg segjer deg!
3 Stay in this land for a while, and I will help you and bless you, because it is to you and your descendants that I will give all these lands, and I will do what I solemnly promised to your father.
Hald til i dette landet! Eg skal vera med deg og velsigna deg; for deg og ætti di vil eg gjeva alle desse landi; eg vil halda den eiden eg svor Abraham, far din.
4 I will cause your descendants to be as numerous as the stars in the sky. I will give to your descendants all these lands, and I will cause your descendants to be a blessing to the people of [MTY] all nations on the earth.
Og eg vil lata ætti di aukast, so ho vert som stjernorne på himmelen, og eg vil gjeva ætti di alle desse landi, og i di ætt skal alle folk på jordi velsignast,
5 I will do that because your father Abraham obeyed me. He obeyed everything that I told him to do, everything that I declared and all the laws that I gave him.” So Isaac [went and asked King Abimelech if he would permit him to live in the Gerar area. The king said, “Okay,”]
for di Abraham lydde meg, og heldt alt det eg vilde han skulde halda, bodi og fyresegnerne og loverne mine.»
6 [so Isaac] stayed there [along with his wife and sons].
So vart Isak buande i Gerar.
7 When the men in Gerar [town] asked who Rebekah was, Isaac said, “She is my sister.” He said that because he was afraid to say, “She is my wife.” He thought, “Rebekah is very beautiful, so they will want her. [If I say that she is my sister, they know they will have to negotiate about a bride price because I am her older brother; but if I say that she is my wife, no negotiation will be possible]. They will just kill me to get her.”
Og mennerne der i bygdi spurde honom ut um kona hans. Då sagde han: «Ho er syster mi.» For han torde ikkje segja at ho var kona hans; han var rædd mennerne i bygdi kunde slå honom i hel for Rebekka skuld, av di ho var so væn.
8 When Isaac had been there a long time, one day Abimelech, the king of the Philistine people-group, looked down from a window [in his palace] and was surprised to see Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.
Men då han hadde vore der eit bil, bar det so til, at Abimelek, filistarkongen, skvatta ut igjenom vindauga og fekk sjå at Isak heldt gaman med Rebekka, kona si.
9 So Abimelech summoned Isaac and said to him, “Now I realize that she is really your wife! So why did you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac replied to him, “I said that because I thought that someone here might kill me to get her.”
Og Abimelek kalla Isak til seg og sagde: «No ser me ho er kona di! Kvi sagde du då at ho var syster di?» «Eg tenkte eg kunde koma til å missa livet for hennar skuld, » svara Isak.
10 Abimelech said, “(You should not have done this to us!/Why did you do this?) [RHQ] One of our people might have (had sex with/slept with) [EUP] your wife, and you would have caused us to be guilty of a great sin!”
Då sagde Abimelek: «Kva er det du hev gjort imot oss! Kor lett kunde ikkje det ha hendt, at einkvar av folket hadde lege med kona di, og då hadde du lagt ei stor synd på oss.»
11 Then Abimelech commanded all his people, saying, “Do not harm/molest this man or his wife! Anyone who does that will surely be executed!”
Sidan tala Abimelek til alt folket og lyste ut dei ordi: «Den som rører denne mannen eller kona hans, han skal lata livet.»
12 Isaac planted grain in that land that year, and he harvested a very large crop, because Yahweh blessed him.
Isak sådde der i landet, og det året fekk han hundrad foll; for Herren velsigna honom.
13 Isaac continued to acquire more and more possessions, until finally he became very wealthy.
Og mannen tok til å verta rik, og vart rikare og rikare, til han var ovrik.
14 He had large herds of sheep and goats and cattle, and many slaves. Because of that, the Philistine people envied him.
Han hadde mykje bufe, både smått og stort, og mange drengjer, og filistarane vart ovundsjuke på honom.
15 So all the wells that the servants of his father Abraham had dug during the time when he was alive, the people filled up with dirt.
Og alle dei brunnar som drengjerne åt far hans hadde grave medan Abraham, far hans, livde, deim kasta filistarane att, og fyllte deim med jord.
16 Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “You people have become more numerous than we are, so I want you to get out of our area.”
Og Abimelek sagde med Isak: «Flyt burt ifrå oss! du hev vorte for stor for oss.»
17 So Isaac [and his family] moved from there. They set up their tents in Gerar Valley [and started to live there].
So flutte Isak burt, og lægra i Gerardalen, og der vart han buande.
18 There were several wells in that area that had been dug when Isaac’s father Abraham was living, but Philistine people had filled them up [with dirt] after Abraham died. Now Isaac and his servants removed the dirt, and Isaac gave the wells the same names that his father had given to them.
Og Isak grov upp att dei brunnarne som dei hadde grave medan Abraham, far hans, livde, og som filistarane hadde fyllt att då Abraham var burte, og han kalla deim det same som far hans hadde kalla deim.
19 Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and discovered a well of fresh water.
Og drengjerne hans Isak grov der i dalen, og fann ei vatsådr.
20 But other men who lived in Gerar [Valley] who took care of their animals argued/quarreled with the men who took care of Isaac’s animals, and said, “The water in this well is ours!” So Isaac named the well Esek, which means ‘dispute’, because they disputed about who owned it.
Då tok hyrdingarne frå Gerar til å trætta med hyrdingarne hans Isak, og sagde: «Det er vårt vatn.» Og Isak kalla den brunnen Esek, av di dei hadde dregest med honom.
21 Then Isaac’s servants dug another well, but they quarreled about who owned that one also. So Isaac named it Sitnah, [which means ‘opposition]’.
Sidan grov dei ein annan brunn. Den trætta dei og um, og han kalla honom Sitna
22 They moved on from there and dug another well, but this time no one quarreled about who owned it. So Isaac named it Rehoboth, [which means ‘uninhabited place’], saying, “Yahweh has given us an uninhabited place to live in, a place that is not wanted by other people, and we will become very prosperous here.”
So flutte han burt derifrå, og grov ein ny brunn. Den trætta dei ikkje um, og han kalla honom Rehobot, og sagde: «No hev Herren gjort det romt for oss, so me kann veksa i landet.»
23 From there Isaac went up to Beersheba.
Sidan for han derifrå upp til Be’erseba.
24 The first night that he was there, Yahweh appeared to him and said, “I am God, whom your father Abraham worshiped. Do not be afraid of anything. I will help you and bless you, and because of what I promised my servant Abraham, I will greatly increase the number of your descendants.”
Og same natti synte Herren seg for honom, og sagde: «Eg er Gud åt Abraham, far din. Ver ikkje rædd, eg er med deg; eg skal velsigna deg og lata ætti di aukast for Abraham skuld, han som var tenaren min.»
25 So Isaac built a stone altar there [and offered a sacrifice] to worship Yahweh. He [and his servants] set up their tents there, and his servants started to dig a well.
So bygde han eit altar der, og kalla på Gud. Og der sette han upp tjeldbudi si, og drengjerne hans grov ein brunn.
26 [While they were digging the well], King Abimelech came to Isaac from Gerar, along with Ahuzzath, his advisor, and Phicol, the commander of his army.
Sidan kom Abimelek til honom frå Gerar med Ahusat, venen sin, og Pikol, herhovdingen sin.
27 Isaac asked them, “You (acted in a hostile way toward me/treated me like an enemy) before, and sent me away. So why have you come to me now?”
Då sagde Isak med deim: «Kvi kjem de hit til meg, de som hev hata meg og jaga meg burt ifrå dykk?»
28 One of them answered, “We have seen that Yahweh helps you. So we said to each other, ‘We should have an agreement between us and you. We should make a peace treaty with you,
Og dei svara: «Me ser det grant at Herren er med deg, og no segjer me: «Kom, lat oss sverja ein eid oss imillom, me og du, og lat oss få gjera ei semja med deg,
29 stating that you will not harm us, in the same way that we did not molest [EUP] you.’ We always treated you well and sent you away peacefully. And now Yahweh is blessing you.”
at du ikkje skal gjera oss noko vondt, liksom heller ikkje me rørde deg, men berre gjorde vel imot deg, og let deg fara i fred.» No er du den som Herren hev velsigna.»
30 So Isaac made a feast for them, and they all ate and drank.
So gjorde han eit gjestebod for deim, og dei åt og drakk.
31 Early the next morning they all (swore/solemnly promised) each other that they would do what they had promised. Then Isaac sent them home peacefully.
Og tidleg um morgonen reis dei upp, og gjorde eiden åt kvarandre. Sidan bad Isak farvel med deim, og dei for burt ifrå honom i fred.
32 That day Isaac’s servants came to him and told him about the well that they had finished digging. They said, “We found water in the well!”
Same dagen hende det at drengjerne hans Isak kom og sagde frå um den brunnen dei hadde grave. «No hev me funne vatn!» sagde dei med honom.
33 Isaac named the well Shibah, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘oath’]. To the present time the town there has the name Beersheba [which means ‘Friendship Agreement Well’].
Og han kalla brunnen Sjib’a. Difor heiter byen Be’erseba den dag i dag.
34 When Esau was 40 years old, he married Judith, the daughter of Beeri, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon. Both of those women were descendants of Heth, [not from Isaac’s clan].
Då Esau var fyrti år gamall, gifte han seg med Jehudit, dotter åt ein hetit som heitte Be’eri, og med Basmat, dotter åt ein annan hetit, som heitte Elon.
35 Esau’s two wives made life miserable for Isaac and Rebekah.
Og det vart ei hjartesorg for Isak og Rebekka.
