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],
Havia uma fome na terra, além da primeira fome que ocorreu nos dias de Abraão. Isaac foi para Abimelech, rei dos filisteus, para Gerar.
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!
Yahweh apareceu a ele, e disse: “Não desça ao Egito. Vive na terra de que te falarei”.
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.
Vive nesta terra, e eu estarei contigo, e te abençoarei”. Pois eu lhe darei, e a seus descendentes, todas estas terras, e estabelecerei o juramento que fiz a Abraão, seu pai.
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.
Multiplicarei seus descendentes como as estrelas do céu, e darei todas estas terras aos seus descendentes. Em sua descendência todas as nações da terra serão abençoadas,
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,”]
porque Abraão obedeceu à minha voz e cumpriu minhas exigências, meus mandamentos, meus estatutos e minhas leis”.
6 [so Isaac] stayed there [along with his wife and sons].
Isaac viveu em 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.”
Os homens do lugar lhe perguntaram sobre sua esposa. Ele disse: “Ela é minha irmã”, pois ele tinha medo de dizer: “Minha esposa”, para que, pensava ele, “os homens do lugar pudessem me matar por Rebekah, porque ela é linda de se ver”.
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.
Quando ele estava lá há muito tempo, Abimelech, rei dos filisteus, olhou por uma janela e viu, e eis que Isaac estava acariciando Rebekah, sua esposa.
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.”
Abimelech chamou Isaac e disse: “Veja, certamente ela é sua esposa”. Por que você disse: 'Ela é minha irmã'?”. Isaac disse-lhe: “Porque eu disse: 'Para que eu não morra por causa dela'”.
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!”
Abimelech disse: “O que é isso que você nos fez? Uma das pessoas poderia facilmente ter se deitado com sua esposa, e você teria trazido culpa sobre nós”!
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!”
Abimelech comandou todo o povo, dizendo: “Aquele que tocar este homem ou sua esposa certamente será condenado à morte”.
12 Isaac planted grain in that land that year, and he harvested a very large crop, because Yahweh blessed him.
Isaac semeou naquela terra, e colheu no mesmo ano cem vezes o que plantou. Yahweh o abençoou.
13 Isaac continued to acquire more and more possessions, until finally he became very wealthy.
O homem cresceu muito, e cresceu mais e mais até se tornar muito grande.
14 He had large herds of sheep and goats and cattle, and many slaves. Because of that, the Philistine people envied him.
Ele tinha posses de rebanhos, posses de rebanhos e um grande lar. Os filisteus o invejavam.
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.
Agora todos os poços que os servos de seu pai haviam cavado nos dias de Abraão, seu pai, os filisteus haviam parado, e se encheram de terra.
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.”
Abimelech disse a Isaac: “Afaste-se de nós, pois você é muito mais poderoso do que nós”.
17 So Isaac [and his family] moved from there. They set up their tents in Gerar Valley [and started to live there].
Isaac partiu de lá, acampado no vale de Gerar, e viveu lá.
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.
Isaac cavou novamente os poços de água, que haviam cavado nos dias de Abraão, seu pai, pois os filisteus os haviam impedido após a morte de Abraão. Ele chamou seus nomes depois dos nomes pelos quais seu pai os havia chamado.
19 Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and discovered a well of fresh water.
Os servos de Isaac cavaram no vale, e encontraram ali um poço de água corrente.
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.
Os pastores de Gerar discutiram com os pastores de Isaac, dizendo: “A água é nossa”. Por isso ele chamou o nome do poço Esek, porque eles contendiam com ele.
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]’.
Eles cavaram outro poço, e discutiram sobre isso também. Então, ele chamou seu nome de Sitnah.
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.”
Ele deixou aquele lugar, e cavou outro poço. Eles não discutiram por causa daquele poço. Então, ele o chamou de Rehoboth. Ele disse: “Por enquanto Yahweh abriu espaço para nós, e nós seremos frutíferos na terra”.
23 From there Isaac went up to Beersheba.
Ele subiu de lá para Beersheba.
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.”
Yahweh apareceu-lhe na mesma noite e disse: “Eu sou o Deus de Abraão, seu pai. Não tenha medo, pois eu estou com você, e o abençoarei, e multiplicarei sua descendência por meu servo Abraão”.
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.
Ele construiu ali um altar, invocou o nome de Yahweh e armou ali sua tenda. Ali os servos de Isaac cavaram um poço.
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.
Então Abimelech foi até ele de Gerar com Ahuzzath, seu amigo, e Phicol, o capitão de seu exército.
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?”
Isaac lhes disse: “Por que vocês vieram até mim, já que me odeiam e me mandaram embora de vocês”?
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,
Eles disseram: “Vimos claramente que Yahweh estava com você”. Dissemos: “Que haja agora um juramento entre nós, mesmo entre nós e você, e façamos um pacto com você,
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.”
que você não nos fará nenhum mal, pois não lhe tocamos, e como nós não fizemos a você nada além do bem, e o mandamos embora em paz”. Agora você é o abençoado de Javé”.
30 So Isaac made a feast for them, and they all ate and drank.
Ele os fez um banquete, e eles comeram e beberam.
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.
Eles se levantaram algum tempo pela manhã, e fizeram um juramento um ao outro. Isaac os mandou embora, e eles se afastaram dele em paz.
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!”
No mesmo dia, chegaram os servos de Isaac, e lhe disseram a respeito do poço que haviam cavado, e lhe disseram: “Encontramos água”.
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’].
Ele o chamou de “Shibah”. Portanto, o nome da cidade é “Beersheba” até hoje.
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].
Quando Esaú tinha quarenta anos, tomou como esposa Judith, filha de Beeri, o hitita, e Basemath, a filha de Elon, o hitita.
35 Esau’s two wives made life miserable for Isaac and Rebekah.
They entristeceu os espíritos de Isaac e Rebekah.
