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],
Så kom en dyr tid i landet, efter den förra, som var i Abrahams tid: Och Isaac for till Abimelech, de Philisteers Konung, till 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!
Då uppenbarade sig honom Herren, och sade: Far icke ned i Egypten; utan blif i det land, som jag säger dig.
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.
Blif en främling i desso landena, och jag skall vara med dig, och välsigna dig; förty dig dine säd skall jag gifva all denna landen, och skall stadfästa min ed, som jag dinom fader Abraham svurit hafver.
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.
Och skall föröka dina säd såsom stjernorna på himmelen, och skall gifva dine säd all denna landen; och igenom dina säd skola all folk på jordene välsignade varda.
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,”]
Derföre, att Abraham hafver varit mina röst hörig, och hafver hållit mina seder, min bud, mina stadgar och min lag.
6 [so Isaac] stayed there [along with his wife and sons].
Så bodde Isaac 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.”
Och när folket i den landsändanom frågade honom om hans hustru, sade han: Hon är min syster; ty han fruktade att säga: Hon är min hustru; att de tilläfventyrs icke måtte slagit honom ihjäl för Rebeckas skull; ty hon var dägelig under ansigtet.
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.
Då han nu hade varit der en tid lång, såg Abimelech de Philisteers Konung ut genom fenstret, och vardt varse att Isaac skämtade med sine hustru Rebecka.
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.”
Då kallade Abimelech Isaac, och sade: Si, det är din hustru; hvi hafver du sagt: Hon är min syster? Isaac svarade honom: Jag tänkte, att jag måtte tilläfventyrs varda slagen ihjäl för hennes skull.
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 sade: Hvi hafver du då gjort oss det? Måtte sakta hafva skett, att någon af folket hade lägrat sig med dine hustru, och så hade du kommit skuld uppå 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!”
Då böd Abimelech allo folkena, och sade: Hvilken som kommer vid denna mannen, eller hans hustru, han skall döden dö.
12 Isaac planted grain in that land that year, and he harvested a very large crop, because Yahweh blessed him.
Och Isaac sådde der i landet, och fick det året hundradefaldt; ty Herren välsignade honom.
13 Isaac continued to acquire more and more possessions, until finally he became very wealthy.
Och han vardt en mägtig man, gick och växte till, till dess han vardt ganska stor.
14 He had large herds of sheep and goats and cattle, and many slaves. Because of that, the Philistine people envied him.
Och hade mycket gods i får och fä, och mycket tjenstefolk; derföre afundades de Philisteer vid 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.
Och kastade igen alla de brunnar, som hans faders tjenare grafvit hade i hans faders Abrahams tid, och fyllde dem upp 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.”
Så att ock Abimelech sade till honom: Far ifrån oss; ty du äst vorden oss för mägtig.
17 So Isaac [and his family] moved from there. They set up their tents in Gerar Valley [and started to live there].
Då for Isaac dädan, och slog upp sin tjäll i Gerars dal, och bodde der.
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.
Och lät uppgrafva igen de vattubrunnar, som de i hans faders Abrahams tid grafvit hade, hvilka de Philisteer efter Abrahams död igenfyllt hade: Och kallade dem vid samma namnet, som hans fader dem kallat hade.
19 Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and discovered a well of fresh water.
Grofvo ock Isaacs tjenare i dalenom, och funno der en brunn med lefvandes vatten.
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.
Men herdarne af Gerar trätte med Isaacs herdar, och sade: Detta vattnet är vårt. Då kallade han den brunnen Esek, derföre att de hade der gjort honom högmod.
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]’.
Då grofvo de en annan brunn, der trätte de ock öfver; derföre kallade han 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.”
Då skyndade han sig dädan, och grof en annan brunn; der trätte de intet om; derföre kallade han honom Rehoboth, och sade: Nu hafver Herren gifvit oss rum, och låtit oss växa till i landena.
23 From there Isaac went up to Beersheba.
Derefter for han dädan till BerSaba.
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.”
Och Herren syntes honom i den nattene, och sade: Jag är dins faders Abrahams Gud: Frukta dig intet, ty jag är med dig, och skall välsigna dig, och föröka dina säd, för mins tjenares Abrahams skull.
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.
Då byggde han dersammastädes ett altare, och predikade om Herrans namn, och uppslog der sitt tjäll: Och hans tjenare grofvo der en 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.
Och Abimelech gick till honom af Gerar, och Ahusath hans vän, och Phicol hans härhöfvitsman.
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?”
Men Isaac sade till dem: Hvi kommen I till mig? Haten I mig dock, och hafven drifvit mig ifrån eder.
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,
De sade: Vi se med seende ögon, att Herren är med dig, derföre sade vi: Det skall vara en ed emellan oss och dig, och viljom göra ett förbund med dig;
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.”
Att du icke gör oss någon skada, lika som vi icke heller hafve något afhändt dig, och såsom vi ej heller hafve gjort dig annat än godt, och låtit dig fara med frid; men nu äst du den som Herren välsignat hafver.
30 So Isaac made a feast for them, and they all ate and drank.
Då gjorde han dem en måltid, och de åto och drucko.
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.
Och om morgonen bittida stodo de upp, och svoro den ene dem andra: Och Isaac lät dem gå. Och de foro ifrå honom med frid.
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!”
Samma dagen kommo Isaacs tjenare, och sade honom om brunnen, som de grafvit hade, och sade till honom: Vi hafvom funnit vatten.
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’].
Och han kallade honom Saba: Deraf heter den staden BerSaba än 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 fyratio år gammal, tog han hustrur, Judith, Beeri dens Hetheens dotter, och Basmath, Elons dens Hetheens dotter.
35 Esau’s two wives made life miserable for Isaac and Rebekah.
De voro båda emot Isaac och Rebecka ganska bittra.
