Genesi 26
1 Or ci fu la carestia nel paese, oltre la prima carestia che c’era stata al tempo d’Abrahamo. E Isacco andò da Abimelec, re dei Filistei, a Gherar.
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],
2 E l’Eterno gli apparve e gli disse: “Non scendere in Egitto; dimora nel paese che io ti dirò.
but Yahweh appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt! Live in the land where I will tell you to go!
3 Soggiorna in questo paese, e io sarò teco e ti benedirò, poiché io darò a te e alla tua progenie tutti questi paesi, e manterrò il giuramento che feci ad Abrahamo tuo padre,
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.
4 e moltiplicherò la tua progenie come le stelle del cielo, darò alla tua progenie tutti questi paesi, e tutte le nazioni della terra saranno benedette nella tua progenie,
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.
5 perché Abrahamo ubbidì alla mia voce e osservò quello che gli avevo ordinato, i miei comandamenti, i miei statuti e le mie leggi”.
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,”]
6 E Isacco dimorò in Gherar.
[so Isaac] stayed there [along with his wife and sons].
7 E quando la gente del luogo gli faceva delle domande intorno alla sua moglie, egli rispondeva: “E’ mia sorella”; perché avea paura di dire: “E’ mia moglie”. “Non vorrei”, egli pensava, “che la gente del luogo avesse ad uccidermi, a motivo di Rebecca”. Poiché ella era di bell’aspetto.
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.”
8 Ora, prolungandosi quivi il suo soggiorno, avvenne che Abimelec re de’ Filistei, mentre guardava dalla finestra, vide Isacco che scherzava con Rebecca sua moglie.
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.
9 E Abimelec chiamò Isacco, e gli disse: “Certo, costei è tua moglie; come mai dunque, hai detto: E mia sorella?” E Isacco rispose: “Perché dicevo: Non vorrei esser messo a morte a motivo di lei”.
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.”
10 E Abimelec: “Che cos’è questo che ci hai fatto? Poco è mancato che qualcuno del popolo si giacesse con tua moglie, e tu ci avresti tirato addosso una gran colpa”.
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!”
11 E Abimelec diede quest’ordine a tutto il popolo: “Chiunque toccherà quest’uomo o sua moglie sia messo a morte”.
Then Abimelech commanded all his people, saying, “Do not harm/molest this man or his wife! Anyone who does that will surely be executed!”
12 Isacco seminò in quel paese, e in quell’anno raccolse il centuplo; e l’Eterno lo benedisse.
Isaac planted grain in that land that year, and he harvested a very large crop, because Yahweh blessed him.
13 Quest’uomo divenne grande, andò crescendo sempre più, finché diventò grande oltremisura.
Isaac continued to acquire more and more possessions, until finally he became very wealthy.
14 Fu padrone di greggi di pecore, di mandre di buoi e di numerosa servitù. I Filistei lo invidiavano;
He had large herds of sheep and goats and cattle, and many slaves. Because of that, the Philistine people envied him.
15 e perciò turarono ed empiron di terra tutti i pozzi che i servi di suo padre aveano scavati al tempo d’Abrahamo suo padre.
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.
16 E Abimelec disse ad Isacco: “Vattene da noi, poiché tu sei molto più potente di noi”.
Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “You people have become more numerous than we are, so I want you to get out of our area.”
17 Isacco allora si partì di là, s’accampò nella valle di Gherar, e quivi dimorò.
So Isaac [and his family] moved from there. They set up their tents in Gerar Valley [and started to live there].
18 E Isacco scavò di nuovo i pozzi d’acqua ch’erano stati scavati al tempo d’Abrahamo suo padre, e che i Filistei avean turati dopo la morte d’Abrahamo; e pose loro gli stessi nomi che avea loro posto suo padre.
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.
19 E i servi d’Isacco scavarono nella valle, e vi trovarono un pozzo d’acqua viva.
Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and discovered a well of fresh water.
20 Ma i pastori di Gherar altercarono coi pastori d’Isacco, dicendo: “L’acqua è nostra”. Ed egli chiamò il pozzo Esek, perché quelli aveano conteso con lui.
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.
21 Poi i servi scavarono un altro pozzo, e per questo ancora quelli altercarono. E Isacco lo chiamò Sitna.
Then Isaac’s servants dug another well, but they quarreled about who owned that one also. So Isaac named it Sitnah, [which means ‘opposition]’.
22 Allora egli si partì di là, e scavò un altro pozzo per il quale quelli non altercarono. Ed egli lo chiamò Rehoboth “perché”, disse, “ora l’Eterno ci ha messi al largo, e noi prospereremo nel paese”.
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.”
23 Poi di là Isacco salì a Beer-Sceba.
From there Isaac went up to Beersheba.
24 E l’Eterno gli apparve quella stessa notte, e gli disse: “Io sono l’Iddio d’Abrahamo tuo padre; non temere, poiché io sono teco e ti benedirò e moltiplicherò la tua progenie per amor d’Abrahamo mio servo”.
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.”
25 Ed egli edificò quivi un altare, invocò il nome dell’Eterno, e vi piantò la sua tenda. E i servi d’Isacco scavaron quivi un pozzo.
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.
26 Abimelec andò a lui da Gherar con Ahuzath, suo amico, e con Picol, capo del suo esercito.
[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.
27 E Isacco disse loro: “Perché venite da me, giacché mi odiate e m’avete mandato via dal vostro paese?”
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?”
28 E quelli risposero: “Noi abbiam chiaramente veduto che l’Eterno è teco; e abbiam detto: Si faccia ora un giuramento fra noi, fra noi e te, e facciam lega teco.
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,
29 Giura che non ci farai alcun male, così come noi non t’abbiamo toccato, e non t’abbiamo fatto altro che del bene, e t’abbiamo lasciato andare in pace. Tu sei ora benedetto dall’Eterno”.
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.”
30 E Isacco fece loro un convito, ed essi mangiarono e bevvero.
So Isaac made a feast for them, and they all ate and drank.
31 La mattina dipoi si levarono di buon’ora e si fecero scambievole giuramento. Poi Isacco li accomiatò, e quelli si partirono da lui in pace.
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.
32 Or avvenne che, in quello stesso giorno, i servi d’Isacco gli vennero a dar notizia del pozzo che aveano scavato, dicendogli: “Abbiam trovato dell’acqua”.
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!”
33 Ed egli lo chiamò Sciba. Per questo la città porta il nome di Beer-Sceba, fino al di d’oggi.
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’].
34 Or Esaù, in età di quarant’anni, prese per moglie Judith, figliuola di Beeri, lo Hitteo, e Basmath, figliuola di Elon, lo Hitteo.
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].
35 Esse furon cagione d’amarezza d’animo a Isacco ed a Rebecca.
Esau’s two wives made life miserable for Isaac and Rebekah.
