Genesis 26

1 Orta autem fame super terram post eam sterilitatem, quæ acciderat in diebus Abraham, abiit Isaac ad Abimelech regem Palæstinorum in Gerara.

And there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine, which was in the time of Abraam; and Isaac went to Abimelech the king of the Phylistines to Gerara.

2 Apparuitque ei Dominus, et ait: Ne descendas in Ægyptum, sed quiesce in terra, quam dixero tibi.

And the Lord appeared to him and said, Go not down to Egypt, but dwell in the land, which I shall tell you of.

3 Et peregrinare in ea, eroque tecum, et benedicam tibi: tibi enim et semini tuo dabo universas regiones has, complens iuramentum quod spopondi Abraham patri tuo.

And sojourn in this land; and I will be with you, and bless you, for I will give to you and to your seed all this land; and I will establish my oath which I swore to your father Abraam.

4 Et multiplicabo semen tuum sicut stellas cæli: daboque posteris tuis universas regiones has: et benedicentur in semine tuo omnes gentes terræ,

And I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven; and I will give to your seed all this land, and all the nations of the earth shall be blest in your seed.

5 eo quod obedierit Abraham voci meæ, et custodierit præcepta et mandata mea, et ceremonias legesque servaverit.

Because Abraam your father listened to my voice, and kept my injunctions, and my commandments, and my ordinances, and my statutes.

6 Mansit itaque Isaac in Geraris.

And Isaac lived in Gerara.

7 Qui cum interrogaretur a viris loci illius super uxore sua, respondit: Soror mea est. Timuerat enim confiteri quod sibi esset sociata coniugio, reputans ne forte interficerent eum propter illius pulchritudinem.

And the men of the place questioned him concerning Rebecca his wife, and he said, She is my sister, for he feared to say, She is my wife, lest at any time the men of the place should kill him because of Rebecca, because she was fair.

8 Cumque pertransissent dies plurimi, et ibidem moraretur, prospiciens Abimelech rex Palæstinorum per fenestram, vidit eum iocantem cum Rebecca uxore sua.

And he remained there a long time, and Abimelech the king of Gerara leaned to look through the window, and saw Isaac sporting with Rebecca his wife.

9 Et accersito eo, ait: Perspicuum est quod uxor tua sit: cur mentitus es eam sororem tuam esse? Respondit: Timui ne morerer propter eam.

And Abimelech called Isaac, and said to him, Is she then your wife? why have you said, She is my sister? And Isaac said to him, [I did so], for I said, Lest at any time I die on her account.

10 Dixitque Abimelech: Quare imposuisti nobis? potuit coire quispiam de populo cum uxore tua, et induxeras super nos grande peccatum. Præcepitque omni populo, dicens:

And Abimelech said to him, Why have you done this to us? one of my kindred within a little had lain with your wife, and you would have brought [a sin of] ignorance upon us.

11 Qui tetigerit hominis huius uxorem, morte morietur.

And Abimelech charged all his people, saying Every man that touches this man and his wife shall be liable to death.

12 Sevit autem Isaac in terra illa, et invenit in ipso anno centuplum: benedixitque ei Dominus.

And Isaac sowed in that land, and he found in that year barley and hundred-fold, and the Lord blessed him.

13 Et locupletatus est homo, et ibat proficiens atque succrescens, donec magnus vehementer effectus est:

And the man was exalted, and advancing he increased, till he became very great.

14 habuit quoque possessiones ovium et armentorum, et familiæ plurimum. Ob hoc invidentes ei Palæstini,

And he had cattle of sheep, and cattle of oxen, and many tilled lands, and the Phylistines envied him.

15 omnes puteos, quos foderant servi patris illius Abraham, illo tempore obstruxerunt, implentes humo:

And all the wells which the servants of his father had dug in the time of his father, the Phylistines stopped them, and filled them with earth.

16 in tantum, ut ipse Abimelech diceret ad Isaac: Recede a nobis, quoniam potentior nobis factus es valde.

And Abimelech said to Isaac, Depart from us, for you are become much mightier than we.

17 Et ille discedens, ut veniret ad torrentem Geraræ, habitaretque ibi:

And Isaac departed thence, and rested in the valley of Gerara, and lived there.

18 rursum fodit alios puteos, quos foderant servi patris sui Abraham, et quos, illo mortuo, olim obstruxerant Philisthiim: appellavitque eos eisdem nominibus quibus ante pater vocaverat.

And Isaac dug again the wells of water, which the servants of his father Abraam had dug, and the Phylistines had stopped them, after the death of his father Abraam; and he gave them names, according to the names by which his father named them.

19 Foderuntque in torrente, et repererunt aquam vivam.

And the servants of Isaac dug in the valley of Gerara, and they found there a well of living water.

20 Sed et ibi iurgium fuit pastorum Geraræ adversus pastores Isaac, dicentium: Nostra est aqua. Quam ob rem nomen putei ex eo, quod acciderat, vocavit Calumniam.

And the shepherds of Gerara strove with the shepherds of Isaac, saying that the water was theirs; and they called the name of the well, Injury, for they injured him.

21 Foderunt autem et alium: et pro illo quoque rixati sunt, appellavitque eum, Inimicitias.

And having departed thence he dug another well, and they strove also for that; and he named the name of it, Enmity.

22 Profectus inde fodit alium puteum, pro quo non contenderunt: itaque vocavit nomen eius, Latitudo, dicens: Nunc dilatavit nos Dominus, et fecit crescere super terram.

And he departed thence and dug another well; and they did not strive about that; and he named the name of it, Room, saying, Because now the Lord has made room for us, and has increased us upon the earth.

23 Ascendit autem ex illo loco in Bersabee,

And he went up thence to the well of the oath.

24 ubi apparuit ei Dominus in ipsa nocte, dicens: Ego sum Deus Abraham patris tui, noli timere, quia ego tecum sum: benedicam tibi, et multiplicabo semen tuum propter servum meum Abraham.

And the Lord appeared to him in that night, and said, I am the God of Abraam your father; fear not, for I am with you, and I will bless you, and multiply your seed for the sake of Abraam your father.

25 Itaque ædificavit ibi altare: et invocato nomine Domini, extendit tabernaculum: præcepitque servis suis ut foderunt puteum.

And he built there an altar, and called on the name of the Lord, and there he pitched his tent, and there the servants of Isaac dug a well in the valley of Gerara.

26 Ad quem locum cum venissent de Geraris Abimelech, et Ochozath amicus illius, et Phicol dux militum,

And Abimelech came to him from Gerara, and so did Ochozath his friend, and Phichol the commander-in-chief of his army.

27 locutus est eis Isaac: Quid venistis ad me hominem quem odistis, et expulistis a vobis?

And Isaac said to them, Therefore have you come to me? whereas you hated me, and sent me away from you.

28 Qui responderunt: Vidimus tecum esse Dominum, et idcirco nos diximus: Sit iuramentum inter nos, et ineamus fœdus,

And they said, We have surely seen that the Lord was with you, and we said, Let there be an oath between us and you, and we will make a covenant with you,

29 ut non facias nobis quidquam mali, sicut et nos nihil tuorum attigimus, nec fecimus quod te læderet: sed cum pace dimisimus auctum benedictione Domini.

that you shall do no wrong by us, as we have not abhorred you, and according as we have treated you well, and have sent you forth peaceably; and now you are blessed of the Lord.

30 Fecit ergo eis convivium, et post cibum et potum

And he made a feast for them, and they ate and drank.

31 surgentes mane, iuraverunt sibi mutuo: dimisitque eos Isaac pacifice in locum suum.

And they arose in the morning, and swore each to his neighbor; and Isaac sent them forth, and they departed from him in safety.

32 Ecce autem venerunt in ipso die servi Isaac annunciantes ei de puteo, quem foderant, atque dicentes: Invenimus aquam.

And it came to pass in that day, that the servants of Isaac came and told him of the well which they had dug; and they said, We have not found water.

33 Unde appellavit eum, Abundantiam: et nomen urbi impositum est Bersabee, usque in præsentem diem.

And he called it, Oath: therefore he called the name of that city, the Well of Oath, until this day.

34 Esau vero quadragenarius duxit uxores, Iudith filiam Beeri Hethæi, et Basemath filiam Elon eiusdem loci:

And Esau was forty years old; and he took as wife Judith the daughter of Beoch the Chettite, and Basemath, daughter of Helon the Chettite.

35 quæ ambæ offenderant animum Isaac et Rebeccæ.

And they were provoking to Isaac and Rebecca.