Genesis 26
1 Orta autem fame super terram post eam sterilitatem, quæ acciderat in diebus Abraham, abiit Isaac ad Abimelech regem Palæstinorum in Gerara.
Now there was another famine in the land, subsequent to the one that had occurred in Abraham’s time. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.
2 Apparuitque ei Dominus, et ait: Ne descendas in Ægyptum, sed quiesce in terra, quam dixero tibi.
The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Settle in the land where I tell you.
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.
Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.
4 Et multiplicabo semen tuum sicut stellas cæli: daboque posteris tuis universas regiones has: et BENEDICENTUR in semine tuo omnes gentes terræ,
I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed,
5 eo quod obedierit Abraham voci meæ, et custodierit præcepta et mandata mea, et ceremonias legesque servaverit.
because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”
6 Mansit itaque Isaac in Geraris.
So Isaac settled in Gerar.
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.
But when the men of that place asked about his wife, he said, “She is my sister.” For he was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” since he thought to himself, “The men of this place will kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is so beautiful.”
8 Cumque pertransissent dies plurimi, et ibidem moraretur, prospiciens Abimelech rex Palæstinorum per fenestram, vidit eum iocantem cum Rebecca uxore sua.
When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked down from the window and was surprised to see Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.
9 Et accersito eo, ait: Perspicuum est quod uxor tua sit: cur mentitus es eam sororem tuam esse? Respondit: Timui ne morerer propter eam.
Abimelech sent for Isaac and said, “So she is really your wife! How could you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac replied, “Because I thought I might die on account of her.”
10 Dixitque Abimelech: Quare imposuisti nobis? potuit coire quispiam de populo cum uxore tua, et induxeras super nos grande peccatum. Præcepitque omni populo, dicens:
“What is this you have done to us?” asked Abimelech. “One of the people could easily have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.”
11 Qui tetigerit hominis huius uxorem, morte morietur.
So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “Whoever harms this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”
12 Sevit autem Isaac in terra illa, et invenit in ipso anno centuplum: benedixitque ei Dominus.
Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,
13 Et locupletatus est homo, et ibat proficiens atque succrescens, donec magnus vehementer effectus est:
and he became richer and richer, until he was exceedingly wealthy.
14 habuit quoque possessiones ovium et armentorum, et familiæ plurimum. Ob hoc invidentes ei Palæstini,
He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.
15 omnes puteos, quos foderant servi patris illius Abraham, illo tempore obstruxerunt, implentes humo:
So the Philistines took dirt and stopped up all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the days of his father Abraham.
16 in tantum, ut ipse Abimelech diceret ad Isaac: Recede a nobis, quoniam potentior nobis factus es valde.
Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us.”
17 Et ille discedens, ut veniret ad torrentem Geraræ, habitaretque ibi:
So Isaac left that place and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled 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.
Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died. And he gave these wells the same names his father had given them.
19 Foderuntque in Torrente, et repererunt aquam vivam.
Then Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found a well of fresh water there.
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.
But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen and said, “The water is ours!” So he named the well Esek, because they contended with him.
21 Foderunt autem et alium: et pro illo quoque rixati sunt, appellavitque eum, Inimicitias.
Then they dug another well and quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.
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.
He moved on from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. He named it Rehoboth and said, “At last the LORD has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”
23 Ascendit autem ex illo loco in Bersabee,
From there Isaac went up to Beersheba,
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 that night the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of My servant Abraham.”
25 Itaque ædificavit ibi altare: et invocato nomine Domini, extendit tabernaculum: præcepitque servis suis ut foderunt puteum.
So Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD, and he pitched his tent there. His servants also dug a well there.
26 Ad quem locum cum venissent de Geraris Abimelech, et Ochozath amicus illius, et Phicol dux militum,
Later, Abimelech came to Isaac from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army.
27 locutus est eis Isaac: Quid venistis ad me hominem quem odistis, et expulistis a vobis?
“Why have you come to me?” Isaac asked them. “You hated me and sent me away.”
28 Qui responderunt: Vidimus tecum esse Dominum, et idcirco nos diximus: Sit iuramentum inter nos, et ineamus fœdus,
“We can plainly see that the LORD has been with you,” they replied. “We recommend that there should now be an oath between us and you. Let us 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 will not harm us, just as we have not harmed you but have done only good to you, sending you on your way in peace. And now you are blessed by the LORD.”
30 Fecit ergo eis convivium, et post cibum et potum
So Isaac prepared a feast for them, and they ate and drank.
31 surgentes mane, iuraverunt sibi mutuo: dimisitque eos Isaac pacifice in locum suum.
And they got up early the next morning and swore an oath to each other. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they left him in peace.
32 Ecce autem venerunt in ipso die servi Isaac annunciantes ei de puteo, quem foderant, atque dicentes: Invenimus aquam.
On that same day, Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. “We have found water!” they told him.
33 Unde appellavit eum, Abundantiam: et nomen urbi impositum est Bersabee, usque in præsentem diem.
So he called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the city is Beersheba.
34 Esau vero quadragenarius duxit uxores, Iudith filiam Beeri Hethæi, et Basemath filiam Elon eiusdem loci:
When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.
35 quæ ambæ offenderant animum Isaac et Rebeccæ.
And they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.
