Genesis 26

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

And there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine which had been in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech the king of the Philistines, to Gerar.

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

And Jehovah appeared to him and said, Go not down to Egypt: dwell in the land that I shall tell thee 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.

Sojourn in this land; and I will be with thee and bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries; and I will perform the oath which I swore unto Abraham thy father.

4 Et multiplicabo semen tuum sicut stellas caeli: daboque posteris tuis universas regiones has: et BENEDICENTUR in semine tuo omnes gentes terrae,

And I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and unto thy seed will I give all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves —

5 eo quod obedierit Abraham voci meae, et custodierit praecepta et mandata mea, et ceremonias legesque servaverit.

because that Abraham hearkened to my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

6 Mansit itaque Isaac in Geraris.

And Isaac dwelt at 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.

And the men of the place asked about his wife. And he said, She is my sister; for he feared to say, my wife, [saying to himself, ] Lest the men of the place slay me on account of Rebecca — because she was fair in countenance.

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

And it came to pass when he had been there some time, that Abimelech the king of the Philistines looked out of the window, and saw, and behold, Isaac was dallying 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.

Then Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, she is certainly thy wife; and how saidst thou, She is my sister? and Isaac said to him, Because I said, Lest I 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. Praecepitque omni populo, dicens:

And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done to us? But a little and one of the people might have lain with thy wife, and thou wouldest have brought a trespass on us.

11 Qui tetigerit hominis huius uxorem, morte morietur.

And Abimelech charged all the people, saying, He that touches this man or his wife shall certainly be put 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 received in the same year a hundredfold; and Jehovah blessed him.

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

And the man became great, and he became continually greater, until he was very great.

14 habuitque possessiones ovium et armentorum, et familiae plurimum. Ob hoc invidentes ei Palaestini,

And he had possessions of flocks, and possessions of herds, and a great number of servants; and the Philistines envied him.

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

And all the wells that his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines 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, Go from us; for thou art become much mightier than we.

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

And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his camp in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt 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 that they had dug in the days of Abraham his father, and that the Philistines had stopped after the death of Abraham; and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.

19 Foderuntque in Torrente, et repererunt aquam vivam.

And Isaac's servants dug in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.

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

But the shepherds of Gerar strove with Isaac's shepherds, saying, The water is ours. And he called the name of the well Esek, because they had quarrelled with him.

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

And they dug another well, and they strove for that also; and he called the name of 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.

And he removed thence and dug another well; and they did not strive for that. And he called the name of it Rehoboth, and said, For now Jehovah has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.

23 Ascendit autem ex illo loco in Bersabee,

And he went up thence to Beer-sheba.

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 Jehovah appeared to him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake.

25 Itaque aedificavit ibi altare: et invocato nomine Domini, extendit tabernaculum: praecepitque servis suis ut foderent puteum.

And he built an altar there, and called upon the name of Jehovah. And he pitched his tent there; and there Isaac's servants dug a well.

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

And Abimelech, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phichol the captain of his host, went to him from Gerar.

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

And Isaac said to them, Why are ye come to me, seeing ye hate me, and have driven me away from you?

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

And they said, We saw certainly that Jehovah is with thee; and we said, Let there be then an oath between us — between us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee,

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

that thou wilt do us no wrong, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done to thee nothing but good, and have let thee go in peace; thou art now blessed of Jehovah.

30 Fecit ergo eis convivium, et post cibum et potum

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

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

And they rose early in the morning, and swore one to another; and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.

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

And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well that they had dug, and said to him, We have found water.

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

And he called it Shebah; therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba to this day.

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

And Esau was forty years old, when he took as wives Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basmath the daughter of Elon the Hittite.

35 quae ambae offenderant animum Isaac et Rebeccae.

And they were a grief of mind to Isaac and to Rebecca.