Genesis 26

1 orta autem fame super terram post eam sterilitatem quae acciderat in diebus Abraham abiit Isaac ad Abimelech regem Palestinorum in Gerara

Then came a time of great need in the land, like that which had been before in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, at Gerar.

2 apparuitque ei Dominus et ait ne descendas in Aegyptum sed quiesce in terra quam dixero tibi

And the Lord came to him in a vision and said, Do not go down to Egypt; keep in the land of which I will give you knowledge:

3 et peregrinare in ea eroque tecum et benedicam tibi tibi enim et semini tuo dabo universas regiones has conplens iuramentum quod spopondi Abraham patri tuo

Keep in this land, and I will be with you and give you my blessing; for to you and to your seed will I give all these lands, giving effect to the oath which I made to your father Abraham;

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

I will make your seed like the stars of heaven in number, and will give them all these lands, and your seed will be a blessing to all the nations of the earth;

5 eo quod oboedierit Abraham voci meae et custodierit praecepta et mandata mea et caerimonias legesque servaverit

Because Abraham gave ear to my voice and kept my words, my rules, my orders, and my laws.

6 mansit itaque Isaac in Geraris

So Isaac went on living 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

And when he was questioned by the men of the place about his wife, he said, She is my sister; fearing to say, She is my wife; for, he said, the men of the place may put me to death on account of Rebekah; because she is very beautiful.

8 cumque pertransissent dies plurimi et ibi demoraretur prospiciens Abimelech Palestinorum rex per fenestram vidit eum iocantem cum Rebecca uxore sua

And when he had been there for some time, Abimelech, king of the Philistines, looking through a window, saw Isaac playing with Rebekah his wife.

9 et accersito ait perspicuum est quod uxor tua sit cur mentitus es sororem tuam esse respondit timui ne morerer propter eam

And he said to Isaac, It is clear that she is your wife: why then did you say, She is my sister? And Isaac said, For fear that I might be put to death because of her.

10 dixitque Abimelech quare inposuisti nobis potuit coire quispiam de populo cum uxore tua et induxeras super nos grande peccatum praecepitque omni populo dicens

Then Abimelech said, What have you done to us? one of the people might well have had connection with your wife, and the sin would have been ours.

11 qui tetigerit hominis huius uxorem morte morietur

And Abimelech gave orders to his people that anyone touching Isaac or his wife was to be put to death.

12 seruit autem Isaac in terra illa et invenit in ipso anno centuplum benedixitque ei Dominus

Now Isaac, planting seed in that land, got in the same year fruit a hundred times as much, for the blessing of the Lord was on him.

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

And his wealth became very great, increasing more and more;

14 habuit quoque possessionem ovium et armentorum et familiae plurimum ob haec invidentes ei Palestini

For he had great wealth of flocks and herds and great numbers of servants; so that the Philistines were full of envy.

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

Now all the water-holes, which his father's servants had made in the days of Abraham, had been stopped up with earth by the Philistines.

16 in tantum ut ipse Abimelech diceret ad Isaac recede a nobis quoniam potentior nostri factus es valde

And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go away from us, for you are stronger than we are.

17 et ille discedens veniret ad torrentem Gerarae habitaretque ibi

So Isaac went away from there, and put up his tents in the valley of Gerar, making his living-place there.

18 rursum fodit alios puteos quos foderant servi patris sui Abraham et quos illo mortuo olim obstruxerant Philisthim appellavitque eos hisdem nominibus quibus ante pater vocaverat

And he made again the water-holes which had been made in the days of Abraham his father, and which had been stopped up by the Philistines; and he gave them the names which his father had given them.

19 foderunt in torrente et reppererunt aquam vivam

Now Isaac's servants made holes in the valley, and came to a spring of flowing water.

20 sed et ibi iurgium fuit pastorum Gerarae adversum pastores Isaac dicentium nostra est aqua quam ob rem nomen putei ex eo quod acciderat vocavit Calumniam

But the herdmen of Gerar had a fight with Isaac's herdmen, for they said, The spring is ours: so he gave the spring the name of Esek, because there was a fight about it.

21 foderunt et alium et pro illo quoque rixati sunt appellavitque eum Inimicitias

Then they made another water-hole, and there was a fight about that, so he gave it the name of Sitnah.

22 profectus inde fodit alium puteum pro quo non contenderunt itaque vocavit nomen illius Latitudo dicens nunc dilatavit nos Dominus et fecit crescere super terram

Then he went away from there, and made another water-hole, about which there was no fighting: so he gave it the name of Rehoboth, for he said, Now the Lord has made room for us, and we will have fruit in this land.

23 ascendit autem ex illo loco in Bersabee

And from there he went on to Beer-sheba.

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

That night the Lord came to him in a vision, and said, I am the God of your father Abraham: have no fear for I am with you, blessing you, and your seed will be increased because of my servant Abraham.

25 itaque aedificavit ibi altare et invocato nomine Domini extendit tabernaculum praecepitque servis suis ut foderent puteum

Then he made an altar there, and gave worship to the name of the Lord, and he put up his tents there, and there his servants made a water-hole.

26 ad quem locum cum venissent de Geraris Abimelech et Ochozath amicus illius et Fichol dux militum

And Abimelech had come to him from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his friend and Phicol, the captain of his army.

27 locutus est eis Isaac quid venistis ad me hominem quem odistis et expulistis a vobis

And Isaac said to them, Why have you come to me, seeing that in your hate for me you sent me away from you?

28 qui responderunt vidimus tecum esse Dominum et idcirco nunc diximus sit iuramentum inter nos et ineamus foedus

And they said, We saw clearly that the Lord was with you: so we said, Let there be an oath between us and you, and let us make an agreement with you;

29 ut non facias nobis quicquam mali sicut et nos nihil tuorum adtigimus nec fecimus quod te laederet sed cum pace dimisimus auctum benedictione Domini

That you will do us no damage, even as we put no hand on you, and did you nothing but good, and sent you away in peace: and now the blessing of the Lord is on you.

30 fecit ergo eis convivium et post cibum et potum

Then he made a feast for them, and they all had food and drink.

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

And early in the morning they took an oath one to the other: then Isaac sent them away and they went on their way in peace.

32 ecce autem venerunt in ipso die servi Isaac adnuntiantes ei de puteo quem foderant atque dicentes invenimus aquam

And that day Isaac's servants came to him and gave him word of the water-hole which they had made, and said to him, We have come to water.

33 unde appellavit eum Abundantiam et nomen urbi inpositum est Bersabee usque in praesentem diem

And he gave it the name of Shibah: so the name of that town is Beer-sheba to this day.

34 Esau vero quadragenarius duxit uxores Iudith filiam Beeri Hetthei et Basemath filiam Helon eiusdem loci

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

35 quae ambae offenderant animum Isaac et Rebeccae

And Isaac and Rebekah had grief of mind because of them.