Genesis 26

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

And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.

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

And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:

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

Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware 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 make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;

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

Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

6 mansit itaque Isaac in Geraris

And Isaac dwelt 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 the men of the place asked [him] of his wife; and he said, She [is] my sister: for he feared to say, [She is] my wife; lest, [said he], the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she [was] fair to look upon.

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

And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac [was] sporting 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 Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she [is] thy wife: and how saidst thou, She [is] my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for 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

And Abimelech said, What [is] this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.

11 qui tetigerit hominis huius uxorem morte morietur

And Abimelech charged all [his] people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.

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

Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.

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

And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:

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

For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.

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

For all the wells which his father’s servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.

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

And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.

17 et ille discedens veniret ad torrentem Gerarae habitaretque ibi

And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent 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 Philisthim appellavitque eos hisdem nominibus quibus ante pater vocaverat

And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.

19 foderunt in torrente et reppererunt aquam vivam

And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing 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

And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac’s herdmen, saying, The water [is] ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.

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

And they digged another well, and 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 illius Latitudo dicens nunc dilatavit nos Dominus et fecit crescere super terram

And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.

23 ascendit autem ex illo loco in Bersabee

And he went up from thence 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

And the LORD appeared unto 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 builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac’s servants digged a well.

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

Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.

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

And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have 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 certainly that the LORD was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, [even] betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;

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 thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou [art] now the blessed of the LORD.

30 fecit ergo eis convivium et post cibum et potum

And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.

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

And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.

32 ecce autem venerunt in ipso die servi Isaac adnuntiantes 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 which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.

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

And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city [is] Beer-sheba unto this day.

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

And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:

35 quae ambae offenderant animum Isaac et Rebeccae

Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.