1 Mosebok 26

1 Og det var atter hungersnød i landet - likesom forrige gang på Abrahams tid; og Isak drog til filistrenes konge Abimelek i Gerar.

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 Da åpenbarte Herren sig for ham og sa: Dra ikke ned til Egypten! Bo i det land som jeg sier dig!

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 Bli boende her i landet! Jeg vil være med dig og velsigne dig; for dig og din ætt vil jeg gi alle disse land - jeg vil holde den ed jeg har svoret Abraham, din far.

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 Og jeg vil gjøre din ætt tallrik som stjernene på himmelen, og jeg vil gi din ætt alle disse land, og i din ætt skal alle jordens folk velsignes,

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 fordi Abraham lød mitt ord og holdt alt det jeg bød ham å holde, mine bud, mine forskrifter og mine lover.

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

6 Så blev Isak boende i Gerar.

So Isaac went on living in Gerar;

7 Og mennene der på stedet spurte ham ut om hans hustru. Da sa han: Hun er min søster. For han torde ikke si at hun var hans hustru; han tenkte: Mennene her på stedet kunde da slå mig ihjel for Rebekkas skyld, siden hun er så vakker.

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 Da han nu hadde vært der en tid, hendte det engang at Abimelek, filistrenes konge, så ut gjennem vinduet og fikk se at Isak kjærtegnet Rebekka, sin hustru.

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 Da kalte Abimelek Isak til sig og sa: Hun er jo din hustru, hvor kunde du da si: Hun er min søster? Isak svarte: Jeg tenkte jeg kunde komme til å miste livet for hennes skyld.

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 Da sa Abimelek: Hvorfor har du gjort dette mot oss? Hvor lett kunde det ikke ha hendt at en eller annen av folket hadde lagt sig hos din hustru, og da hadde du ført skyld over oss.

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 Så bød Abimelek alt folket og sa: Den som rører ved denne mann eller hans hustru, han skal late sitt liv.

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

12 Isak sådde korn der i landet og fikk det år hundre fold, for Herren velsignet ham.

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 Og han blev en rik mann, og blev rikere og rikere, så han til sist var overmåte rik.

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

14 Han eide småfe og storfe og mange tjenere, så filistrene blev misunnelige på ham.

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

15 Og alle de brønner som hans fars tjenere hadde gravd i Abrahams, hans fars dager, dem kastet filistrene til og fylte dem med jord.

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 Og Abimelek sa til Isak: Dra bort fra oss, for du er blitt oss altfor mektig.

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

17 Så drog Isak derfra og slo leir i Gerar-dalen og blev boende der.

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

18 Og Isak gravde op igjen de brønner som de hadde gravd i Abrahams, hans fars dager, og som filistrene hadde kastet til efter Abrahams død; og han gav dem de samme navn som hans far hadde gitt dem.

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 Og Isaks tjenere gravde i dalen og fant der en brønn med rinnende vann.

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

20 Men hyrdene fra Gerar trettet med Isaks hyrder og sa: Vannet hører oss til. Og han kalte brønnen Esek, fordi de stredes med ham.

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 Siden gravde de en annen brønn, og den trettet de også om; og han kalte den Sitna.

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

22 Så brøt han op derfra og gravde ennu en brønn; den trettet de ikke om; og han kalte den Rehobot og sa: Nu har Herren gjort det rummelig for oss, så vi kan bli tallrike i landet.

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 Siden drog han derfra op til Be'erseba.

And from there he went on to Beer-sheba.

24 samme natt åpenbarte Herren sig for ham og sa: Jeg er Abrahams, din fars Gud; frykt ikke, for jeg er med dig, og jeg vil velsigne dig og gjøre din ætt tallrik for Abrahams, min tjeners skyld.

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 Der bygget han et alter og påkalte Herrens navn; og han slo op sitt telt der; og Isaks tjenere gravde der en brønn.

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 Siden kom Abimelek til ham fra Gerar, med Akussat, sin venn, og Pikol, sin hærfører.

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

27 Da sa Isak til dem: Hvorfor kommer I til mig, I som hater mig og har drevet mig bort fra eder?

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 De svarte: Vi har sett det grant at Herren er med dig; derfor sier vi: Kom, la oss sverge en ed oss imellem, vi og du, og la oss få gjøre en pakt med dig,

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 at du ikke skal gjøre oss noget ondt, likesom heller ikke vi har rørt dig, men bare gjort dig godt og latt dig fare i fred. Du er nu Herrens velsignede.

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 Så gjorde han et gjestebud for dem, og de åt og drakk.

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

31 Morgenen efter stod de tidlig op og svor hverandre sin ed; siden lot Isak dem fare, og de drog fra ham fred.

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 Samme dag hendte det at Isaks tjenere kom og fortalte ham om den brønn de hadde gravd, og sa til ham: Vi har funnet vann.

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 Og han kalte den Siba; derfor heter byen Be'erseba den dag i dag.

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

34 Da Esau var firti år gammel, tok han til hustruer Judit, datter til hetitten Be'eri, og Basmat, datter til hetitten Elon.

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 Men de blev en hjertesorg for Isak og Rebekka.

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