Gênesis 26
1 E houve fome na terra, além da primeira fome que foi nos dias de Abraão: e foi-se Isaque a Abimeleque rei dos filisteus, em Gerar.
Some time later there was a severe (famine/scarcity of food) there. That was different from the famine that occurred when Abraham was alive. So Isaac went [southeast] to Gerar [town, to talk] to Abimelech, the king of the Philistine people-group. [What happened was this: Isaac considered going to Egypt],
2 E apareceu-lhe o SENHOR, e disse-lhe: Não desças ao Egito: habita na terra que eu te disser;
but Yahweh appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt! Live in the land where I will tell you to go!
3 Habita nesta terra, e serei contigo, e te abençoarei; porque a ti e à tua descendência darei todas estas terras, e confirmarei o juramento que jurei a Abraão teu pai:
Stay in this land for a while, and I will help you and bless you, because it is to you and your descendants that I will give all these lands, and I will do what I solemnly promised to your father.
4 E multiplicarei tua descendência como as estrelas do céu, e darei à tua descendência todas estas terras; e todas as nações da terra serão abençoadas em tua descendência.
I will cause your descendants to be as numerous as the stars in the sky. I will give to your descendants all these lands, and I will cause your descendants to be a blessing to the people of [MTY] all nations on the earth.
5 Porquanto ouviu Abraão minha voz, e guardou meu preceito, meus mandamentos, meus estatutos e minhas leis.
I will do that because your father Abraham obeyed me. He obeyed everything that I told him to do, everything that I declared and all the laws that I gave him.” So Isaac [went and asked King Abimelech if he would permit him to live in the Gerar area. The king said, “Okay,”]
6 Habitou, pois, Isaque em Gerar.
[so Isaac] stayed there [along with his wife and sons].
7 E os homens daquele lugar lhe perguntaram acerca de sua mulher; e ele respondeu: É minha irmã; porque teve medo de dizer: É minha mulher; que talvez, disse, os homens do lugar me matem por causa de Rebeca; porque era de belo aspecto.
When the men in Gerar [town] asked who Rebekah was, Isaac said, “She is my sister.” He said that because he was afraid to say, “She is my wife.” He thought, “Rebekah is very beautiful, so they will want her. [If I say that she is my sister, they know they will have to negotiate about a bride price because I am her older brother; but if I say that she is my wife, no negotiation will be possible]. They will just kill me to get her.”
8 E sucedeu que, depois que ele esteve ali muitos dias, Abimeleque, rei dos filisteus, olhando por uma janela, viu a Isaque que acariciava Rebeca sua mulher.
When Isaac had been there a long time, one day Abimelech, the king of the Philistine people-group, looked down from a window [in his palace] and was surprised to see Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.
9 E chamou Abimeleque a Isaque, e disse: Eis que ela é certamente tua mulher: como, pois, disseste: É minha irmã? E Isaque lhe respondeu: Porque disse: Talvez eu morra por causa dela.
So Abimelech summoned Isaac and said to him, “Now I realize that she is really your wife! So why did you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac replied to him, “I said that because I thought that someone here might kill me to get her.”
10 E Abimeleque disse: Por que nos fizeste isto? Por pouco haveria dormido alguém do povo com tua mulher, e haverias trazido sobre nós o pecado.
Abimelech said, “(You should not have done this to us!/Why did you do this?) [RHQ] One of our people might have (had sex with/slept with) [EUP] your wife, and you would have caused us to be guilty of a great sin!”
11 Então Abimeleque mandou a todo o povo, dizendo: O que tocar a este homem ou a sua mulher certamente morrerá.
Then Abimelech commanded all his people, saying, “Do not harm/molest this man or his wife! Anyone who does that will surely be executed!”
12 E semeou Isaque naquela terra, e achou aquele ano cem por um: e o SENHOR o abençoou.
Isaac planted grain in that land that year, and he harvested a very large crop, because Yahweh blessed him.
13 E o homem se engrandeceu, e foi engrandecendo-se cada vez mais, até fazer-se muito poderoso:
Isaac continued to acquire more and more possessions, until finally he became very wealthy.
14 E teve rebanho de ovelhas, e rebanho de vacas, e grande número de servos; e os filisteus tiveram inveja dele.
He had large herds of sheep and goats and cattle, and many slaves. Because of that, the Philistine people envied him.
15 E todos os poços que os criados de Abraão seu pai haviam aberto em seus dias, os filisteus os haviam fechado e enchido da terra.
So all the wells that the servants of his father Abraham had dug during the time when he was alive, the people filled up with dirt.
16 E disse Abimeleque a Isaque: Aparta-te de nós, porque muito mais poderoso que nós te fizeste.
Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “You people have become more numerous than we are, so I want you to get out of our area.”
17 E Isaque se foi dali; e assentou suas tendas no vale de Gerar, e habitou ali.
So Isaac [and his family] moved from there. They set up their tents in Gerar Valley [and started to live there].
18 E voltou a abrir Isaque os poços de água que haviam aberto nos dias de Abraão seu pai, e que os filisteus haviam fechado, depois de Abraão ter morrido; e chamou-os pelos nomes que seu pai os havia chamado.
There were several wells in that area that had been dug when Isaac’s father Abraham was living, but Philistine people had filled them up [with dirt] after Abraham died. Now Isaac and his servants removed the dirt, and Isaac gave the wells the same names that his father had given to them.
19 E os servos de Isaque cavaram no vale, e acharam ali um poço de águas vivas.
Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and discovered a well of fresh water.
20 E os pastores de Gerar brigaram com os pastores de Isaque, dizendo: A água é nossa: por isso chamou o nome do poço Eseque, porque haviam brigado com ele.
But other men who lived in Gerar [Valley] who took care of their animals argued/quarreled with the men who took care of Isaac’s animals, and said, “The water in this well is ours!” So Isaac named the well Esek, which means ‘dispute’, because they disputed about who owned it.
21 E abriram outro poço, e também brigaram sobre ele: e chamou seu nome Sitna.
Then Isaac’s servants dug another well, but they quarreled about who owned that one also. So Isaac named it Sitnah, [which means ‘opposition]’.
22 E apartou-se dali, e abriu outro poço, e não brigaram sobre ele: e chamou seu nome Reobote, e disse: Porque agora nos fez alargar o SENHOR e frutificaremos na terra.
They moved on from there and dug another well, but this time no one quarreled about who owned it. So Isaac named it Rehoboth, [which means ‘uninhabited place’], saying, “Yahweh has given us an uninhabited place to live in, a place that is not wanted by other people, and we will become very prosperous here.”
23 E dali subiu a Berseba.
From there Isaac went up to Beersheba.
24 E apareceu-lhe o SENHOR aquela noite, e disse: Eu sou o Deus de Abraão teu pai: não temas, que eu sou contigo, e eu te abençoarei, e multiplicarei tua descendência por causa do meu servo Abraão.
The first night that he was there, Yahweh appeared to him and said, “I am God, whom your father Abraham worshiped. Do not be afraid of anything. I will help you and bless you, and because of what I promised my servant Abraham, I will greatly increase the number of your descendants.”
25 E edificou ali um altar, e invocou o nome do SENHOR, e estendeu ali sua tenda: e abriram ali os servos de Isaque um poço.
So Isaac built a stone altar there [and offered a sacrifice] to worship Yahweh. He [and his servants] set up their tents there, and his servants started to dig a well.
26 E Abimeleque veio a ele desde Gerar, e Auzate, amigo seu, e Ficol, capitão de seu exército.
[While they were digging the well], King Abimelech came to Isaac from Gerar, along with Ahuzzath, his advisor, and Phicol, the commander of his army.
27 E disse-lhes Isaque: Por que vindes a mim, pois que haveis me odiado, e me expulsastes dentre vós?
Isaac asked them, “You (acted in a hostile way toward me/treated me like an enemy) before, and sent me away. So why have you come to me now?”
28 E eles responderam: Vimos que o SENHOR é contigo; e dissemos: Haja agora juramento entre nós, entre nós e ti, e faremos aliança contigo:
One of them answered, “We have seen that Yahweh helps you. So we said to each other, ‘We should have an agreement between us and you. We should make a peace treaty with you,
29 Que não nos faças mal, como nós não te tocamos, y como somente te fizemos bem, e te enviamos em paz: tu agora, bendito do SENHOR.
stating that you will not harm us, in the same way that we did not molest [EUP] you.’ We always treated you well and sent you away peacefully. And now Yahweh is blessing you.”
30 Então ele lhes fez banquete, e comeram e beberam.
So Isaac made a feast for them, and they all ate and drank.
31 E se levantaram de madrugada, e juraram um ao outro; e Isaque os despediu, e eles se partiram dele em paz.
Early the next morning they all (swore/solemnly promised) each other that they would do what they had promised. Then Isaac sent them home peacefully.
32 E naquele dia sucedeu que vieram os criados de Isaque, e deram-lhe notícias acerca do poço que haviam aberto, e lhe disseram: Achamos água.
That day Isaac’s servants came to him and told him about the well that they had finished digging. They said, “We found water in the well!”
33 E chamou-o Seba: por cuja causa o nome daquela cidade é Berseba até hoje.
Isaac named the well Shibah, [which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘oath’]. To the present time the town there has the name Beersheba [which means ‘Friendship Agreement Well’].
34 E quando Esaú foi de quarenta anos, tomou por mulher a Judite filha de Beeri heteu, e a Basemate filha de Elom heteu:
When Esau was 40 years old, he married Judith, the daughter of Beeri, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon. Both of those women were descendants of Heth, [not from Isaac’s clan].
35 E foram amargura de espírito a Isaque e a Rebeca.
Esau’s two wives made life miserable for Isaac and Rebekah.
