1 And there was a famine * h7458 in the land * h776, beside * h905 the first * h7223 famine * h7458 that was in the days * h3117 of Abraham * h85. And Isaac * h3327 went * h3212 h8799 unto Abimelech * h40 king * h4428 of the Philistines * h6430 unto Gerar * h1642.
2 And the LORD * h3068 appeared * h7200 h8735 unto him, and said * h559 h8799, Go not down * h3381 h8799 into Egypt * h4714; dwell * h7931 h8798 in the land * h776 which I shall tell * h559 h8799 thee of:
3 Sojourn * h1481 h8798 in this land * h776, and I will be with thee, and will bless * h1288 h8762 thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed * h2233, I will give * h5414 h8799 all these * h411 countries * h776, and I will perform * h6965 h8689 the oath * h7621 which I sware * h7650 h8738 unto Abraham * h85 thy father * h1;
4 And I will make * h7235 thy seed * h2233 to multiply * h7235 h8689 as the stars * h3556 of heaven * h8064, and will give * h5414 h8804 unto thy seed * h2233 all these * h411 countries * h776; and in thy seed * h2233 shall all the nations * h1471 of the earth * h776 be blessed * h1288 h8694;
5 Because * h6118 that Abraham * h85 obeyed * h8085 h8804 my voice * h6963, and kept * h8104 h8799 my charge * h4931, my commandments * h4687, my statutes * h2708, and my laws * h8451.
6 And Isaac * h3327 dwelt * h3427 h8799 in Gerar * h1642:
7 And the men * h582 of the place * h4725 asked * h7592 h8799 him of his wife * h802; and he said * h559 h8799, She is my sister * h269: for he feared * h3372 h8804 to say * h559 h8800, She is my wife * h802; lest, said he , the men * h582 of the place * h4725 should kill * h2026 h8799 me for Rebekah * h7259; because she was fair * h2896 to look upon * h4758.
8 And it came to pass, when he had been there a long * h748 h8804 time * h3117, that Abimelech * h40 king * h4428 of the Philistines * h6430 looked out * h8259 h8686 at * h1157 a window * h2474, and saw * h7200 h8799, and, behold, Isaac * h3327 was sporting * h6711 h8764 with Rebekah * h7259 his wife * h802.
9 And Abimelech * h40 called * h7121 h8799 Isaac * h3327, and said * h559 h8799, Behold, of a surety * h389 she is thy wife * h802: and how saidst * h559 h8804 thou, She is my sister * h269? And Isaac * h3327 said * h559 h8799 unto him, Because I said * h559 h8804, Lest I die * h4191 h8799 for her.
10 And Abimelech * h40 said * h559 h8799, What is this thou hast done * h6213 h8804 unto us? one * h259 of the people * h5971 might lightly * h4592 have lien * h7901 h8804 with thy wife * h802, and thou shouldest have brought * h935 h8689 guiltiness * h817 upon us.
11 And Abimelech * h40 charged * h6680 h8762 all his people * h5971, saying * h559 h8800, He that toucheth * h5060 h8802 this man * h376 or his wife * h802 shall surely * h4191 h8800 be put to death * h4191 h8714.
12 Then Isaac * h3327 sowed * h2232 h8799 in that land * h776, and received * h4672 h8799 in the same year * h8141 an hundredfold * h3967 * h8180: and the LORD * h3068 blessed * h1288 h8762 him. received: Heb. found
13 And the man * h376 waxed great * h1431 h8799, and went * h3212 h8799 forward * h1980 h8800, and grew * h1432 until he became * h1431 very * h3966 great * h1431 h8804: went...: Heb. went going
14 For he had possession * h4735 of flocks * h6629, and possession * h4735 of herds * h1241, and great store * h7227 of servants * h5657: and the Philistines * h6430 envied * h7065 h8762 him. servants: or, husbandry
15 For all the wells * h875 which his father's * h1 servants * h5650 had digged * h2658 h8804 in the days * h3117 of Abraham * h85 his father * h1, the Philistines * h6430 had stopped * h5640 h8765 them, and filled * h4390 h8762 them with earth * h6083.
16 And Abimelech * h40 said * h559 h8799 unto Isaac * h3327, Go * h3212 h8798 from us; for thou art much * h3966 mightier * h6105 h8804 than we.
17 And Isaac * h3327 departed * h3212 h8799 thence, and pitched his tent * h2583 h8799 in the valley * h5158 of Gerar * h1642, and dwelt * h3427 h8799 there * h8033.
18 And Isaac * h3327 digged * h2658 h8799 again * h7725 h8799 the wells * h875 of water * h4325, which they had digged * h2658 h8804 in the days * h3117 of Abraham * h85 his father * h1; for the Philistines * h6430 had stopped * h5640 h8762 them after * h310 the death * h4194 of Abraham * h85: and he called * h7121 h8799 their names * h8034 after the names * h8034 by which * h834 his father * h1 had called * h7121 h8804 them.
19 And Isaac's * h3327 servants * h5650 digged * h2658 h8799 in the valley * h5158, and found * h4672 h8799 there a well * h875 of springing * h2416 water * h4325. springing: Heb. living
20 And the herdmen * h7462 h8802 of Gerar * h1642 did strive * h7378 h8799 with Isaac's * h3327 herdmen * h7462 h8802, saying * h559 h8800, The water * h4325 is ours: and he called * h7121 h8799 the name * h8034 of the well * h875 Esek * h6230; because they strove * h6229 h8694 with him. Esek: that is, Contention
21 And they digged * h2658 h8799 another * h312 well * h875, and strove * h7378 h8799 for that also: and he called * h7121 h8799 the name of it * h8034 Sitnah * h7856. Sitnah: that is, Hatred
22 And he removed * h6275 h8686 from thence, and digged * h2658 h8799 another * h312 well * h875; and for that they strove * h7378 h8804 not: and he called * h7121 h8799 the name of it * h8034 Rehoboth * h7344; and he said * h559 h8799, For now * h6258 the LORD * h3068 hath made room * h7337 h8689 for us, and we shall be fruitful * h6509 h8804 in the land * h776. Rehoboth: that is Room
23 And he went up * h5927 h8799 from thence to Beersheba * h884.
24 And the LORD * h3068 appeared * h7200 h8735 unto him the same night * h3915, and said * h559 h8799, I am the God * h430 of Abraham * h85 thy father * h1: fear * h3372 h8799 not, for I am with * h854 thee, and will bless * h1288 h8765 thee, and multiply * h7235 h8689 thy seed * h2233 for my servant * h5650 Abraham's * h85 sake.
25 And he builded * h1129 h8799 an altar * h4196 there, and called * h7121 h8799 upon the name * h8034 of the LORD * h3068, and pitched * h5186 h8799 his tent * h168 there: and there Isaac's * h3327 servants * h5650 digged * h3738 h8799 a well * h875.
26 Then Abimelech * h40 went * h1980 h8804 to him from Gerar * h1642, and Ahuzzath * h276 one of his friends * h4828, and Phichol * h6369 the chief captain * h8269 of his army * h6635.
27 And Isaac * h3327 said * h559 h8799 unto them, Wherefore * h4069 come * h935 h8804 ye to me, seeing ye hate * h8130 h8804 me, and have sent me away * h7971 h8762 from you?
28 And they said * h559 h8799, We saw * h7200 h8804 certainly * h7200 h8800 that the LORD * h3068 was with thee: and we said * h559 h8799, Let there be now an oath * h423 betwixt * h996 us, even betwixt * h996 us and thee, and let us make * h3772 h8799 a covenant * h1285 with thee; We saw...: Heb. Seeing we saw
29 That thou wilt do * h6213 h8799 us no hurt * h7451, as we have not touched * h5060 h8804 thee, and as we have done * h6213 h8804 unto thee nothing but * h7535 good * h2896, and have sent thee away * h7971 h8762 in peace * h7965: thou art now * h6258 the blessed * h1288 h8803 of the LORD * h3068. That...: Heb. If thou shalt
30 And he made * h6213 h8799 them a feast * h4960, and they did eat * h398 h8799 and drink * h8354 h8799.
31 And they rose up betimes * h7925 h8686 in the morning * h1242, and sware * h7650 h8735 one * h376 to another * h251: and Isaac * h3327 sent them away * h7971 h8762, and they departed * h3212 h8799 from him in peace * h7965.
32 And it came to pass the same day * h3117, that Isaac's * h3327 servants * h5650 came * h935 h8799, and told * h5046 h8686 him concerning * h182 the well * h875 which they had digged * h2658 h8804, and said * h559 h8799 unto him, We have found * h4672 h8804 water * h4325.
33 And he called * h7121 h8799 it Shebah * h7656: therefore the name * h8034 of the city * h5892 is Beersheba * h884 unto this day * h3117. Shebah: That is, an oath Beersheba: that is, the well of the oath
34 And Esau * h6215 was forty * h705 years * h8141 old * h1121 when he took * h3947 h8799 to wife * h802 Judith * h3067 the daughter * h1323 of Beeri * h882 the Hittite * h2850, and Bashemath * h1315 the daughter * h1323 of Elon * h356 the Hittite * h2850:
35 Which were a grief * h4786 of mind * h7307 unto Isaac * h3327 and to Rebekah * h7259. a grief...: Heb. bitterness of spirit