CLV(i)
1 And coming is a famine in the land, aside from the first famine which came in the days of Abraham. And going is Isaac to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, to Gerar.
2 And appearing to him is Yahweh and saying, "You must not go down to Egypt. Tabernacle in the land of which I apprize you.
3 Sojourn in this land, and I come to be with you and will bless you. For to you and to your seed will I give all these lands, and carry out will I the oath which I swore to Abraham, your father.
4 And increase will I your seed as the stars of the heavens, and give will I to your seed all these lands. And blessed, in your seed, are all the nations of the earth,
5 inasmuch as hearken did Abraham, your father, to My voice and kept My charge, My instructions. My statutes, and My laws.
6 And dwelling is Isaac in Gerar.
7 And asking are the mortals of the place as to Rebecca, his wife. And saying is he, "My sister is she.For he fears to say, "My wife is she,lest the mortals of the place kill him on account of Rebecca, for a good appearance has she.
8 And coming is it that his days there are long. And gazing is Abimelech, king of Gerar of the Philistines, through a window, and is seeing, and behold! Isaac is having fun with Rebecca, his wife.
9 And calling is Abimelech Isaac and saying to him, "Yea, behold! Your wife is she! And how say you, `My sister is she'?And saying to him is Isaac, that, "I say it lest I die on her account.
10 And saying is Abimelech to him, "What is this you do to us? As if it were a little thing if one of my people lie with your wife and you bring the guilt upon us!"
11 And instructing is Abimelech all his people saying, "Everyone touching this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
12 And sowing is Isaac in that land and is finding in that year a hundredfold of barley. And blessing him is Yahweh.
13 And great is growing the man. And going is he to go on and grow greater, till he is great exceedingly.
14 And it is coming at his acquiring flocks and acquiring herds and many to serve, that jealous are the Philistines of him.
15 And all the wells which his father's servants had delved in the days of Abraham, his father, the Philistines stop them up, and are filling them with soil.
16 And saying is Abimelech to Isaac, "Go from our people, for you are very much stauncher than we.
17 And going is Isaac thence, and is camping in the watercourse of Gerar, and is dwelling there.
18 And returning is Isaac and delving the wells of water which were delved by servants of Abraham, his father, and the Philistines had stopped them up after the death of Abraham, his father. And calling is he them by names according to the names which Abraham, his father, called them.
19 And delving are the servants of Isaac in the watercourse of Gerar, and finding are they there a well of living water.
20 And contending are the graziers of Gerar with Isaac's graziers saying, "Ours is the water.And calling is he the name of the well Esek, for extortionate show they themselves with him.
21 And shifting is Isaac thence, and delving are they another well. Yet contending are they, moreover, over it. And calling is he its name Sitnah.
22 And shifting is he thence, and delving are they another well. And they do not contend over it. And calling is he its name Rehoboth. And saying is he, "For now Yahweh widens for us, and fruitful are we in the land.
23 And up is he going thence to Beer-sheba.
24 And appearing to him is Yahweh in that night, and saying, "I am the Elohim of Abraham your father. You must not fear, for with you am I. And bless you will I, and increase will I your seed for the sake of Abraham your father, My servant.
25 And building is he an altar there. And calling is he on the name of Yahweh. And stretching out is he his tent there. And digging are the servants of Isaac a well.
26 And Abimelech goes to him from Gerar, with Ahuzzath, his associate, and Phicol, the chief of his host.
27 And saying to them is Isaac, "For what reason do you come to me, when you hate me and you are sending me away from you?
28 And saying are they, "We see, yea, see that Yahweh has come to be with you, and we are saying, `Let there come, pray, an oath of imprecation between us, between us and you, and contract will we a covenant with you.
29 Should you do to us evil, when we do not touch you, and when we do to you but good, and send you away in peace?' You are now the blessed of Yahweh.
30 And making is he for them a feast, and eating are they and drinking.
31 And rising early are they in the morning, and swearing are they, a man to his brother. And sending them away is Isaac. And they are going from him in peace.
32 And coming is it on that day, coming also are servants of Isaac. And telling are they him concerning the case of the well which they delve, and are saying to him, "We found water.
33 And calling is he it Sheba. Therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba till this day.
34 And coming is Esau to be forty years old when he is taking as wife Judith, the daughter of Beeri, the Hittite, and Bashemath, the daughter of Elon, the Hivite.
35 And coming are they to be a bitterness of spirit to Isaac and Rebecca.