Genesis 26

1 And it was a famine in the land besides the famine former which it was in [the] days of Abraham and he went Isaac to Abimelech [the] king of [the] Philistines Gerar towards.

There was a famine in the land, in addition to the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines, to Gerar.

2 And he appeared to him Yahweh and he said may not you go down Egypt towards dwell in the land which I will say to you.

Yahweh appeared to him, and said, “Don’t go down into Egypt. Live in the land I will tell you about.

3 Sojourn in the land this so I may be with you and I will bless you for to you and to offspring your I will give all the lands these and I will establish the oath which I swore to Abraham father your.

Live in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you. For I will give to you, and to your offspring, all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.

4 And I will multiply offspring your like [the] stars of the heavens and I will give to offspring your all the lands these and they will bless themselves by offspring your all [the] nations of the earth.

I will multiply your offspring as the stars of the sky, and will give all these lands to your offspring. In your offspring all the nations of the earth will be blessed,

5 Consequence that he listened Abraham to voice my and he kept duty my commandments my statutes my and laws my.

because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my requirements, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.”

6 And he dwelt Isaac in Gerar.

Isaac lived in Gerar.

7 And they asked [the] men of the place of wife his and he said [is] sister my she for he was afraid to say wife my lest they should kill me [the] men of the place on Rebekah for [was] good of appearance she.

The men of the place asked him about his wife. He said, “She is my sister,” for he was afraid to say, “My wife”, lest, he thought, “the men of the place might kill me for Rebekah, because she is beautiful to look at.”

8 And it was that they had become long to him there the days and he looked down Abimelech [the] king of [the] Philistines through the window and he saw and there! Isaac [was] playing with Rebekah wife his.

When he had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was caressing Rebekah, his wife.

9 And he summoned Abimelech Isaac and he said surely here! [is] wife your she and how? did you say [is] sister my she and he said to him Isaac for I thought lest I should die on her.

Abimelech called Isaac, and said, “Behold, surely she is your wife. Why did you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac said to him, “Because I said, ‘Lest I die because of her.’”

10 And he said Abimelech what? this have you done to us like a little he lay with one of the people wife your and you will bring on us guilt.

Abimelech said, “What is this you have done to us? One of the people might easily have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt on us!”

11 And he commanded Abimelech all the people saying who [-ever] touches the man this and wife his certainly he will be put to death.

Abimelech commanded all the people, saying, “He who touches this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”

12 And he sowed Isaac in the land that and he found in the year that one hundred measures and he blessed him Yahweh.

Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year one hundred times what he planted. Yahweh blessed him.

13 And he became great the man and he went continuously and becoming great until for he became great exceedingly.

The man grew great, and grew more and more until he became very great.

14 And it be[longed] to him livestock of flock and livestock of herd and service much and they envied him [the] Philistines.

He had possessions of flocks, possessions of herds, and a great household. The Philistines envied him.

15 And all the wells which they had dug [the] servants of father his in [the] days of Abraham father his they stopped up them [the] Philistines and they filled them earth.

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

16 And he said Abimelech to Isaac go from with us for you have become [too] powerful for us much.

Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go away from us, for you are much mightier than we.”

17 And he went from there Isaac and he encamped in [the] wadi of Gerar and he dwelt there.

Isaac departed from there, encamped in the valley of Gerar, and lived there.

18 And he returned Isaac and he dug - [the] wells of water which people had dug in [the] days of Abraham father his and they had stopped up them [the] Philistines after [the] death of Abraham and he called them names like the names which he had called them father his.

Isaac dug again the wells of water, which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father, for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham. He called their names after the names by which his father had called them.

19 And they dug [the] servants of Isaac in the wadi and they found there a well of water living.

Isaac’s servants dug in the valley, and found there a well of flowing water.

20 And they disputed [the] herdsmen of Gerar with [the] herdsmen of Isaac saying [belongs] to us the water and he called [the] name of the well Esek for they quarreled with him.

The herdsmen of Gerar argued with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, “The water is ours.” So he called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him.

21 And they dug a well another and they disputed also on it and he called name its Sitnah.

They dug another well, and they argued over that, also. So he called its name Sitnah.

22 And he moved on from there and he dug a well another and not they disputed on it and he called name its Rehoboth and he said that now he has made space Yahweh for us and we will be fruitful in the land.

He left that place, and dug another well. They didn’t argue over that one. So he called it Rehoboth. He said, “For now Yahweh has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”

23 And he went up from there Beer Sheba.

He went up from there to Beersheba.

24 And he appeared to him Yahweh in the night that and he said I [am] [the] God of Abraham father your may not you be afraid for [am] with you I and I will bless you and I will multiply offspring your for sake of Abraham servant my.

Yahweh appeared to him the same night, and said, “I am the God of Abraham your father. Don’t be afraid, for I am with you, and will bless you, and multiply your offspring for my servant Abraham’s sake.”

25 And he built there an altar and he called on [the] name of Yahweh and he pitched there tent his and they dug there [the] servants of Isaac a well.

He built an altar there, and called on Yahweh’s name, and pitched his tent there. There Isaac’s servants dug a well.

26 And Abimelech he came to him from Gerar and Ahuzzah close friend his and Phicol [the] commander of army his.

Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar with Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol the captain of his army.

27 And he said to them Isaac why? have you come to me and you you hate me and you sent away me from with you.

Isaac said to them, “Why have you come to me, since you hate me, and have sent me away from you?”

28 And they said certainly we have seen that he has been Yahweh - with you and we said let it be please an oath between us between us and between you and let us make a covenant with you.

They said, “We saw plainly that Yahweh was with you. We said, ‘Let there now be an oath between us, even between us and you, and let’s make a covenant with you,

29 If you will do with us harm just as not we have touched you and just as we have done with you only good and we sent away you in peace you now [are] blessed of Yahweh.

that you will do us no harm, as we have not touched you, and as we have done to you nothing but good, and have sent you away in peace.’ You are now the blessed of Yahweh.”

30 And he prepared for them a feast and they ate and they drank.

He made them a feast, and they ate and drank.

31 And they rose early in the morning and they swore an oath each to brother his and he sent off them Isaac and they went from with him in peace.

They rose up some time in the morning, and swore an oath to one another. Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.

32 And it was - on the day that and they came [the] servants of Isaac and they told to him on [the] causes of the well which they had dug and they said to him we have found water.

The same day, Isaac’s servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had dug, and said to him, “We have found water.”

33 And he called it Shibah there-fore [the] name of the city [is] Beer Sheba until the day this.

He called it “Shibah”. Therefore the name of the city is “Beersheba” to this day.

34 And he was Esau a son of forty year[s] and he took a wife Judith [the] daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath [the] daughter of Elon the Hittite.

When Esau was forty years old, he took as wife Judith, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon the Hittite.

35 And they were bitterness of spirit to Isaac and to Rebekah.

They grieved Isaac’s and Rebekah’s spirits.