Genesis 26
1 There was a famine in the country—not the one that happened before in Abraham's time, but a later one. So Isaac moved to Gerar in the territory of Abimelech, king of the Philistines.
Orta autem fame super terram post eam sterilitatem, quæ acciderat in diebus Abraham, abiit Isaac ad Abimelech regem Palæstinorum in Gerara.
2 The Lord appeared to Isaac and told him, “Don't go to Egypt—live in the country that I tell you to.
Apparuitque ei Dominus, et ait: Ne descendas in Ægyptum, sed quiesce in terra, quam dixero tibi.
3 Stay here in this country. I will be with you and I will bless you, because I'm going to give you and your descendants all these lands. I will keep the solemn promise that I swore to Abraham your father.
Et peregrinare in ea, eroque tecum, et benedicam tibi: tibi enim et semini tuo dabo universas regiones has, complens iuramentum quod spopondi Abraham patri tuo.
4 I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars of heaven and I will give them all these lands. All the nations of the earth will be blessed by your descendants,
Et multiplicabo semen tuum sicut stellas cæli: daboque posteris tuis universas regiones has: et benedicentur in semine tuo omnes gentes terræ,
5 because Abraham did what I told him, and kept my requirements, my commands, my regulations, and my laws.”
eo quod obedierit Abraham voci meæ, et custodierit præcepta et mandata mea, et ceremonias legesque servaverit.
6 So Isaac stayed in Gerar.
Mansit itaque Isaac in Geraris.
7 When the men there asked him about his wife, he told them, “She's my sister,” because he was afraid. He said to himself, “If I say she's my wife, the men here will kill me to get Rebekah, because she's so beautiful.”
Qui cum interrogaretur a viris loci illius super uxore sua, respondit: Soror mea est. Timuerat enim confiteri quod sibi esset sociata coniugio, reputans ne forte interficerent eum propter illius pulchritudinem.
8 But later on, after he'd been there a while, Abimelech, king of the Philistines, happened to look out the window and saw Isaac lovingly fondling his wife Rebekah.
Cumque pertransissent dies plurimi, et ibidem moraretur, prospiciens Abimelech rex Palæstinorum per fenestram, vidit eum iocantem cum Rebecca uxore sua.
9 Abimelech sent for Isaac and complained. “From what I saw she's clearly your wife!” he said. “Why on earth did you say, ‘She's my sister’?” “Because I thought I'd be killed because of her,” Isaac replied.
Et accersito eo, ait: Perspicuum est quod uxor tua sit: cur mentitus es eam sororem tuam esse? Respondit: Timui ne morerer propter eam.
10 “Why would you do this to us?” Abimelech asked. “One of the men here might have slept with your wife, and you would have made us all guilty!”
Dixitque Abimelech: Quare imposuisti nobis? potuit coire quispiam de populo cum uxore tua, et induxeras super nos grande peccatum. Præcepitque omni populo, dicens:
11 Abimelech issued orders to all the people, warning them, “Anyone who touches this man or his wife will be executed.”
Qui tetigerit hominis huius uxorem, morte morietur.
12 Isaac sowed grain that year, and the Lord blessed him with a harvest that was a hundred times what he planted.
Sevit autem Isaac in terra illa, et invenit in ipso anno centuplum: benedixitque ei Dominus.
13 He became a rich man, and his wealth steadily increased until he was very rich.
Et locupletatus est homo, et ibat proficiens atque succrescens, donec magnus vehementer effectus est:
14 He owned many flocks of sheep and herds of cattle, as well as many slaves. He had so much that the Philistines became jealous of him.
habuit quoque possessiones ovium et armentorum, et familiæ plurimum. Ob hoc invidentes ei Palæstini,
15 So the Philistines used dirt to block up all the wells his father Abraham's servants had dug.
omnes puteos, quos foderant servi patris illius Abraham, illo tempore obstruxerunt, implentes humo:
16 Then Abimelech told Isaac, “You have to leave our country, because you've become much too powerful for us.”
in tantum, ut ipse Abimelech diceret ad Isaac: Recede a nobis, quoniam potentior nobis factus es valde.
17 So Isaac moved away and set up his tents in the Gerar Valley where he settled down.
Et ille discedens, ut veniret ad torrentem Geraræ, habitaretque ibi:
18 He unblocked the wells that had been dug in his father Abraham's time—the ones the Philistines had blocked after the death of Abraham. He gave them the same names his father had.
rursum fodit alios puteos, quos foderant servi patris sui Abraham, et quos, illo mortuo, olim obstruxerant Philisthiim: appellavitque eos eisdem nominibus quibus ante pater vocaverat.
19 Isaac's servants also dug a new well in the valley and found spring water.
Foderuntque in torrente, et repererunt aquam vivam.
20 But the herdsmen from Gerar argued with Isaac's herdsmen, claiming, “That's our water!” So Isaac named the well, “Argument,” because they argued with him.
Sed et ibi iurgium fuit pastorum Geraræ adversus pastores Isaac, dicentium: Nostra est aqua. Quam ob rem nomen putei ex eo, quod acciderat, vocavit Calumniam.
21 He had another well dug, and they argued over that one too. He named the well, “Opposition.”
Foderunt autem et alium: et pro illo quoque rixati sunt, appellavitque eum, Inimicitias.
22 So they moved on from there and he had another well dug. This time there was no argument so he named the well, “Freedom,” saying, “Now the Lord has given us freedom to expand and be successful in this land.”
Profectus inde fodit alium puteum, pro quo non contenderunt: itaque vocavit nomen eius, Latitudo, dicens: Nunc dilatavit nos Dominus, et fecit crescere super terram.
23 From there he moved on to Beersheba.
Ascendit autem ex illo loco in Bersabee,
24 That night the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am the God of Abraham your father. Don't be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and give you many descendants for the sake of my servant Abraham.”
ubi apparuit ei Dominus in ipsa nocte, dicens: Ego sum Deus Abraham patris tui, noli timere, quia ego tecum sum: benedicam tibi, et multiplicabo semen tuum propter servum meum Abraham.
25 Isaac built an altar and worshiped the Lord. He also set up his tent, and his servants dug a well there.
Itaque ædificavit ibi altare: et invocato nomine Domini, extendit tabernaculum: præcepitque servis suis ut foderunt puteum.
26 Sometime later Abimelech came from Gerar to see Isaac, along with Ahuzzath his advisor, and Phicol the commander of his army.
Ad quem locum cum venissent de Geraris Abimelech, et Ochozath amicus illius, et Phicol dux militum,
27 “Why have you come to see me?” Isaac asked them. “Previously you hated me and told me to leave!”
locutus est eis Isaac: Quid venistis ad me hominem quem odistis, et expulistis a vobis?
28 “Now we realize that the Lord is with you,” they replied. “So we agreed that we should make a sworn agreement with you.
Qui responderunt: Vidimus tecum esse Dominum, et idcirco nos diximus: Sit iuramentum inter nos, et ineamus fœdus,
29 You'll promise not to harm us in the same way we've never hurt you. You'll agree that we've always treated you well, and when we asked you to leave we did so kindly. Now look at how the Lord is blessing you!”
ut non facias nobis quidquam mali, sicut et nos nihil tuorum attigimus, nec fecimus quod te læderet: sed cum pace dimisimus auctum benedictione Domini.
30 So Isaac had a special meal prepared to celebrate the agreement. They ate and drank,
Fecit ergo eis convivium, et post cibum et potum
31 and got up early in the morning and they each swore oaths to one other. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they left in peace.
surgentes mane, iuraverunt sibi mutuo: dimisitque eos Isaac pacifice in locum suum.
32 It was that very day when Isaac's servants who'd been digging a well came and told him, “We've found water!”
Ecce autem venerunt in ipso die servi Isaac annunciantes ei de puteo, quem foderant, atque dicentes: Invenimus aquam.
33 So Isaac named the well, “Oath,” and that's why the name of the town is “Well of the Oath” (Beersheba) to this day.
Unde appellavit eum, Abundantiam: et nomen urbi impositum est Bersabee, usque in præsentem diem.
34 When Esau was 40, he married Judith, daughter of Beeri the Hittite, as well as Basemath, daughter of Elon the Hittite.
Esau vero quadragenarius duxit uxores, Iudith filiam Beeri Hethæi, et Basemath filiam Elon eiusdem loci:
35 They caused Isaac and Rebekah a great deal of grief.
quæ ambæ offenderant animum Isaac et Rebeccæ.
