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Genesis 26:1

Then came a time of great need in the land, like that which had been before in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, at Gerar.

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

And when a famine came in the land, after that barrenness which had happened in the days of Abraham, Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Palestines to Gerara.

Genesis 26:2

And the Lord came to him in a vision and said, Do not go down to Egypt; keep in the land of which I will give you knowledge:

And the LORD appeared to him, and said, Go not down into Egypt: dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of.

And the Lord appeared to him and said: Go not down into Egypt, but stay in the land that I shall tell thee.

Genesis 26:3

Keep in this land, and I will be with you and give you my blessing; for to you and to your seed will I give all these lands, giving effect to the oath which I made to your father Abraham;

Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee: for to thee, and to thy seed I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I swore to Abraham thy father;

And sojourn in it, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee: for to thee and to thy seed I will give all these countries, to fulfill the oath which I swore to Abraham thy father.

Genesis 26:4

I will make your seed like the stars of heaven in number, and will give them all these lands, and your seed will be a blessing to all the nations of the earth;

And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give to thy seed all these countries: and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed:

And I will multiply thy seed like the stars of heaven: and I will give to thy posterity all these countries: and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.

Genesis 26:5

Because Abraham gave ear to my voice and kept my words, my rules, my orders, and my laws.

Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

Because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my precepts and commandments, and observed my ceremonies and laws.

Genesis 26:6

So Isaac went on living in Gerar;

And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:

So Isaac abode in Gerara.

Genesis 26:7

And when he was questioned by the men of the place about his wife, he said, She is my sister; fearing to say, She is my wife; for, he said, the men of the place may put me to death on account of Rebekah; because she is very beautiful.

And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.

And when he was asked by the men of that place, concerning his wife, he answered: She is my sister; for he was afraid to confess that she was his wife, thinking lest perhaps they would like him because of her beauty.

Genesis 26:8

And when he had been there for some time, Abimelech, king of the Philistines, looking through a window, saw Isaac playing with Rebekah his wife.

And it came to pass when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.

And when very many days were passed, and he abode there, Abimelech king of the Palestines looking out through a window, saw him playing with Rebecca his wife.

Genesis 26:9

And he said to Isaac, It is clear that she is your wife: why then did you say, She is my sister? And Isaac said, For fear that I might be put to death because of her.

And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, surely she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? and Isaac said to him, Because I said, Lest I should die on her account.

And calling for him, he said: It is evident she is thy wife: why didst thou feign her to be thy sister? He answered: I feared lest I should die for her sake.

Genesis 26:10

Then Abimelech said, What have you done to us? one of the people might well have had connection with your wife, and the sin would have been ours.

And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done to us? one of the people might lightly have lain with thy wife, and thou wouldst have brought guiltiness upon us.

And Abimelech said: Why hadst thou deceived us? Some man of the people might have lain with thy wife, and thou hadst brought upon us a great sin. And he commanded all the people, saying:

Genesis 26:11

And Abimelech gave orders to his people that anyone touching Isaac or his wife was to be put to death.

And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.

He that shall touch this man's wife, shall surely be put to death.

Genesis 26:12

Now Isaac, planting seed in that land, got in the same year fruit a hundred times as much, for the blessing of the Lord was on him.

Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year a hundred-fold: and the LORD blessed him:

And Isaac sowed in that land, and he found that same year a hundredfold: and the Lord blessed him.

Genesis 26:13

And his wealth became very great, increasing more and more;

And the man became great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:

And the man was enriched, and he went on prospering and increasing, till he became exceeding great:

Genesis 26:14

For he had great wealth of flocks and herds and great numbers of servants; so that the Philistines were full of envy.

For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and very many servants: And the Philistines envied him.

And he had possessions of sheep and of herds, and a very great family. Wherefore the Palestines envying him,

Genesis 26:15

Now all the water-holes, which his father's servants had made in the days of Abraham, had been stopped up with earth by the Philistines.

For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.

Stopped up at that time all the wells, that the servants of his father Abraham had digged, filling them up with earth:

Genesis 26:16

And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go away from us, for you are stronger than we are.

And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go from us: for thou art much mightier than we.

Insomuch that Abimelech himself said to Isaac: Depart from us, for thou art become much mightier than we.

Genesis 26:17

So Isaac went away from there, and put up his tents in the valley of Gerar, making his living-place there.

And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.

So he departed and came to the torrent of Gerara, to dwell there:

Genesis 26:18

And he made again the water-holes which had been made in the days of Abraham his father, and which had been stopped up by the Philistines; and he gave them the names which his father had given them.

And Isaac digged again the wells of water which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.

And he digged again other wells, which the servants of his father Abraham had digged, and which, after his death, the Palestines had of old stopped up: and he called them by the same names by which his father before had called them.

Genesis 26:19

Now Isaac's servants made holes in the valley, and came to a spring of flowing water.

And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.

And they digged in the torrent, and found living water.

Genesis 26:20

But the herdmen of Gerar had a fight with Isaac's herdmen, for they said, The spring is ours: so he gave the spring the name of Esek, because there was a fight about it.

And the herdmen of Gerar contended with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.

But there also the herdsmen of Gerara strove against the herdsmen of Isaac, saying: It is our water. Wherefore he called the name of the well, on occasion of that which had happened, Calumny.

Genesis 26:21

Then they made another water-hole, and there was a fight about that, so he gave it the name of Sitnah.

And they digged another well, and contended for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.

And they digged also another; and for that they quarreled likewise, and he called the name of it, Enmity.

Genesis 26:22

Then he went away from there, and made another water-hole, about which there was no fighting: so he gave it the name of Rehoboth, for he said, Now the Lord has made room for us, and we will have fruit in this land.

And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they did not contend: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.

Going forward from thence, he digged another well, for which they contended not: therefore he called the name thereof, Latitude, saying: Now hath the Lord given us room, and made us to increase upon the earth.

Genesis 26:23

And from there he went on to Beer-sheba.

And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba.

And he went up from that place to Bersabee,

Genesis 26:24

That night the Lord came to him in a vision, and said, I am the God of your father Abraham: have no fear for I am with you, blessing you, and your seed will be increased because of my servant Abraham.

And the LORD appeared to him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake.

Where the Lord appeared to him that same might, saying: I am the God of Abraham thy father; do not fear, for I am with thee: I will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake.

Genesis 26:25

Then he made an altar there, and gave worship to the name of the Lord, and he put up his tents there, and there his servants made a water-hole.

And he built an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well.

And he built there an altar: and called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent: and commanded his servants to dig a well.

Genesis 26:26

And Abimelech had come to him from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his friend and Phicol, the captain of his army.

Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.

To which place when Abimelech, and Ochozath his friend, and Phicol chief captain of his soldiers came from Gerara,

Genesis 26:27

And Isaac said to them, Why have you come to me, seeing that in your hate for me you sent me away from you?

And Isaac said to them, Why come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?

Isaac said to them: Why are ye come to me, a man whom you hate, and have thrust out from you?

Genesis 26:28

And they said, We saw clearly that the Lord was with you: so we said, Let there be an oath between us and you, and let us make an agreement with you;

And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;

And they answered: We saw that the Lord is with thee, and therefore we said: Let there be an oath between us, and let us make a covenant,

Genesis 26:29

That you will do us no damage, even as we put no hand on you, and did you nothing but good, and sent you away in peace: and now the blessing of the Lord is on you.

That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done to thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the LORD.

That thou do us no harm, as we on our part have touched nothing of thine, nor have done any thing to hurt thee: but with peace have sent thee away increased with the blessing of the Lord.

Genesis 26:30

Then he made a feast for them, and they all had food and drink.

And he made them a feast, and they ate and drank.

And he made them a feast, and after they had eaten and drunk:

Genesis 26:31

And early in the morning they took an oath one to the other: then Isaac sent them away and they went on their way in peace.

And they rose betimes in the morning, and swore one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.

Arising in the morning, they swore one to another: and Isaac sent them away peaceably to their own home.

Genesis 26:32

And that day Isaac's servants came to him and gave him word of the water-hole which they had made, and said to him, We have come to water.

And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said to him, We have found water.

And behold the same day the servants of Isaac came, telling him of a well which they had digged, and saying: We have found water.

Genesis 26:33

And he gave it the name of Shibah: so the name of that town is Beer-sheba to this day.

And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba to this day.

Whereupon he called it Abundance: and the name of the city was called Bersabee, even to this day.

Genesis 26:34

And when Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon the Hittite:

And Esau was forty years old when he took for a wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:

And Esau being forty years old, married wives, Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hethite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon of the same place.

Genesis 26:35

And Isaac and Rebekah had grief of mind because of them.

Who were a grief of mind to Isaac and Rebekah.

And they both offended the mind of Isaac and Rebecca.

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