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And
there was a
famine in the land, beside
the first
famine
that was
in the
days
of
Abraham
. And Isaac went unto
Abimelech king of the Philistines unto
Gerar.
Now
there was another
famine in the land, subsequent
to
the one
that had
occurred
in Abraham’s
time
. And Isaac went to
Abimelech king of the Philistines at
Gerar.
And
the LORD appeared unto
him,
and said, Go
not down into
Egypt ;
dwell
in the land which
I shall
tell thee
of:
The LORD appeared to
Isaac
and said, “Do
not go
down to
Egypt .
Settle
in the land where
I tell you.
Sojourn
in this land, and I will be with thee,
and will
bless thee;
for unto
thee,
and
unto
thy
seed,
I will give all these countries
, and I will perform
the oath which
I sware
unto
Abraham
thy
father ;
Stay
in this land as
a
foreigner
, and I will be with you
and bless you.
For I will give all these lands
to
you
and
your
offspring
, and I will confirm
the oath that
I swore
to
your
father Abraham.
And
I will make thy
seed
to
multiply
as the stars of
heaven
, and will give unto
thy
seed
all these countries;
and in
thy
seed
shall
all the
nations of the earth be blessed ;
I will make your
descendants
as numerous
as
the stars in
the
sky
, and I
will give them
all these lands,
and through
your
offspring
all nations of the earth will
be blessed ,
Because that
Abraham obeyed
my voice ,
and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
because Abraham listened
to
My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws. ”
And
Isaac dwelt
in Gerar :
So
Isaac settled
in Gerar .
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
.
But
when
the men of that
place asked about
his wife ,
he said, “
She is my sister .”
For he was
afraid
to say, “
She is my wife, ”
since
he thought
to
himself
, “
The men of this
place will
kill me on
account
of
Rebekah ,
because she is
so
beautiful
. ”
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.
When Isaac
had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked down
from
the
window and was surprised
to
see
Isaac
caressing
his wife Rebekah
.
And
Abimelech called
Isaac ,
and said, Behold,
of
a
surety
she is thy
wife ;
and
how saidst
thou
, She is my sister? And
Isaac said
unto
him
, Because I said,
Lest
I die for
her.
Abimelech sent
for
Isaac and said, “So
she is really
your
wife !
How could
you
say
, ‘
She is my sister ’
? ”
Isaac replied
, “
Because I thought
I might
die on
account
of
her. ”
And
Abimelech
said,
What is this thou
hast
done unto
us? one of the people might
lightly
have lien
with thy
wife, and thou
shouldest
have brought guiltiness
upon us.
“
What is this you
have
done to
us? ”
asked
Abimelech.
“
One of the people could
easily
have slept
with your
wife, and you
would
have brought guilt
upon us. ”
And
Abimelech charged
all his
people, saying, He
that
toucheth
this man or his wife shall
surely be put to death.
So
Abimelech warned
all the
people, saying, “Whoever
harms
this man or his wife will
surely be put to death. ”
Then
Isaac sowed in that
land, and received
in
the
same
year an
hundredfold :
and the LORD blessed him .
Now
Isaac sowed seed
in the
land, and that
very
year he
reaped
a
hundredfold .
And the LORD blessed him ,
And the
man
waxed
great,
and went
forward
, and
grew
until he became
very
great:
and he
became
richer
and richer
, until he was
exceedingly
wealthy.
For
he had
possession
of
flocks ,
and possession
of
herds ,
and great
store
of
servants :
and
the Philistines envied him.
He owned
so
many
flocks and herds and servants that
the Philistines envied him.
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
.
So
the
Philistines
took
dirt
and
stopped
up
all the wells that
his father’s
servants had dug
in the days of his father Abraham
.
And
Abimelech said unto
Isaac, Go
from us ;
for thou
art
much mightier
than
we
.
Then
Abimelech said to
Isaac, “Depart
from us ,
for you
are
much too
powerful
for
us
. ”
And
Isaac departed
thence,
and pitched
his
tent
in the valley of Gerar ,
and dwelt
there.
So
Isaac left
that
place
and encamped
in the Valley of Gerar and settled
there.
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.
Isaac reopened
the wells that
had been
dug
in the days of his father Abraham,
which
the Philistines had stopped up
after Abraham died.
And he gave
these
wells
the same
names his father had given
them.
And
Isaac's
servants digged
in the valley ,
and found there
a well of springing
water.
Then
Isaac’s
servants dug
in the valley and found a well of fresh
water there
.
And
the herdmen
of Gerar did
strive
with Isaac's
herdmen,
saying
, The water is ours :
and
he called
the
name
of
the well Esek ;
because they strove
with him.
But
the herdsmen
of Gerar quarreled
with Isaac’s
herdsmen
and
said
, “
The water is ours !”
So
he named
the well Esek ,
because they contended
with him.
And
they digged
another well ,
and strove
for
that also :
and
he called
the
name
of
it Sitnah.
Then
they dug
another well and quarreled
over
that one
also ;
so
he named
it Sitnah.
And
he removed
from thence,
and digged
another well ;
and for
that
they strove
not :
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.
He moved
on
from there
and dug
another well ,
and they did
not quarrel
over
it.
He named
it Rehoboth and said, “At
last
the LORD has
made room for us, and we will
be fruitful in the land. ”
And
he
went up from
thence
to Beersheba .
From
there
Isaac
went up to Beersheba ,
And the LORD appeared unto
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
.
and that
night
the LORD appeared to
him and said, “
I am the God of your
father Abraham.
Do
not be
afraid
, for I am with you.
I
will bless you
and multiply your
descendants
for the
sake
of
My servant Abraham
. ”
And
he
builded
an altar there ,
and called upon
the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there :
and
there
Isaac's
servants digged
a well.
So
Isaac
built
an altar there and called on
the name of the LORD, and he
pitched his tent there .
His
servants also
dug
a well there
.
Then
Abimelech went
to him
from Gerar, and
Ahuzzath one
of
his friends,
and Phichol
the chief
captain
of his army.
Later,
Abimelech came
to Isaac
from Gerar, with
Ahuzzath his adviser
and Phicol
the commander
of his army.
And
Isaac
said
unto
them,
Wherefore
come ye
to me ,
seeing
ye
hate
me ,
and have
sent me away from
you?
“Why
have
you
come to me ?”
Isaac
asked
them.
“You
hated
me and sent me away .”
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;
“
We can
plainly
see
that the LORD has
been
with you
, ”
they
replied.
“We
recommend
that
there should
now be
an oath between
us and you.
Let us make a covenant with you
That thou
wilt
do
us no
hurt
, as we have not touched
thee,
and
as
we
have done unto
thee
nothing
but
good, and
have
sent
thee
away
in peace :
thou
art
now the
blessed of
the LORD.
that you
will
not
harm
us, just
as we have not harmed
you
but
have done only
good to
you
, sending
you
on
your
way
in peace .
And
now you
are
blessed by
the LORD. ”
And
he
made
them
a feast, and they did
eat
and drink
.
So
Isaac
prepared
a feast for
them
, and they ate
and drank
.
And they rose
up betimes
in
the morning ,
and sware
one
to another:
and
Isaac sent them away
, and they departed
from
him in peace.
And they got
up early
the next
morning and swore
an
oath
to each
other.
Then
Isaac sent them on
their
way
, and they left
him in peace.
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
unto
him,
We have found water.
On
that
same day, Isaac’s
servants came and told him about
the well they had dug.
“
We have found water !”
they
told
him
.
And
he called it Shebah:
therefore
the name of the city is Beersheba unto
this
day
.
So
he called it Shibah,
and
to
this
day
the name of the city is Beersheba.
And
Esau was forty years old when
he took to
wife
Judith the
daughter of Beeri the Hittite ,
and Bashemath
the
daughter of Elon the Hittite :
When
Esau was forty years old ,
he took as
his
wives
Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath
daughter of Elon the Hittite .
Which
were
a
grief of
mind
unto
Isaac and to
Rebekah.
And
they
brought
grief to
Isaac and Rebekah.
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