And there became a famine upon the land, separate from the famine formerly, which happened in the time of Abraham. went to Abimelech king of the Philistines in Gerar.
appeared and said, You should not go down into Egypt, but dwell in the land! which ever I should tell you.
And sojourn in this land! And I will be with you, and I will bless you. For to you and your seed I will give all this land. And I will establish my oath, which I swore to Abraham your father.
And I will multiply your seed as the stars of the heaven. And I will give your seed all this land. And shall be blessed by your seed all the nations of the earth;
because obeyed my voice, and guarded my orders, and my commandments, and my ordinances, and my laws.
asked concerning Rebekah his wife. And he said, sister for he feared to say that, wife lest at any time should kill on account of Rebekah; for beautiful
And he became long-lived there. And leaned over through the window, Isaac playing with Rebekah his wife.
called Isaac, and said to him, So indeed your wife Why is it that you said, sister said I said it for lest at any time I might die on account of her.
said What you did to us? went to bed with your wife, and you brought upon us
gave orders to all his people, saying, Any one touching this man and his wife unto death
sowed in that land. And he found in that year bearing a hundred fold blessed
And was exalted and advancing until of which time great
And there became to him herds of sheep, and herds of oxen, and farms envied
And all the wells which dug obstructed and filled them
said to Isaac, Go forth from us! for mightier than
And Isaac went forth from there. And he rested up in the ravine of Gerar, and dwelt there.
And again Isaac dug the wells of water which dug and obstructed after the dying of Abraham his father. And he named them with names according to the names which named
And dug in the ravine of Gerar, and found there a well of water
And did combat with the shepherds of Isaac, maintaining theirs And they called the name of the well, Injustice, for they wronged him.
And departing from there he dug well And they quarreled also on account of that well. And he named the name of it, Hatred.
And departing from there, he dug well And they did not do combat over it. And he named the name of it, Expanse, saying, Because now us, and caused us to grow upon the earth.
And he ascended from there towards the Well of the Oath.
And appeared in that night, and said, I am the God of Abraham your father. Do not fear! with And I will bless you, and I will multiply your seed because of Abraham your father.
And he built there an altar, and called upon the name of the lord, and he pitched there his tent. dug in the ravine Gerar.
And Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his groomsman, and Phichol the commander-in-chief of his force.
And said Why did you come to me; for you detested me, and you sent me from you?
And they said, Seeing, we have seen that was with you. And we said, Let there become an oath between us and between you! And we will ordain with you a covenant.
You shall not do with in so far as did not abhor and which manner we treated you well, and we sent you out in peace. And now, you are being blessed by
And he made a banquet for them. And they ate and drank.
And rising up in the morning, swore by an oath to the neighbor. And sent them out and they moved away from him with safety.
And it came to pass in that day, also coming reported to him concerning the well which they dug, and said, We did not find water.
And he called it, Oath. On account of this he called that city, Well of Oath, unto today's day.
was and he took a wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.
And they were contending Isaac and Rebekah.