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.
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The LORD appeared to (Isaac) and said , “ Do not go down to Egypt. Settle in the land where I tell you. ...
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Stay in this land {as a foreigner} , and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give - all these lands and your offspring , and I will confirm - the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.
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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 ,
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because - Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge , My commandments , My statutes , and My laws. ”
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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 .... ”
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- When ... 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.
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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. ”
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“ What is this you have done asked Abimelech. “ One of the people - could easily have slept with your wife , and you would have brought guilt upon us. ”
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So Abimelech - warned all the people , saying , “ Whoever harms this man or his wife will surely be put to death. ”
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Now Isaac sowed seed in the land , and that very year he reaped a hundredfold .... And the LORD blessed him ,
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and (he) became richer and richer vvv ... , until ... ... he was exceedingly wealthy.
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He owned so many flocks ... and herds ... and servants that the Philistines envied him. -
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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.
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Then Abimelech said to Isaac , “ Depart from us , for you are much too powerful for us. ”
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So Isaac left that place and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there.
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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 the same names ... - his father had given
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Then Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found a well of fresh water there.
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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.
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Then they dug another well and quarreled over that one {also} ; so he named it Sitnah.
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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 and we will be fruitful in the land. ”
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From there (Isaac) went up to Beersheba ,
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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. ”
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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.
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Later, Abimelech came to (Isaac) from Gerar , with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army.
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“ Why have you come to me ? ” Isaac asked them. “ You hated me and sent me away .... ”
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“ 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
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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. ”
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So (Isaac) prepared a feast and they ate and drank.
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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.
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- On that same day , Isaac’s servants came and told about ... the well - they had dug. “ We have found water ! ” they told
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So he called it Shibah , and - to this day the name of the city vvv is Beersheba.
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When Esau was forty years old ... , he took as his wives - Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite - and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.
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And they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.
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