Now there was aa famine in the land
, besides
the previous
famine
that had occurred
in the days
of Abraham
. So Isaac
went
to Gerar
, to bAbimelech
king
of the Philistines
.
The LORD aappeared
to him and said
, "Do not go
down
to Egypt
; 1 bstay
in the land
of which
I shall tell
you.
"Sojourn in this
land
and aI will be with you and bbless
you, for cto you and to your 1descendants
I will give
all
these
lands
, and I will establish
dthe oath
which
I swore
to your father
Abraham
.
" aI will multiply your 1descendants
as the stars
of heaven
, and will give
your 1descendants
all
these
lands
; and bby your 1descendants
all
the nations
of the earth
2shall be blessed
;
because Abraham
1 aobeyed
Me and kept
My charge
, My commandments
, My statutes
and My laws
."
So Isaac 1lived
in Gerar
.
When the men of the place
asked
about his wife
, he said
, " aShe is my sister
," for he was bafraid
to say
, "my wife
," thinking, " 1the men
of the place
might kill
me on account
of Rebekah
, for she is cbeautiful
."
It came about, when
he had been there
a long
time
, that Abimelech
king
of the Philistines
looked
out through
a window
, and saw
, and behold
, Isaac
was caressing
his wife
Rebekah
.
Then Abimelech called
Isaac
and said
, "Behold
, certainly
she is your wife
! How
then did you say
, `She is my sister
'?" And Isaac
said
to him, "Because
I said
, `I might
die
on account
of her.' "
aAbimelech said
, "What
is this
you have done
to us? One
of the people
might easily
have lain
with your wife
, and you would have brought
guilt
upon us."
So Abimelech charged
all
the people
, saying
, "He who atouches
this
man
or his wife
shall surely
be put
to death
."
Now Isaac sowed
in that land
and 1reaped
in the same
year
a hundredfold
. And athe LORD
blessed
him,
and the man abecame
rich
, and continued
to grow
1richer
until
he became
very
1wealthy
;
for ahe had possessions
of flocks
1and herds
and a great
household
, so that the Philistines
envied
him.
Now aall the wells
which
his father's
servants
had dug
in the days
of Abraham
his father
, the Philistines
stopped
up 1by filling
them with earth
.
Then Abimelech said
to Isaac
, "Go
away from us, for you are 1 atoo
powerful
for us."
And Isaac departed
from there
and camped
in the valley
of Gerar
, and 1settled
there
.
Then Isaac dug
again
the wells
of water
which
1had been dug
in the days
of his father
Abraham
, for the Philistines
had stopped
them up after
the death
of Abraham
; and he 2gave
them the same
names
which
his father
had 3given
them.
But when Isaac's servants
dug
in the valley
and found
there
a well
of 1flowing
water
,
the herdsmen of Gerar
aquarreled
with the herdsmen
of Isaac
, saying
, "The water
is ours!" So he named
the well
1Esek
, because
they contended
with him.
Then they dug another
well
, and they quarreled
over
it too
, so he named
it 1Sitnah
.
He moved away
from there
and dug
another
well
, and they did not quarrel
over
it; so he named
it 1Rehoboth
, for he said
, " 2 aAt last
the LORD
has made
3room
for us, and we will be bfruitful
in the land
."
Then he went up from there
to aBeersheba
.
The LORD aappeared
to him the same
night
and said
, " bI am the God
of your father
Abraham
; cDo not fear
, for I am with you. I dwill bless
you, and multiply
your 1descendants
, For the sake
of My servant
Abraham
."
So he built an aaltar
there
and called
upon the name
of the LORD
, and pitched
his tent
there
; and there
Isaac's
servants
dug
a well
.
Then aAbimelech came
to him from Gerar
1with his adviser
Ahuzzath
and Phicol
the commander
of his army
.
Isaac said
to them, " aWhy
have you come
to me, since you hate
me and have sent
me away
from you?"
They said, "We see
plainly
athat the LORD
has been
with you; so we said
, `Let there now
be an oath
between
us, even between
1you and us, and let us make
a covenant
with you,
that you will do us no
harm
, just
as we have not touched
you 1and have done
to you nothing
but good
and have sent
you away
in peace
. You are now
the ablessed
of the LORD
.' "
Then ahe made them a feast
, and they ate
and drank
.
In the morning they arose
early
and 1 aexchanged
oaths
; then Isaac
sent
them away
and they departed
from him in peace
.
Now it came about on the same
day
, that Isaac's
servants
came
in and told
him about
the well
which
they had dug
, and said
to him, "We have found
water
."
So he called it Shibah
; therefore
the name
of the city
is aBeersheba
to this
day
.
When Esau was forty
years
old
ahe 1married
Judith
the daughter
of Beeri
the Hittite
, and Basemath
the daughter
of Elon
the Hittite
;
and athey 1brought grief
to Isaac
and Rebekah
.