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
.
And the LORD appeared
unto him, and said
, Go not down
into Egypt
; dwell
in the land
which I shall tell
thee of:
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
;
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
;
Because that Abraham
obeyed
my voice
, and kept
my charge
, my commandments
, my statutes
, and my laws
.
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 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 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.
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.
And Abimelech charged
all his people
, saying
, He that toucheth
this man
or his wife
shall surely
be put to death
.
Then Isaac sowed
in that land
, and received
in the same year
an hundredfold
: and the LORD
blessed
him.
And the man waxed great
, and went
forward
, and grew
until he became
very
great
:
For he had possession of flocks
, and possession
of herds
, and great store
of servants
: and 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
.
And Abimelech said
unto Isaac
, Go
from us; for thou art much
mightier
than we.
And Isaac departed
thence, and pitched his tent
in the valley
of Gerar
, and dwelt
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.
And Isaac's servants
digged
in the valley
, and found
there a well
of springing
water
.
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.
And they digged another
well
, and strove
for that also: and he called
the name of 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
.
And he went up from thence 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 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
.
Then Abimelech went
to him from Gerar
, and Ahuzzath
one of his friends
, and Phichol
the chief captain
of his army
.
And Isaac said
unto them, Wherefore
come
ye to me, seeing ye hate
me, and have sent me away
from 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;
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
.
And he made them a feast
, and they did eat
and drink
.
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 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
.
And he called it Shebah
: therefore the name
of the city
is Beersheba
unto this day
.
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
:
Which were a grief of mind
unto Isaac
and to Rebekah
.