ASV_Strong : Genesis 26
1. And there was a famine[H7458] in the land[H776], besides[H905] the first[H7223] famine[H7458] that was in the days[H3117] of Abraham[H85]. And Isaac[H3327] went[H3212] unto Abimelech[H40] king[H4428] of the Philistines[H6430], unto Gerar[H1642].
2. And Jehovah[H3068] appeared[H7200] unto him[H559], and said, Go not down[H3381] into Egypt[H4714]; dwell[H7931] in the land[H776] which I shall tell thee of[H559]:
3. sojourn[H1481] in this land[H776], and I will be with thee[H1288], and will bless thee[H2233]; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give[H5414] all these[H411] lands[H776], and I will establish[H6965] the oath[H7621] which I sware[H7650] unto Abraham[H85] thy father[H1];
4. and I will multiply[H7235] thy seed[H2233] as the stars[H3556] of heaven[H8064], and will give[H5414] unto thy seed[H2233] all these[H411] lands[H2233]; and in thy seed shall all the nations[H1471] of the earth[H776] be blessed[H1288];
5. because[H6118] that Abraham[H85] obeyed[H8085] my voice[H6963], and kept[H8104] my charge[H4931], my commandments[H4687], my statutes[H2708], and my laws[H8451].
6. And Isaac[H3327] dwelt[H3427] in Gerar[H1642]:
7. and the men[H582] of the place[H4725] asked[H7592] him of his wife[H802]; and he said[H559], She is my sister[H269]: for he feared[H3372] to say[H559], My wife[H802]; lest[H582], said he, the men of the place[H4725] should kill[H2026] me for Rebekah[H7259]; because she was fair[H2896] to look upon[H4758].
8. And it came to pass[H748], when he had been there a long time[H3117], that Abimelech[H40] king[H4428] of the Philistines[H6430] looked out[H8259] at[H1157] a window[H2474], and saw[H7200], and[H3327], behold, Isaac was sporting[H6711] with Rebekah[H7259] his wife[H802].
9. And Abimelech[H40] called[H7121] Isaac[H3327], and said[H559], Behold[H389], of a surety she is thy wife[H802]: and how saidst[H559] thou[H269], She is my sister? And Isaac[H3327] said[H559] unto him[H559], Because I said, Lest I die because of her[H4191].
10. And Abimelech[H40] said[H559], What is this thou hast done[H6213] unto us[H259]? One of the people[H5971] might easily[H4592] have lain[H7901] with thy wife[H802], and thou wouldest have brought[H935] guiltiness upon us[H817].
11. And Abimelech[H40] charged[H6680] all the people[H5971], saying[H559], He that toucheth[H5060] this man[H376] or his wife[H802] shall surely[H4191] be put to death[H4191].
12. And Isaac[H3327] sowed[H2232] in that land[H776], and found[H4672] in the same year[H8141] a hundredfold[H3967]: and Jehovah[H3068] blessed him[H1288].
13. And the man[H376] waxed great[H1431], and grew[H1432] more[H3212] and more[H1980] until he became[H1431] very[H3966] great[H1431]:
14. and he had possessions[H4735] of flocks[H6629], and possessions[H4735] of herds[H1241], and a great[H7227] household[H5657]: and the Philistines[H6430] envied him[H7065].
15. Now all the wells[H875] which his father[H1]'s servants[H5650] had digged[H2658] in the days[H3117] of Abraham[H85] his father[H1], the Philistines[H6430] had stopped[H5640], and filled[H4390] with earth[H6083].
16. And Abimelech[H40] said[H559] unto Isaac[H3327], Go[H3212] from us[H3966]; for thou art much mightier than we[H6105].
17. And Isaac[H3327] departed[H3212] thence[H2583], and encamped in the valley[H5158] of Gerar[H1642], and dwelt[H3427] there[H8033].
18. And Isaac[H3327] digged[H2658] again[H7725] the wells[H875] of water[H4325], which they had digged[H2658] in the days[H3117] of Abraham[H85] his father[H1]; for the Philistines[H6430] had stopped[H5640] them after[H310] the death[H4194] of Abraham[H85]; and he called[H7121] their names[H8034] after the names[H8034] by which[H834] his father[H1] had called them[H7121].
19. And Isaac[H3327]'s servants[H5650] digged[H2658] in the valley[H5158], and found[H4672] there a well[H875] of springing[H2416] water[H4325].
20. And the herdsmen[H7462] of Gerar[H1642] strove[H7378] with Isaac[H3327]'s herdsmen[H7462], saying[H559], The water[H4325] is ours[H7121]: and he called the name[H8034] of the well[H875] Esek[H6230], because they contended with him[H6229].
21. And they digged[H2658] another[H312] well[H875], and they strove[H7378] for that also[H7121]: and he called the name of it[H8034] Sitnah[H7856].
22. And he removed[H6275] from thence[H2658], and digged another[H312] well[H875]; and for that they strove[H7378] not[H7121]: and he called the name of it[H8034] Rehoboth[H7344]; and he said[H559], For now[H6258] Jehovah[H3068] hath made room[H7337] for us[H6509], and we shall be fruitful in the land[H776].
23. And he went up[H5927] from thence to Beer-sheba[H884].
24. And Jehovah[H3068] appeared[H7200] unto him the same night[H3915], and said[H559], I am the God[H430] of Abraham[H85] thy father[H1]: fear[H3372] not[H854], for I am with thee[H1288], and will bless thee[H7235], and multiply thy seed[H2233] for my servant[H5650] Abraham[H85]'s sake.
25. And he builded[H1129] an altar[H4196] there[H7121], and called upon the name[H8034] of Jehovah[H3068], and pitched[H5186] his tent[H168] there[H3327]: and there Isaac's servants[H5650] digged[H3738] a well[H875].
26. Then Abimelech[H40] went[H1980] to him from Gerar[H1642], and Ahuzzath[H276] his friend[H4828], and Phicol[H6369] the captain[H8269] of his host[H6635].
27. And Isaac[H3327] said[H559] unto them[H4069], Wherefore are ye come[H935] unto me[H8130], seeing ye hate me[H7971], and have sent me away from you?
28. And they said[H559], We saw[H7200] plainly[H7200] that Jehovah[H3068] was with thee[H559]: and we said, Let there now be an oath[H423] betwixt[H996] us[H996], even betwixt us and thee[H3772], and let us make a covenant with thee[H1285],
29. that thou wilt do[H6213] us no hurt[H7451], as we have not touched[H5060] thee[H6213], and as we have done unto thee nothing but[H7535] good[H2896], and have sent thee away[H7971] in peace[H7965]: thou art now[H6258] the blessed[H1288] of Jehovah[H3068].
30. And he made[H6213] them a feast[H4960], and they did eat[H398] and drink[H8354].
31. And they rose up betimes[H7925] in the morning[H1242], and sware[H7650] one[H376] to another[H251]: and Isaac[H3327] sent them away[H7971], and they departed[H3212] from him in peace[H7965].
32. And it came to pass the same day[H3117], that Isaac[H3327]'s servants[H5650] came[H935], and told[H5046] him concerning[H182] the well[H875] which they had digged[H2658], and said[H559] unto him[H4672], We have found water[H4325].
33. And he called[H7121] it Shibah[H7656]: therefore the name[H8034] of the city[H5892] is Beer-sheba[H884] unto this day[H3117].
34. And when Esau[H6215] was forty[H705] years[H8141] old[H1121] he took[H3947] to wife[H802] Judith[H3067] the daughter[H1323] of Beeri[H882] the Hittite[H2850], and Basemath[H1315] the daughter[H1323] of Elon[H356] the Hittite[H2850]:
35. and they were a grief[H4786] of mind[H7307] unto Isaac[H3327] and to Rebekah[H7259].
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