1 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. 2 And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: 3 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; 4 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; 5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
6 ¶ And Isaac dwelt in Gerar: 7 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. 8 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. 9 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. 10 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. 11 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him. 13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great: 14 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him. 15 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. 16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.
17 ¶ And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. 18 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. 19 And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water. 20 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. 21 And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah. 22 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. 23 And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba. 24 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. 25 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.
26 ¶ Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army. 27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you? 28 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; 29 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. 30 And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink. 31 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. 32 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. 33 And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.
34 ¶ 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: 35 Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
1 Bads bija izcēlies tai zemē pēc pirmā bada, kas bija bijis Ābrahāma laikā, un īzāks nogāja pie Abimelecha, filisdešu ķēniņa, uz Gerāru.
2 Un tas Kungs parādījās viņam un sacīja: „Nenoej uz Ēģiptes zemi, bet paliec uz dzīvi tanī zemē, kuru Es tev norādīšu.
3 Dzīvo kā svešinieks šinī zemē, un Es būšu ar tevi, jo Es tevi svētīšu. Tev un taviem pēctečiem Es visas šīs zemes griou dot, un Es īstenošu to derību, kuru Es tavam tēvam Ābrahāmam ar zvērestu esmu apsolījis.
4 Un Es darīšu lielu tavu pēcnācēju pulku kā debesu zvaigznes un došu taviem pēcnācējiem visas tās zemes, un tavos pēcnācējos visas zemes tautas tiks svētītas,
5 Tāpēc ka Ābrahāms bija manai balsij paklausījis un bija sargājis manas pavēles un manus norādījumus, manus baušļus un manus likumus.“
6 Un īzāks dzīvoja Gerārā.
7 Tad tās vietas iemītnieki vaicāja par viņa sievu. Un viņš atbildēja: „Tā ir mana māsa,“ jo viņam bija bailes sacīt: „mana sieva,“ lai pilsētas vīri nenokautu viņu Rebekas dēļ, jo tā bija skaista.
8 Kad laiks viņam tur ieilga, tad filistiešu ķēniņš Abimelechs reiz skatījās pa logu un ieraudzīja īzāku smīdinām Rebeku, savu sievu.
9 Un Abimelechs pasauca īzaku un sacīja: „Patiesi, tā taču tava sieva, kā tad tu esi sacījis: Tā ir mana māsa.“ Un īzāks tam atbildēja: „Tāpēc ka es domāju, ka man būs jāmirst viņas dēļ.“
10 Un Abimelechs tad sacīja: „Kāpēc tu šādas lietas esi mums darījis? Daudz netrūka, lai kāds no šiem ļaudīm būtu gulējis ar tavu sievu. Tu mums būtu uzkrāvis lielu noziegumu!“
11 Un Abimelechs izdeva pavēli visiem ļaudim ar vārdiem: „Kas aizkars šo vīru un tā sievu, tam mirtin jāmirst.“
12 Un īzāks sēja tanī zemē un saņēma simtkārtīgu ražu, jo tas Kungs viņu bija svētījis.
13 Tā šis vīrs kļuva bagāts un dzīvojot kļuva arvien bagātāks, līdz kamēr bija kļuvis loti bagāts.
14 Viņam piederēja sīklopu ganāmpulki un liellopu ganāmpulki un liels pulks kalpu, tā ka filistieši to apskauda.
15 Visas akas, kādas bija izrakuši viņa tēva kalpi viņa tēva Ābrahāma dienās, filistieši bija aizrakuši un aizbēruši ar zemi.
16 Un Abimelechs sacīja īzākam: „Aizej no manis, jo tu esi kļuvis pārāk varens manā priekšā.“
17 Un īzāks aizgāja no turienes un uzcēla savas teltis Gerāras ielejā un palika tur dzīvot.
18 Un īzāks apmetās un no jauna atraka akas, kas viņa tēva Ābrahāma dienās bija izraktas un kuras filistieši pēc Ābrahāma nāves bija aizbēruši, un nosauca tās tādos pat vārdos, kā viņa tēvs tās bija saucis.
19 Un īzaka kalpi raka tanī ielejā un uzraka avotu ar dzīvu ūdeni.
20 Un Gerāras gani naidojās ar īzāka ganiem, sacīdami: „Tas ir mūsu ūdens.“ Un viņš nosauca šī avota vārdu Eseka, tāpēc ka jaudis bija naidojušies.
21 Tad viņi atraka vēl vienu avotu un naidojās arī tā dēļ. Un viņš nosauca to Sitna.
22 Viņš devās no turienes tālāk un atraka citu avotu, bet šoreiz neķildojās. Tāpēc viņš nosauca to Reehobot, jo sacīja: „Tagad Dievs liek mums izplēsties, un mēs varam augļoties šinī zemē.“
23 Un viņš devās no turienes uz Bēršebu.
24 Un Dievs parādījās viņam sapnī, sacīdams: „Es esmu tava tēva Ābrahāma Dievs, nebīsties, jo Es esmu ar tevi, Es tevi svētīšu un mana kalpa Ābrahāma dēļ Es tavus pēcnācējus vairošu.“
25 Un viņš uzcēla tur altāri un piesauca tā Kunga vārdu, un uzcēla tur savas teltis, un īzāka kalpi raka tur aku.
26 Bet Abimelechs reiz atnāca pie viņa no Gerāras kopā ar Achuzatu, savu tuvu draugu, un Pikolu, savu karaspēka virsnieku.
27 Un īzāks sacīja viņiem: „Kāpēc jūs nākat pie manis? Jo jūs taču ienīstat mani un esat mani aizsūtījuši prom no sevis.“
28 Bet tie sacīja: „Mēs redzēt redzam, ka tas Kungs ir bijis ar tevi, un tā mēs domājām, lai būtu solījums mūsu starpā—starp mums un starp tevi, un lai nodibinātos saderība mūsu vidū,
29 Un tu nedarītu mums nekā ļauna, kā arī mēs tevi neesam pazemojuši, ka esam tev tikai labu vien darījuši, tevi mierā esam atlaiduši uz šejieni, tu tā Kunga svētītais.“
30 Un viņš tiem sarīkoja dzīres, un tie ēda un dzēra.
31 Un viņi piecēlās rītā un zvērēja cits citam. Tad īzāks tos atlaida un viņi miermīlīgi izšķīrās.
32 Un tanī dienā nāca īzāka kalpi un paziņoja viņam par aku, kādu tie bija rakuši, tam sacīdami: „Mēs esam atraduši ūdeni.“
33 Un viņš to nosauca par Šebu, tāpēc ka tur atrodas Bēršebas pilsēta līdz pat šai dienai.
34 Un Ezavs bija četrdesmit gadus vecs, kad tas sev par sievu ņēma hetieša Bērija meitu Judīti un hetieša Elona meitu Basmati.
35 Tās darīja sirdsēstus īzākam un Rebekai.
