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.
Īzaks apmetas Gerārā
1 Tajā zemē bija bads – tāpat kā iepriekš, kad bads bija Ābrahāma dienās. Īzaks devās uz Gerāru pie filistiešu ķēniņa Abīmeleha. 2 Un viņam parādījās Kungs un teica: “Neej uz Ēģipti! Apmeties zemē, kur es tev teikšu! 3 Mīti tajā zemē, un es būšu ar tevi un tevi svētīšu, jo visas šīs zemes es došu tev un taviem pēcnācējiem, un es piepildīšu zvērestu, ko esmu devis tavam tēvam Ābrahāmam. 4 Un es vairošu tavus pēcnācējus kā debesu zvaigznes, es došu taviem pēcnācējiem visas šīs zemes, un tavos pēcnācējos tiks svētītas visas zemes tautas – 5 tādēļ ka Ābrahāms klausīja manai balsij un turēja manus norādījumus, manus baušļus, manus likumus un manu bauslību!” 6 Un Īzaks piemita Gerārā. 7 Un turienes vīri jautāja par viņa sievu, un viņš teica: “Viņa ir mana māsa,” jo viņš baidījās teikt: mana sieva, lai turienes vīri viņu Rebekas dēļ nenokautu, jo viņa bija ļoti skaista. 8 Kad viņš bija tur mitis jau ilgas dienas, filistiešu ķēniņš Abīmelehs palūkojās pa logu un skatījās, un redzi – Īzaks mīlinās ar savu sievu Rebeku. 9 Un Abīmelehs pasauca Īzaku un teica: “Tad redz, kā – viņa ir tava sieva! Kā tu varēji teikt: viņa ir mana māsa?!” Un Īzaks viņam teica: “Es domāju, lai man nebūtu jāmirst viņas dēļ!” 10 Un Abīmelehs teica: “Ko tu mums esi nodarījis?! Maz trūka, ka kāds no ļaudīm būtu gulējis ar tavu sievu un tu būtu mums uzkrāvis vainu!” 11 Un Abīmelehs pavēlēja visai tautai, sacīdams: “Kas aizskars šo vīru vai viņa sievu, tas mirtin mirs!”
12 Īzaks sēja tai zemē un tajā pašā gadā ievāca simtkārtīgi, jo Kungs viņu bija svētījis. 13 Un viņš kļuva varenāks un varenāks, līdz tapa jo varens! 14 Viņam bija sīklopu ganāmpulki un liellopu ganāmpulki, un liela saime, un filistieši skauda viņu. 15 Filistieši aizbēra ar zemi visas akas, ko viņa tēva Ābrahāma dienās bija izrakuši viņa vergi. 16 Un Abīmelehs teica Īzakam: “Ej projām no mums, jo tu esi varenāks par mums!” 17 Un Īzaks aizgāja no turienes, apmetās Gerāras ielejā un mita tur. 18 Īzaks tur dzīvoja un atraka ūdens akas, kuras bija rakuši viņa tēva Ābrahāma dienās un kuras filistieši pēc Ābrahāma nāves bija aizbēruši, un viņš nosauca tās tādos pašos vārdos, kā tās bija saucis viņa tēvs. 19 Īzaka kalpi raka ielejā un atrada tur tekoša ūdens avotu. 20 Un Gerāras gani strīdējās ar Īzaka ganiem, sacīdami: “Mūsu ūdens!” – un viņš nosauca to vietu vārdā Ēseka , jo tie ar viņu bija kašķējušies. 21 Un viņi raka citu aku un strīdējās arī par to, un viņš nosauca to vārdā Sitna . 22 Un viņš devās no turienes tālāk un raka citu aku, un par to vairs nestrīdējās, un viņš nosauca to vārdā Rehobota , sacīdams: “Jo tagad Kungs ir licis mums iet plašumā un ir mūs darījis auglīgus šai zemē!” 23 No turienes viņš devās uz Bēršebu. 24 Un tonakt viņam parādījās Kungs un teica: “Es esmu tava tēva Ābrahāma Dievs, nebaidies, jo es esmu kopā ar tevi – es tevi svētīšu un vairošu tavus pēcnācējus sava kalpa Ābrahāma dēļ!” 25 Un viņš uzcēla tur altāri un piesauca Kunga vārdu, izpleta tur savu telti, un Īzaka kalpi tur izcirta aku. 26 Un no Gerāras pie viņa atnāca Abīmelehs un Ahuzats, viņam tuvākais vīrs, un karaspēka pavēlnieks Pīhols. 27 Un Īzaks tiem teica: “Kāpēc jūs nācāt pie manis – jūs taču nīstat mani un padzināt mani!” 28 Bet viņi teica: “Mēs taču redzam, ka Kungs ir bijis ar tevi, un mēs nospriedām: noslēgsim zvērestu savā starpā! – un mēs slēgsim ar tevi derību, 29 ka tu mums nedarīsi ļaunu, tāpat kā mēs neaizskarsim tevi. Mēs esam tev darījuši tikai labu un atlaiduši tevi ar mieru, un tagad tu esi Kunga svētīts!” 30 Un viņš sarīkoja tiem dzīres, un viņi ēda un dzēra. 31 Un viņi cēlās agri no rīta, zvērēja viens otram, un Īzaks atlaida viņus, un tie aizgāja no viņa ar mieru. 32 Tajā pašā dienā atnāca Īzaka kalpi un pastāstīja viņam par aku, ko bija izrakuši, un teica: “Mēs atradām ūdeni!” 33 Un viņš nosauca to par Šibu, tādēļ to pilsētu līdz šai dienai sauc par Bēršebu.
34 Un Ēsavs bija četrdesmit gadu vecs, un viņš apņēma sievas – Judīti, hetieša Beērī meitu, un Bāsmati, hetieša Ēlona meitu. 35 Viņas sarūgtināja Īzaku un Rebeku.
