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Title: Old Testament, The
Book: Genesis
Author: Various
Date: 1885
Chapter 26
And there was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in
the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines,
unto Gerar. And Jehovah 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 lands, and I will establish the oath which I sware unto Abraham
thy father; and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and will give
unto thy seed all these lands; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the
earth ^1 be blessed; because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge,
my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. And Isaac dwelt in Gerar: and the
men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he
feared to say, 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 kin 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 because of her. And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us?
one of the people might easily have lain with thy wife, and thou wouldest have
brought guiltiness upon us. And Abimelech charged all the people, saying, He
that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
[Footnote 1: Or, bless themselves]
And Isaac sowed in that land, and found in the same year a hundredfold:
and Jehovah blessed him. And the man waxed great, and grew more and more
until he became very great: and he had possessions of flocks, and possessions
of herds, and a great household: and the Philistines envied him. Now all the
wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his
father, the Philistines had stopped, and filled with earth. And Abimelech
said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we. And Isaac
departed thence, and encamped 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 ^2 springing water. And the herdsmen of Gerar strove with
Isaac's herdsmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the
well ^3 Esek, because they contended with him. And they digged another well,
and they strove for that also: and he called the name of it ^4 Sitnah. And he
removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not:
and he called the name of it ^5 Rehoboth; and he said, For now Jehovah hath
made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
[Footnote 2: Heb. living.]
[Footnote 3: That is, Contention.]
[Footnote 4: That is, Enmity.]
[Footnote 5: That is, Broad places, or, Room.]
And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba. And Jehovah 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
Jehovah, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well.
Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend, and
Phicol the captain of his host. And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore are ye
come unto me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you? And they
said, We saw plainly that Jehovah was with thee: and we said, Let there now be
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 Jehovah. 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 Shibah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.
And when Esau was forty years old he took to wife Judith the daughter of
Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite: and they
were ^1 a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
[Footnote 1: Heb. bitterness of spirit.]