1 And there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine which had been in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech the king of the Philistines, to Gerar.
2 And Jehovah appeared to him and said, Go not down to Egypt: dwell in the land that I shall tell thee of.
3 Sojourn in this land; and I will be with thee and bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries; and I will perform the oath which I swore unto Abraham thy father.
4 And I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and unto thy seed will I give all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves-
5 because that Abraham hearkened to my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
6 And Isaac dwelt at Gerar.
7 And the men of the place asked about his wife. And he said, She is my sister; for he feared to say, my wife, {saying to himself,} Lest the men of the place slay me on account of Rebecca-because she was fair in countenance.
8 And it came to pass when he had been there some time, that Abimelech the king of the Philistines looked out of the window, and saw, and behold, Isaac was dallying with Rebecca his wife.
9 Then Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, she is certainly thy wife; and how saidst thou, She is my sister? and Isaac said to him, Because I said, Lest I die on account of her.
10 And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done to us? But a little and one of the people might have lain with thy wife, and thou wouldest have brought a trespass on us.
11 And Abimelech charged all the people, saying, He that touches this man or his wife shall certainly be put to death.
12 And Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year a hundredfold; and Jehovah blessed him.
13 And the man became great, and he became continually greater, until he was very great.
14 And he had possessions of flocks, and possessions of herds, and a great number of servants; and the Philistines envied him.
15 And all the wells that his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines stopped them and filled them with earth.
16 And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go from us; for thou art become much mightier than we.
17 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his camp in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
18 And Isaac dug again the wells of water that they had dug in the days of Abraham his father, and that the Philistines had stopped 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 dug in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
20 But the shepherds of Gerar strove with Isaac's shepherds, saying, The water is ours. And he called the name of the well Esek, because they had quarrelled with him.
21 And they dug another well, and they strove for that also; and he called the name of it Sitnah.
22 And he removed thence and dug another well; and they did not strive for that. And he called the name of it Rehoboth, and said, For now Jehovah has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
23 And he went up thence to Beer-sheba.
24 And Jehovah appeared to 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 built an altar there, and called upon the name of Jehovah. And he pitched his tent there; and there Isaac's servants dug a well.
26 And Abimelech, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phichol the captain of his host, went to him from Gerar.
27 And Isaac said to them, Why are ye come to me, seeing ye hate me, and have driven me away from you?
28 And they said, We saw certainly that Jehovah is with thee; and we said, Let there be then an oath between us-between us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee,
29 that thou wilt do us no wrong, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done to thee nothing but good, and have let thee go in peace; thou art now blessed of Jehovah.
30 And he made them a feast, and they ate and drank.
31 And they rose early in the morning, and swore 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 that they had dug, and said to him, We have found water.
33 And he called it Shebah; therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba to this day.
34 And Esau was forty years old, when he took as wives Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basmath the daughter of Elon the Hittite.
35 And they were a grief of mind to Isaac and to Rebecca.
1 Sobreveio à terra uma fome, além da primeira que veio nos dias de Abraão. E foi Isaque a Gerar ter com Abimeleque, rei dos filisteus.
2 Apareceu-lhe Jeová e disse: Não desças ao Egito. Habita na terra que eu te disser;
3 peregrina nesta terra, e serei contigo e te abençoarei; pois a ti e à tua semente darei todas estas terras, e confirmarei o juramento que fiz a teu pai Abraão.
4 Multiplicarei a tua semente como as estrelas do céu, e lhe darei todas estas terras. Por tua semente se abençoarão todas as nações da terra,
5 porque Abraão escutou a minha voz, e guardou o meu mandado, os meus preceitos, os meus estatutos e as minhas leis.
6 Isaque, pois, habitou em Gerar.
7 Os homens do lugar perguntaram-lhe acerca de sua mulher, e ele respondeu: É minha irmã; pois temeu dizer: Minha mulher; para que, dizia ele, não me matassem por amor de Rebeca, porque era ela formosa à vista.
8 Ora tendo Isaque se demorado ali muito tempo, olhou Abimeleque, rei dos filisteus, pela janela, e viu e eis que Isaque estava brincando com sua mulher Rebeca.
9 Chamou Abimeleque a Isaque e disse: Está visto que ela é tua mulher; como, pois, disseste: É minha irmã? Respondeu-lhe Isaque: Porque eu dizia: Para que eu não morra por causa dela.
10 Replicou Abimeleque: Que é isso que nos fizeste? facilmente se teria deitado um do povo com tua mulher, e tu terias trazido culpa sobre nós.
11 E deu esta ordem a todo o povo: Qualquer que tocar a este homem ou a sua mulher certamente morrerá.
12 Semeou Isaque naquela terra e recolheu no mesmo ano cento por um; e Jeová o abençoou.
13 Engrandeceu-se o homem e ia-se crescendo mais e mais nos bens, até que se tornou muito grande;
14 tinha possessões de rebanhos e possessões de gados, e era grande o número de seus servos. Os filisteus tinham-lhe inveja.
15 Ora todos os poços que os servos de seu pai tinham cavado nos dias de Abraão, seu pai, os filisteus haviam atulhado e enchido de terra.
16 Disse Abimeleque a Isaque: Aparta-te de nós, porque tu és mais poderoso do que nós.
17 Partindo, pois, Isaque dali, acampou no vale de Gerar, e lá habitou.
18 Isaque tornou a cavar os poços de água, que haviam sido cavados nos dias de Abraão, seu pai, (porque os filisteus os entulharam depois da morte de Abraão) e deu-lhes os mesmos nomes que seu pai lhes dera.
19 Cavaram os escravos de Isaque no vale, e ali acharam um poço de águas vivas.
20 Os pastores de Gerar contenderam com os pastores de Isaque, dizendo: A água é nossa. Ele chamou ao poço Eseque, porque contenderam com ele.
21 Cavaram outro poço, pelo qual também contenderam: e chamou-lhe Sitna.
22 Partindo dali, cavou ainda outro poço; por este não contenderam e, chamando-lhe Reobote, disse: Pois agora Jeová nos deu lugar, e medraremos na terra.
23 Subiu dali para Berseba.
24 Apareceu-lhe Jeová na mesma noite e disse: Eu sou o Deus de Abraão, teu pai. Não temas, porque eu sou contigo, e te abençoarei e multiplicarei a tua descendência por causa do meu servo Abraão.
25 Tendo edificado ali um altar, invocou o nome de Jeová e ali armou a sua tenda; e os servos de Isaque cavaram ali um poço.
26 De Gerar foram ter com ele Abimeleque e seu amigo Ausate, e Ficol, general de seu exército.
27 Disse-lhes Isaque: Porque vindes ter comigo, visto que vós me aborreceis, e me repelistes de vós?
28 Responderam eles: Vimos bem que Jeová era contigo, e dissemos: Haja um juramento entre ti e nós, e façamos uma aliança contigo.
29 Jura que não nos farás mal algum, assim como não te havemos tocado, e te fizemos somente o bem, e te deixamos ir em paz. Tu és agora o bendito de Jeová.
30 Deu-lhes Isaque um banquete, e comeram e beberam.
31 Levantando-se de manhã cedo, juraram de parte a parte; Isaque os despediu, e separaram-se dele em paz.
32 No mesmo dia vieram os servos de Isaque e, dando-lhe notícias acerca do poço que havia cavado, disseram-lhe: Achamos água.
33 Chamou ao poço Seba; por isso é o nome da cidade Berseba até o dia de hoje.
34 Tendo Esaú quarenta anos, tomou por mulher a Judite, filha de Beeri, heteu, e a Basemate, filha de Elom, o heteu.
35 Elas foram uma amargura para o espírito de Isaque e de Rebeca.