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 从前在亚伯拉罕的时候， 曾经有过一次饥荒， 现在那地又有饥荒， 以撒就到基拉耳去， 到非利士人的王亚比米勒那里。
2 耶和华向以撒显现， 说： "你不要下到埃及去， 要住在我所指示你的地方。
3 你要寄居在这地， 我必与你同在， 必赐福给你， 因为我要把这全地都赐给你和你的后裔， 履行我向你父亲亚伯拉罕所起的誓。
4 我必使你的后裔增多， 好像天上的星那样多； 我必把这全地都赐给你的后裔； 地上的万国都必因你的后裔得福。
5 这是因为亚伯拉罕听从了我的话， 遵守了我的吩咐、我的命令、我的条例和我的律法。"
6 于是， 以撒就住在基拉耳。
7 那地方的人问起他的妻子， 他就回答： "她是我的妹妹。"因为他不敢说： "她是我的妻子。"他心里想： "恐怕这地方的人， 因利百加的缘故把我杀了， 因为她容貌美丽。"
8 以撒在那里住了很久。有一天， 非利士人的王亚比米勒从窗户里向外观望， 看见以撒正在爱抚他的妻子利百加。
9 亚比米勒于是把以撒召了来， 对他说： "你看， 她实在是你的妻子， 你怎么说是你的妹妹呢？"以撒回答他： "因为我心里想： ‘恐怕我因她的缘故丧命。’"
10 亚比米勒说： "你向我们作的是什么事呢？人民中间险些有人与你的妻子同睡， 那你就把我们陷在罪恶里了。"
11 于是， 亚比米勒吩咐全国人民， 说： "凡是触犯这人或是他的妻子的， 必被处死。"
12 以撒在那里耕种， 那一年丰收百倍， 耶和华实在赐福给他。
13 他就日渐昌大， 越来越富有， 成了个大富翁。
14 他拥有羊群、牛群和很多仆人， 非利士人就嫉妒他。
15 他父亲亚伯拉罕在世的时候， 所有由他父亲仆人挖的井， 非利士人都塞住了， 填满了土。
16 亚比米勒对以撒说： "你离开我们去吧， 因为你比我们强大得多了。"
17 以撒于是离开那里， 在基拉耳谷支搭帐棚， 住在那里。
18 他父亲亚伯拉罕在世的时候， 仆人所挖的水井， 在亚伯拉罕死后都被非利士人塞住了。以撒重新挖掘这些井， 仍然照着他父亲所起的名字叫它们。
19 以撒的仆人在山谷里挖井， 在那里挖得一口活水井。
20 基拉耳的牧人与以撒的牧人争闹起来， 说： "这水是我们的。"以撒就给那井起名叫埃色， 因为他们与他相争。
21 以撒的仆人又挖了另一口井， 他们又为这井争闹起来， 因此以撒给这井起名叫西提拿。
22 以撒离开那里， 又挖了另一口井； 他们不再为这井争闹了， 他就给那井起名利河伯， 因为他说： "现在耶和华给我们宽阔的地方， 我们必在这里繁盛起来了。"
23 以撒从那里上到别是巴去。
24 那天晚上， 耶和华向他显现， 说： "我是你父亲亚伯拉罕的 神； 你不要怕， 因为我与你同在； 我必为了我仆人亚伯拉罕的缘故， 赐福给你， 使你的后裔增多。"
25 以撒就在那里筑了一座祭坛， 呼求耶和华的名； 又在那里支搭帐棚； 以撒的仆人也在那里挖了一口井。
26 亚比米勒和他的朋友亚户撒， 以及他的军长非各， 从基拉耳来到以撒那里。
27 以撒问他们： "你们既然恨我， 把我从你们中间赶出来， 为什么又到我这里来呢？"
28 他们回答： "我们实在看见耶和华与你同在， 因此我们想： ‘不如我们双方起誓。’让我们与你立约吧；
29 你不要伤害我们， 正如我们从来没有触犯你， 只有善待你， 让你平平安安地离开。现在你是蒙耶和华赐福的了。"
30 以撒就为他们摆设筵席， 他们就一起吃喝。
31 第二天， 他们清早起来， 彼此起誓； 以撒就送他们走， 他们平平安安地离开他走了。
32 那一天， 以撒的仆人来把他们挖井的事告诉他， 说： "我们找到水了。"
33 以撒就给那井起名叫示巴， 因此那城名叫别示巴， 直到今日。
34 以扫四十岁的时候， 娶了赫人比利的女儿犹滴， 和赫人以伦的女儿巴实抹为妻。
35 她们二人常使以撒和利百加伤心难过。