26:1 | [kjv] | 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. |
| [bbe] | Then came a time of great need in the land, like that which had been before in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, at Gerar. |
26:2 | [kjv] | And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: |
| [bbe] | And the Lord came to him in a vision and said, Do not go down to Egypt; keep in the land of which I will give you knowledge: |
26:3 | [kjv] | 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; |
| [bbe] | Keep in this land, and I will be with you and give you my blessing; for to you and to your seed will I give all these lands, giving effect to the oath which I made to your father Abraham; |
26:4 | [kjv] | 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; |
| [bbe] | I will make your seed like the stars of heaven in number, and will give them all these lands, and your seed will be a blessing to all the nations of the earth; |
26:5 | [kjv] | Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. |
| [bbe] | Because Abraham gave ear to my voice and kept my words, my rules, my orders, and my laws. |
26:6 | [kjv] | And Isaac dwelt in Gerar: |
| [bbe] | So Isaac went on living in Gerar; |
26:7 | [kjv] | 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. |
| [bbe] | And when he was questioned by the men of the place about his wife, he said, She is my sister; fearing to say, She is my wife; for, he said, the men of the place may put me to death on account of Rebekah; because she is very beautiful. |
26:8 | [kjv] | 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. |
| [bbe] | And when he had been there for some time, Abimelech, king of the Philistines, looking through a window, saw Isaac playing with Rebekah his wife. |
26:9 | [kjv] | 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. |
| [bbe] | And he said to Isaac, It is clear that she is your wife: why then did you say, She is my sister? And Isaac said, For fear that I might be put to death because of her. |
26:10 | [kjv] | 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. |
| [bbe] | Then Abimelech said, What have you done to us? one of the people might well have had connection with your wife, and the sin would have been ours. |
26:11 | [kjv] | And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death. |
| [bbe] | And Abimelech gave orders to his people that anyone touching Isaac or his wife was to be put to death. |
26:12 | [kjv] | Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him. |
| [bbe] | Now Isaac, planting seed in that land, got in the same year fruit a hundred times as much, for the blessing of the Lord was on him. |
26:13 | [kjv] | And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great: |
| [bbe] | And his wealth became very great, increasing more and more; |
26:14 | [kjv] | For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him. |
| [bbe] | For he had great wealth of flocks and herds and great numbers of servants; so that the Philistines were full of envy. |
26:15 | [kjv] | 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. |
| [bbe] | Now all the water-holes, which his father's servants had made in the days of Abraham, had been stopped up with earth by the Philistines. |
26:16 | [kjv] | And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we. |
| [bbe] | And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go away from us, for you are stronger than we are. |
26:17 | [kjv] | And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. |
| [bbe] | So Isaac went away from there, and put up his tents in the valley of Gerar, making his living-place there. |
26:18 | [kjv] | 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. |
| [bbe] | And he made again the water-holes which had been made in the days of Abraham his father, and which had been stopped up by the Philistines; and he gave them the names which his father had given them. |
26:19 | [kjv] | And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water. |
| [bbe] | Now Isaac's servants made holes in the valley, and came to a spring of flowing water. |
26:20 | [kjv] | 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. |
| [bbe] | But the herdmen of Gerar had a fight with Isaac's herdmen, for they said, The spring is ours: so he gave the spring the name of Esek, because there was a fight about it. |
26:21 | [kjv] | And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah. |
| [bbe] | Then they made another water-hole, and there was a fight about that, so he gave it the name of Sitnah. |
26:22 | [kjv] | 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. |
| [bbe] | Then he went away from there, and made another water-hole, about which there was no fighting: so he gave it the name of Rehoboth, for he said, Now the Lord has made room for us, and we will have fruit in this land. |
26:23 | [kjv] | And he went up from thence to Beersheba. |
| [bbe] | And from there he went on to Beer-sheba. |
26:24 | [kjv] | 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. |
| [bbe] | That night the Lord came to him in a vision, and said, I am the God of your father Abraham: have no fear for I am with you, blessing you, and your seed will be increased because of my servant Abraham. |
26:25 | [kjv] | 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. |
| [bbe] | Then he made an altar there, and gave worship to the name of the Lord, and he put up his tents there, and there his servants made a water-hole. |
26:26 | [kjv] | Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army. |
| [bbe] | And Abimelech had come to him from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his friend and Phicol, the captain of his army. |
26:27 | [kjv] | And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you? |
| [bbe] | And Isaac said to them, Why have you come to me, seeing that in your hate for me you sent me away from you? |
26:28 | [kjv] | 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; |
| [bbe] | And they said, We saw clearly that the Lord was with you: so we said, Let there be an oath between us and you, and let us make an agreement with you; |
26:29 | [kjv] | 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. |
| [bbe] | That you will do us no damage, even as we put no hand on you, and did you nothing but good, and sent you away in peace: and now the blessing of the Lord is on you. |
26:30 | [kjv] | And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink. |
| [bbe] | Then he made a feast for them, and they all had food and drink. |
26:31 | [kjv] | 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. |
| [bbe] | And early in the morning they took an oath one to the other: then Isaac sent them away and they went on their way in peace. |
26:32 | [kjv] | 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. |
| [bbe] | And that day Isaac's servants came to him and gave him word of the water-hole which they had made, and said to him, We have come to water. |
26:33 | [kjv] | And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day. |
| [bbe] | And he gave it the name of Shibah: so the name of that town is Beer-sheba to this day. |
26:34 | [kjv] | 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: |
| [bbe] | And when Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon the Hittite: |
26:35 | [kjv] | Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah. |
| [bbe] | And Isaac and Rebekah had grief of mind because of them. |