Genesis 26
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 Beersheba.
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 Beersheba 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.
