And there was a famine{H7458} in the land,{H776} besides{H905} the first{H7223} famine{H7458} that was in the days{H3117} of Abraham.{H85} And Isaac{H3327} went{H3212} unto Abimelech{H40} king{H4428} of the Philistines,{H6430} unto Gerar.{H1642}

And Jehovah{H3068} appeared{H7200} unto him, and said,{H559} Go not down{H3381} into Egypt;{H4714} dwell{H7931} in the land{H776} which I shall tell{H559} thee of:

sojourn{H1481} in this land,{H776} and I will be with thee, and will bless{H1288} thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed,{H2233} I will give{H5414} all these{H411} lands,{H776} and I will establish{H6965} the oath{H7621} which I sware{H7650} unto Abraham{H85} thy father;{H1}

and I will multiply{H7235} thy seed{H2233} as the stars{H3556} of heaven,{H8064} and will give{H5414} unto thy seed{H2233} all these{H411} lands; and in thy seed{H2233} shall all the nations{H1471} of the earth{H776} be blessed;{H1288}

because{H6118} that Abraham{H85} obeyed{H8085} my voice,{H6963} and kept{H8104} my charge,{H4931} my commandments,{H4687} my statutes,{H2708} and my laws.{H8451}

And Isaac{H3327} dwelt{H3427} in Gerar:{H1642}

and the men{H582} of the place{H4725} asked{H7592} him of his wife;{H802} and he said,{H559} She is my sister:{H269} for he feared{H3372} to say,{H559} My wife;{H802} lest, [said he], the men{H582} of the place{H4725} should kill{H2026} me for Rebekah;{H7259} because she was fair{H2896} to look upon.{H4758}

And it came to pass, when he had been there a long{H748} time,{H3117} that Abimelech{H40} king{H4428} of the Philistines{H6430} looked out{H8259} at{H1157} a window,{H2474} and saw,{H7200} and, behold, Isaac{H3327} was sporting{H6711} with Rebekah{H7259} his wife.{H802}

And Abimelech{H40} called{H7121} Isaac,{H3327} and said,{H559} Behold, of a surety{H389} she is thy wife:{H802} and how saidst{H559} thou, She is my sister?{H269} And Isaac{H3327} said{H559} unto him, Because I said,{H559} Lest I die{H4191} because of her.

And Abimelech{H40} said,{H559} What is this thou hast done{H6213} unto us? One{H259} of the people{H5971} might easily{H4592} have lain{H7901} with thy wife,{H802} and thou wouldest have brought{H935} guiltiness{H817} upon us.

And Abimelech{H40} charged{H6680} all the people,{H5971} saying,{H559} He that toucheth{H5060} this man{H376} or his wife{H802} shall surely{H4191} be put to death.{H4191}

And Isaac{H3327} sowed{H2232} in that land,{H776} and found{H4672} in the same year{H8141} a hundredfold:{H3967} and Jehovah{H3068} blessed{H1288} him.

And the man{H376} waxed great,{H1431} and grew{H1432} more{H3212} and more{H1980} until he became{H1431} very{H3966} great:{H1431}

and he had possessions{H4735} of flocks,{H6629} and possessions{H4735} of herds,{H1241} and a great{H7227} household:{H5657} and the Philistines{H6430} envied{H7065} him.

Now all the wells{H875} which his father's{H1} servants{H5650} had digged{H2658} in the days{H3117} of Abraham{H85} his father,{H1} the Philistines{H6430} had stopped,{H5640} and filled{H4390} with earth.{H6083}

And Abimelech{H40} said{H559} unto Isaac,{H3327} Go{H3212} from us; for thou art much{H3966} mightier{H6105} than we.

And Isaac{H3327} departed{H3212} thence, and encamped{H2583} in the valley{H5158} of Gerar,{H1642} and dwelt{H3427} there.{H8033}

And Isaac{H3327} digged{H2658} again{H7725} the wells{H875} of water,{H4325} which they had digged{H2658} in the days{H3117} of Abraham{H85} his father;{H1} for the Philistines{H6430} had stopped{H5640} them after{H310} the death{H4194} of Abraham;{H85} and he called{H7121} their names{H8034} after the names{H8034} by which{H834} his father{H1} had called{H7121} them.

And Isaac's{H3327} servants{H5650} digged{H2658} in the valley,{H5158} and found{H4672} there a well{H875} of springing{H2416} water.{H4325}

And the herdsmen{H7462} of Gerar{H1642} strove{H7378} with Isaac's{H3327} herdsmen,{H7462} saying,{H559} The water{H4325} is ours: and he called{H7121} the name{H8034} of the well{H875} Esek,{H6230} because they contended{H6229} with him.

And they digged{H2658} another{H312} well,{H875} and they strove{H7378} for that also: and he called{H7121} the name of it{H8034} Sitnah.{H7856}

And he removed{H6275} from thence, and digged{H2658} another{H312} well;{H875} and for that they strove{H7378} not: and he called{H7121} the name of it{H8034} Rehoboth;{H7344} and he said,{H559} For now{H6258} Jehovah{H3068} hath made room{H7337} for us, and we shall be fruitful{H6509} in the land.{H776}

And he went up{H5927} from thence to Beer-sheba.{H884}

And Jehovah{H3068} appeared{H7200} unto him the same night,{H3915} and said,{H559} I am the God{H430} of Abraham{H85} thy father:{H1} fear{H3372} not, for I am with{H854} thee, and will bless{H1288} thee, and multiply{H7235} thy seed{H2233} for my servant{H5650} Abraham's{H85} sake.

And he builded{H1129} an altar{H4196} there, and called{H7121} upon the name{H8034} of Jehovah,{H3068} and pitched{H5186} his tent{H168} there: and there Isaac's{H3327} servants{H5650} digged{H3738} a well.{H875}

Then Abimelech{H40} went{H1980} to him from Gerar,{H1642} and Ahuzzath{H276} his friend,{H4828} and Phicol{H6369} the captain{H8269} of his host.{H6635}

And Isaac{H3327} said{H559} unto them, Wherefore{H4069} are ye come{H935} unto me, seeing ye hate{H8130} me, and have sent me away{H7971} from you?

And they said,{H559} We saw{H7200} plainly{H7200} that Jehovah{H3068} was with thee: and we said,{H559} Let there now be an oath{H423} betwixt{H996} us, even betwixt{H996} us and thee, and let us make{H3772} a covenant{H1285} with thee,

that thou wilt do{H6213} us no hurt,{H7451} as we have not touched{H5060} thee, and as we have done{H6213} unto thee nothing but{H7535} good,{H2896} and have sent thee away{H7971} in peace:{H7965} thou art now{H6258} the blessed{H1288} of Jehovah.{H3068}

And he made{H6213} them a feast,{H4960} and they did eat{H398} and drink.{H8354}

And they rose up betimes{H7925} in the morning,{H1242} and sware{H7650} one{H376} to another:{H251} and Isaac{H3327} sent them away,{H7971} and they departed{H3212} from him in peace.{H7965}

And it came to pass the same day,{H3117} that Isaac's{H3327} servants{H5650} came,{H935} and told{H5046} him concerning{H182} the well{H875} which they had digged,{H2658} and said{H559} unto him, We have found{H4672} water.{H4325}

And he called{H7121} it Shibah:{H7656} therefore the name{H8034} of the city{H5892} is Beer-sheba{H884} unto this day.{H3117}

And when Esau{H6215} was forty{H705} years{H8141} old{H1121} he took{H3947} to wife{H802} Judith{H3067} the daughter{H1323} of Beeri{H882} the Hittite,{H2850} and Basemath{H1315} the daughter{H1323} of Elon{H356} the Hittite:{H2850}

and they were a grief{H4786} of mind{H7307} unto Isaac{H3327} and to Rebekah.{H7259}