¹ Εγεινε δε πεινα εν τη γη, εκτος της προτερας πεινης, της γενομενης επι των ημερων του Αβρααμ. Και υπηγεν ο Ισαακ προς τον Αβιμελεχ, βασιλεα των Φιλισταιων, εις Γεραρα.

² Εφανη δε εις αυτον ο Κυριος και ειπε, Μη καταβης εις Αιγυπτον· κατοικησον εν τη γη την οποιαν θελω σοι ειπει·

³ παροικει εν τη γη ταυτη, και εγω θελω εισθαι μετα σου, και θελω σε ευλογησει διοτι εις σε και εις το σπερμα σου θελω δωσει παντας τους τοπους τουτους· και θελω εκπληρωσει τον ορκον, τον οποιον ωμοσα προς Αβρααμ τον πατερα σου·

⁴ και θελω πληθυνει το σπερμα σου ως τα αστρα του ουρανου, και θελω δωσει εις το σπερμα σου παντας τους τοπους τουτους, και θελουσιν ευλογηθη εν τω σπερματι σου παντα τα εθνη της γης·

⁵ επειδη ο Αβρααμ υπηκουσεν εις την φωνην μου, και εφυλαξε τα προσταγματα μου, τας εντολας μου, τα διαταγματα μου και τους νομους μου.

⁶ Και κατωκησεν ο Ισαακ εν Γεραροις.

⁷ Ηρωτησαν δε οι ανδρες του τοπου περι της γυναικος αυτου· και ειπεν, Αδελφη μου ειναι· διοτι εφοβηθη να ειπη, Γυνη μου ειναι· λεγων, Μηπως με φονευσωσιν οι ανδρες του τοπου δια την Ρεβεκκαν· επειδη ητο ωραια την οψιν.

⁸ Και αφου διετριψεν εκει πολλας ημερας, Αβιμελεχ ο βασιλευς των Φιλισταιων, κυψας απο της θυριδος ειδε, και ιδου, ο Ισαακ επαιζε μετα Ρεβεκκας της γυναικος αυτου.

⁹ Εκαλεσε δε ο Αβιμελεχ τον Ισαακ και ειπεν, Ιδου, βεβαιως γυνη σου ειναι αυτη· δια τι λοιπον ειπας, Αδελφη μου ειναι; Και ειπε προς αυτον ο Ισαακ, διοτι ειπον, Μηπως αποθανω εξ αιτιας αυτης.

¹⁰ Και ειπεν ο Αβιμελεχ, Τι ειναι τουτο, το οποιον εκαμες εις ημας; παρ' ολιγον ηθελε κοιμηθη τις εκ του λαου μετα της γυναικος σου, και ηθελες φερει εφ' ημας ανομιαν.

¹¹ Και προσεταξεν ο Αβιμελεχ εις παντα τον λαον, λεγων, Οστις εγγιση τον ανθρωπον τουτον η την γυναικα αυτου, θελει εξαπαντος θανατωθη.

¹² Εσπειρε δε ο Ισαακ εν τη γη εκεινη και εσυναξε κατ' εκεινον τον χρονον εκατονταπλασια· και ευλογησεν αυτον ο Κυριος.

¹³ Και εμεγαλυνετο ο ανθρωπος και επροχωρει αυξανομενος, εωσου εγεινε μεγας σφοδρα·

¹⁴ και απεκτησε προβατα και βοας και δουλους πολλους· εφθονησαν δε αυτον οι Φιλισταιοι.

¹⁵ Και παντα τα φρεατα, τα οποια εσκαψαν οι δουλοι του πατρος αυτου επι των ημερων Αβρααμ του πατρος αυτου, ενεφραξαν ταυτα οι Φιλισταιοι και εγεμισαν αυτα χωμα.

¹⁶ Και ειπεν ο Αβιμελεχ προς τον Ισαακ, Απελθε αφ' ημων, διοτι εγεινες δυνατωτερος ημων σφοδρα.

¹⁷ Και απηλθεν εκειθεν ο Ισαακ και εστησε την σκηνην αυτου εν τη κοιλαδι των Γεραρων και κατωκησεν εκει.

¹⁸ Και ηνοιξε παλιν ο Ισαακ τα φρεατα του υδατος, τα οποια εσκαψαν επι των ημερων Αβρααμ του πατρος αυτου, οι δε Φιλισταιοι ενεφραξαν αυτα μετα τον θανατον του Αβρααμ· και ωνομασεν αυτα κατα τα ονοματα, με τα οποια ο πατηρ αυτου ειχεν ονομασει αυτα.

¹⁹ Και εσκαψαν οι δουλοι του Ισαακ εν τη κοιλαδι και ευρηκαν εκει φρεαρ υδατος ζωντος.

²⁰ Ελογομαχησαν δε οι ποιμενες των Γεραρων μετα των ποιμενων του Ισαακ, λεγοντες, Ιδικον μας ειναι το υδωρ· και ωνομασε το φρεαρ Εσεκ· διοτι εφιλονεικησαν μετ' αυτου.

²¹ Και εσκαψαν αλλο φρεαρ και ελογομαχησαν και περι αυτου· δια τουτο ωνομασεν αυτο Σιτνα.

²² Και μετοικησας εκειθεν εσκαψεν αλλο φρεαρ, και περι τουτου δεν ελογομαχησαν· και ωνομασεν αυτο Ρεχωβωθ, λεγων, διοτι τωρα επλατυνεν ημας ο Κυριος και ηυξησεν ημας επι της γης.

²³ Και εκειθεν ανεβη εις Βηρ-σαβεε.

²⁴ Και εφανη εις αυτον ο Κυριος την νυκτα εκεινην, και ειπεν, Εγω ειμαι ο Θεος Αβρααμ του πατρος σου· μη φοβου, διοτι εγω ειμαι μετα σου, και θελω σε ευλογησει και θελω πληθυνει το σπερμα σου, δια Αβρααμ τον δουλον μου.

²⁵ Και ωκοδομησεν εκει θυσιαστηριον και επεκαλεσθη το ονομα του Κυριου· και εστησεν εκει την σκηνην αυτου· εσκαψαν δε εκει οι δουλοι του Ισαακ φρεαρ.

²⁶ Τοτε ο Αβιμελεχ υπηγε προς αυτον απο Γεραρων, και Οχοζαθ ο οικειος αυτου, και Φιχολ ο αρχιστρατηγος της δυναμεως αυτου.

²⁷ Και ειπε προς αυτους ο Ισαακ, Δια τι ηλθετε προς εμε, αφου σεις με εμισησατε και με εδιωξατε απο σας;

²⁸ οι δε ειπον, Ειδομεν φανερα, οτι ο Κυριος ειναι μετα σου, και ειπομεν, Ας γεινη τωρα ορκος μεταξυ ημων, μεταξυ ημων και σου, και ας καμωμεν συνθηκην μετα σου,

²⁹ οτι δεν θελεις καμει κακον εις ημας, καθως ημεις δεν σε ηγγισαμεν, και καθως επραξαμεν εις σε μονον καλον, και σε εξαπεστειλαμεν εν ειρηνη· τωρα συ εισαι ευλογημενος του Κυριου.

³⁰ Και εκαμεν εις αυτους συμποσιον· και εφαγον και επιον.

³¹ Και εσηκωθησαν ενωρις το πρωι, και ωμοσεν ο εις προς τον αλλον· τοτε ο Ισαακ εξαπεστειλεν αυτους, και απηλθον απ' αυτου εν ειρηνη.

³² Και την ημεραν εκεινην ηλθον οι δουλοι του Ισαακ και ανηγγειλαν προς αυτον περι του φρεατος το οποιον εσκαψαν, και ειπαν προς αυτον, Ευρηκαμεν υδωρ.

³³ Και ωνομασεν αυτο Σαβεε· δια τουτο ειναι το ονομα της πολεως Βηρ-σαβεε εως της σημερον.

³⁴ Ητο δε ο Ησαυ ετων τεσσαρακοντα, οτε ελαβεν εις γυναικα Ιουδιθ, την θυγατερα Βεηρι του Χετταιου, και Βασεμαθ, την θυγατερα Αιλων του Χετταιου·

³⁵ και αυται ησαν πικρια ψυχης εις τον Ισαακ και την Ρεβεκκαν.

¹ There was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines, to Gerar.

² Yahweh appeared to him, and said, "Don't go down into Egypt. Live in the land I will tell you about.

³ Live in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you. For to you, and to your seed, I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.

⁴ I will multiply your seed as the stars of the sky, and will give to your seed all these lands. In your seed will all the nations of the earth be blessed,

⁵ because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my requirements, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws."

⁶ Isaac lived in Gerar.

⁷ The men of the place asked him about his wife. He said, "She is my sister," for he was afraid to say, "My wife," lest, he thought, "the men of the place might kill me for Rebekah, because she is beautiful to look at."

⁸ It happened, 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 caressing Rebekah, his wife.

⁹ Abimelech called Isaac, and said, "Behold, surely she is your wife. Why did you say, 'She is my sister?'" Isaac said to him, "Because I said, 'Lest I die because of her.'"

¹⁰ Abimelech said, "What is this you have done to us? One of the people might easily have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt on us!"

¹¹ Abimelech commanded all the people, saying, "He who touches this man or his wife will surely be put to death."

¹² Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year one hundred times what he planted. Yahweh blessed him.

¹³ The man grew great, and grew more and more until he became very great.

¹⁴ He had possessions of flocks, possessions of herds, and a great household. The Philistines envied him.

¹⁵ Now all the wells which his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped, and filled with earth.

¹⁶ Abimelech said to Isaac, "Go from us, for you are much mightier than we."

¹⁷ Isaac departed from there, encamped in the valley of Gerar, and lived there.

¹⁸ Isaac dug again the wells of water, which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father. For the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham. He called their names after the names by which his father had called them.

¹⁹ Isaac's servants dug in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.

²⁰ The herdsmen of Gerar argued with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, "The water is ours." He called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him.

²¹ They dug another well, and they argued over that, also. He called its name Sitnah.

²² He left that place, and dug another well. They didn't argue over that one. He called it Rehoboth. He said, "For now Yahweh has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land."

²³ He went up from there to Beersheba.

²⁴ Yahweh appeared to him the same night, and said, "I am the God of Abraham your father. Don't be afraid, for I am with you, and will bless you, and multiply your seed for my servant Abraham's sake."

²⁵ He built an altar there, and called on the name of Yahweh, and pitched his tent there. There Isaac's servants dug a well.

²⁶ Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol the captain of his army.

²⁷ Isaac said to them, "Why have you come to me, since you hate me, and have sent me away from you?"

²⁸ They said, "We saw plainly that Yahweh was with you. We said, 'Let there now be an oath between us, even between us and you, and let us make a covenant with you,

²⁹ that you will do us no harm, as we have not touched you, and as we have done to you nothing but good, and have sent you away in peace.' You are now the blessed of Yahweh."

³⁰ He made them a feast, and they ate and drank.

³¹ They rose up some time in the morning, and swore one to another. Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.

³² It happened the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had dug, and said to him, "We have found water."

³³ He called it Shibah. Therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day.

³⁴ When Esau was forty years old, he took as wife Judith, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon the Hittite.

³⁵ They grieved Isaac's and Rebekah's spirits.