¹ Ο δε Κυριος ειπε προς τον Αβραμ, Εξελθε εκ της γης σου, και εκ της συγγενειας σου, και εκ του οικου του πατρος σου, εις την γην την οποιαν θελω σοι δειξει·

² και θελω σε καμει εις εθνος μεγα· και θελω σε ευλογησει, και θελω μεγαλυνει το ονομα σου· και θελεις εισθαι εις ευλογιαν·

³ και θελω ευλογησει τους ευλογουντας σε, και τους καταρωμενους σε θελω καταρασθη· και θελουσιν ευλογηθη εν σοι πασαι αι φυλαι της γης.

⁴ Και υπηγεν ο Αβραμ, καθως ειπε προς αυτον ο Κυριος· και μετ' αυτου υπηγε και ο Λωτ· ο δε Αβραμ ητο ηλικιας εβδομηκοντα πεντε ετων, οτε εξηλθεν απο Χαρραν.

⁵ Και ελαβεν ο Αβραμ Σαραν την γυναικα αυτου, και Λωτ τον υιον του αδελφου αυτου, και παντα τα υπαρχοντα αυτων οσα ειχον αποκτησει, και τους ανθρωπους τους οποιους ειχον αποκτησει εν Χαρραν, και εξηλθον δια να υπαγωσιν εις την γην Χανααν· και ηλθον εις την γην Χανααν.

⁶ Και διεπερασεν ο Αβραμ την γην εκεινην εως του τοπου Συχεμ, εως της δρυος Μορεχ· οι δε Χαναναιοι τοτε κατωκουν εν τη γη ταυτη.

⁷ Και εφανη ο Κυριος εις τον Αβραμ και ειπεν, Εις το σπερμα σου θελω δωσει την γην ταυτην. Και ωκοδομησεν εκει θυσιαστηριον εις τον Κυριον, οστις εφανη εις αυτον.

⁸ Και εκειθεν μετεβη προς το ορος, το κατα ανατολας της Βαιθηλ, και εστησε την σκηνην αυτου εχων την Βαιθηλ προς δυσμας και την Γαι προς ανατολας· και ωκοδομησεν εκει θυσιαστηριον εις τον Κυριον, και επεκαλεσθη το ονομα του Κυριου.

⁹ Και μετεσκηνωσεν ο Αβραμ, οδοιπορων και προχωρων προς μεσημβριαν.

¹⁰ Εγεινε δε πεινα εν τη γη ταυτη· και κατεβη ο Αβραμ εις την Αιγυπτον δια να παροικηση εκει· διοτι η πεινα ητο βαρεια εν τη γη.

¹¹ Και οτε επλησιαζε να εισελθη εις την Αιγυπτον, ειπε προς Σαραν την γυναικα αυτου, Ιδου, γνωριζω οτι εισαι γυνη ευειδης·

¹² θελει συμβη λοιπον, ωστε καθως σε ιδωσιν οι Αιγυπτιοι, θελουσιν ειπει, Γυνη αυτου ειναι αυτη· και θελουσι φονευσει εμε, σε δε θελουσι φυλαξει ζωσαν.

¹³ Ειπε λοιπον, οτι εισαι αδελφη μου, δια να γεινη καλον εις εμε εξ αιτιας σου, και να φυλαχθη η ζωη μου δια σε.

¹⁴ Και οτε εισηλθεν ο Αβραμ εις την Αιγυπτον, ειδον οι Αιγυπτιοι την γυναικα οτι ητο ωραια σφοδρα.

¹⁵ Και οι αρχοντες του Φαραω ειδον αυτην, και επηνεσαν αυτην προς τον Φαραω· και εληφθη η γυνη εις την οικιαν του Φαραω.

¹⁶ Τον δε Αβραμ μετεχειρισθησαν καλως δι' αυτην· και ειχε προβατα και βοας και ονους και δουλους και δουλας και ονους θηλυκας και καμηλους.

¹⁷ Και επεφερεν ο Κυριος επι τον Φαραω και επι τον οικον αυτου πληγας μεγαλας εξ αιτιας Σαρας της γυναικος του Αβραμ.

¹⁸ Εκαλεσε δε ο Φαραω τον Αβραμ, και ειπε, Τι ειναι τουτο, το οποιον εκαμες εις εμε; δια τι δεν μ' εφανερωσας οτι αυτη ειναι γυνη σου;

¹⁹ δια τι ειπας, Αδελφη μου ειναι αυτη; και ελαβον αυτην εις εμαυτον δια γυναικα· και τωρα, ιδου η γυνη σου· λαβε αυτην, και υπαγε.

²⁰ Και διωρισεν ο Φαραω ανθρωπους εις αυτον· και συμπροεπεμψαν αυτον, και την γυναικα αυτου και παντα οσα ειχε.

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.