Genesis 26

وَكَانَ فِي الأَرْضِ جُوعٌ غَيْرُ الْجُوعِ الأَوَّلِ الَّذِي كَانَ فِي أَيَّامِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، فَذَهَبَ إِسْحَاقُ إِلَى أَبِيمَالِكَ مَلِكِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ، إِلَى جَرَارَ.

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.

وَظَهَرَ لَهُ الرَّبُّ وَقَالَ: «لاَ تَنْزِلْ إِلَى مِصْرَ. اسْكُنْ فِي الأَرْضِ الَّتِي أَقُولُ لَكَ.

And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:

تَغَرَّبْ فِي هذِهِ الأَرْضِ فَأَكُونَ مَعَكَ وَأُبَارِكَكَ، لأَنِّي لَكَ وَلِنَسْلِكَ أُعْطِي جَمِيعَ هذِهِ الْبِلاَدِ، وَأَفِي بِالْقَسَمِ الَّذِي أَقْسَمْتُ لإِبْرَاهِيمَ أَبِيكَ.

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;

وَأُكَثِّرُ نَسْلَكَ كَنُجُومِ السَّمَاءِ، وَأُعْطِي نَسْلَكَ جَمِيعَ هذِهِ الْبِلاَدِ، وَتَتَبَارَكُ فِي نَسْلِكَ جَمِيعُ أُمَمِ الأَرْضِ،

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;

مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ سَمِعَ لِقَوْلِي وَحَفِظَ مَا يُحْفَظُ لِي: أَوَامِرِي وَفَرَائِضِي وَشَرَائِعِي».

Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

فَأَقَامَ إِسْحَاقُ فِي جَرَارَ.

And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:

وَسَأَلَهُ أَهْلُ الْمَكَانِ عَنِ امْرَأَتِهِ، فَقَالَ: «هِيَ أُخْتِي». لأَنَّهُ خَافَ أَنْ يَقُولَ: «امْرَأَتِي» لَعَلَّ أَهْلَ الْمَكَانِ: «يَقْتُلُونَنِي مِنْ أَجْلِ رِفْقَةَ» لأَنَّهَا كَانَتْ حَسَنَةَ الْمَنْظَرِ.

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.

وَحَدَثَ إِذْ طَالَتْ لَهُ الأَيَّامُ هُنَاكَ أَنَّ أَبِيمَالِكَ مَلِكَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ أَشْرَفَ مِنَ الْكُوَّةِ وَنَظَرَ، وَإِذَا إِسْحَاقُ يُلاَعِبُ رِفْقَةَ امْرَأَتَهُ.

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.

فَدَعَا أَبِيمَالِكُ إِسْحَاقَ وَقَالَ: «إِنَّمَا هِيَ امْرَأَتُكَ! فَكَيْفَ قُلْتَ: هِيَ أُخْتِي؟» فَقَالَ لَهُ إِسْحَاقُ: «لأَنِّي قُلْتُ: لَعَلِّي أَمُوتُ بِسَبَبِهَا».

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.

فَقَالَ أَبِيمَالِكُ: «مَا هذَا الَّذِي صَنَعْتَ بِنَا؟ لَوْلاَ قَلِيلٌ لاضْطَجَعَ أَحَدُ الشَّعْبِ مَعَ امْرَأَتِكَ فَجَلَبْتَ عَلَيْنَا ذَنْبًا».

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.

فَأَوْصَى أَبِيمَالِكُ جَمِيعَ الشَّعْبِ قَائِلاً: «الَّذِي يَمَسُّ هذَا الرَّجُلَ أَوِ امْرَأَتَهُ مَوْتًا يَمُوتُ».

And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.

وَزَرَعَ إِسْحَاقُ فِي تِلْكَ الأَرْضِ فَأَصَابَ فِي تِلْكَ السَّنَةِ مِئَةَ ضِعْفٍ، وَبَارَكَهُ الرَّبُّ.

Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.

فَتَعَاظَمَ الرَّجُلُ وَكَانَ يَتَزَايَدُ فِي التَّعَاظُمِ حَتَّى صَارَ عَظِيمًا جِدًّا.

And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:

فَكَانَ لَهُ مَوَاشٍ مِنَ الْغَنَمِ وَمَوَاشٍ مِنَ الْبَقَرِ وَعَبِيدٌ كَثِيرُونَ. فَحَسَدَهُ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ.

For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.

وَجَمِيعُ الآبَارِ، الَّتِي حَفَرَهَا عَبِيدُ أَبِيهِ فِي أَيَّامِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَبِيهِ، طَمَّهَا الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ وَمَلأُوهَا تُرَابًا.

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.

وَقَالَ أَبِيمَالِكُ لإِسْحَاقَ: «اذْهَبْ مِنْ عِنْدِنَا لأَنَّكَ صِرْتَ أَقْوَى مِنَّا جِدًّا».

And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.

فَمَضَى إِسْحَاقُ مِنْ هُنَاكَ، وَنَزَلَ فِي وَادِي جَرَارَ وَأَقَامَ هُنَاكَ.

And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.

فَعَادَ إِسْحَاقُ وَنَبَشَ آبَارَ الْمَاءِ الَّتِي حَفَرُوهَا فِي أَيَّامِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَبِيهِ، وَطَمَّهَا الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِ أَبِيهِ، وَدَعَاهَا بِأَسْمَاءٍ كَالأَسْمَاءِ الَّتِي دَعَاهَا بِهَا أَبُوهُ.

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.

وَحَفَرَ عَبِيدُ إِسْحَاقَ فِي الْوَادِي فَوَجَدُوا هُنَاكَ بِئْرَ مَاءٍ حَيٍّ.

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

فَخَاصَمَ رُعَاةُ جَرَارَ رُعَاةَ إِسْحَاقَ قَائِلِينَ: «لَنَا الْمَاءُ». فَدَعَا اسْمَ الْبِئْرِ «عِسِقَ» لأَنَّهُمْ نَازَعُوهُ.

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.

ثُمَّ حَفَرُوا بِئْرًا أُخْرَى وَتَخَاصَمُوا عَلَيْهَا أَيْضًا، فَدَعَا اسْمَهَا «سِطْنَةَ».

And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.

ثُمَّ نَقَلَ مِنْ هُنَاكَ وَحَفَرَ بِئْرًا أُخْرَى وَلَمْ يَتَخَاصَمُوا عَلَيْهَا، فَدَعَا اسْمَهَا «رَحُوبُوتَ»، وَقَالَ: «إِنَّهُ الآنَ قَدْ أَرْحَبَ لَنَا الرَّبُّ وَأَثْمَرْنَا فِي الأَرْضِ».

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.

ثُمَّ صَعِدَ مِنْ هُنَاكَ إِلَى بِئْرِ سَبْعٍ.

And he went up from thence to Beer–sheba.

فَظَهَرَ لَهُ الرَّبُّ فِي تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةِ وَقَالَ: «أَنَا إِلهُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَبِيكَ. لاَ تَخَفْ لأَنِّي مَعَكَ، وَأُبَارِكُكَ وَأُكَثِّرُ نَسْلَكَ مِنْ أَجْلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَبْدِي».

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.

فَبَنَى هُنَاكَ مَذْبَحًا وَدَعَا بِاسْمِ الرَّبِّ. وَنَصَبَ هُنَاكَ خَيْمَتَهُ، وَحَفَرَ هُنَاكَ عَبِيدُ إِسْحَاقَ بِئْرًا.

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.

وَذَهَبَ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ جَرَارَ أَبِيمَالِكُ وَأَحُزَّاتُ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ وَفِيكُولُ رَئِيسُ جَيْشِهِ.

Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ إِسْحَاقُ: «مَا بَالُكُمْ أَتَيْتُمْ إِلَيَّ وَأَنْتُمْ قَدْ أَبْغَضْتُمُونِي وَصَرَفْتُمُونِي مِنْ عِنْدِكُمْ؟»

And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?

فَقَالُوا: «إِنَّنَا قَدْ رَأَيْنَا أَنَّ الرَّبَّ كَانَ مَعَكَ، فَقُلْنَا: لِيَكُنْ بَيْنَنَا حَلْفٌ، بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكَ، وَنَقْطَعُ مَعَكَ عَهْدًا:

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;

أَنْ لاَ تَصْنَعَ بِنَا شَرًّا، كَمَا لَمْ نَمَسَّكَ وَكَمَا لَمْ نَصْنَعْ بِكَ إِلاَّ خَيْرًا وَصَرَفْنَاكَ بِسَلاَمٍ. أَنْتَ الآنَ مُبَارَكُ الرَّبِّ».

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.

فَصَنَعَ لَهُمْ ضِيَافَةً، فَأَكَلُوا وَشَرِبُوا.

And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.

ثُمَّ بَكَّرُوا فِي الْغَدِ وَحَلَفُوا بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ، وَصَرَفَهُمْ إِسْحَاقُ. فَمَضَوْا مِنْ عِنْدِهِ بِسَلاَمٍ.

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.

وَحَدَثَ فِي ذلِكَ الْيَوْمِ أَنَّ عَبِيدَ إِسْحَاقَ جَاءُوا وَأَخْبَرُوهُ عَنِ الْبِئْرِ الَّتِي حَفَرُوا، وَقَالُوا لَهُ: «قَدْ وَجَدْنَا مَاءً».

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.

فَدَعَاهَا «شِبْعَةَ»، لِذلِكَ اسْمُ الْمَدِينَةِ بِئْرُ سَبْعٍ إِلَى هذَا الْيَوْمِ.

And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beer–sheba unto this day.

وَلَمَّا كَانَ عِيسُو ابْنَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً اتَّخَذَ زَوْجَةً: يَهُودِيتَ ابْنَةَ بِيرِي الْحِثِّيِّ، وَبَسْمَةَ ابْنَةَ إِيلُونَ الْحِثِّيِّ.

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:

فَكَانَتَا مَرَارَةَ نَفْسٍ لإِسْحَاقَ وَرِفْقَةَ.

Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.