1 Then came a time of great need in the land, like that which had been before in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, at Gerar.
2 And the Lord came to him in a vision and said, Do not go down to Egypt; keep in the land of which I will give you knowledge:
3 Keep in this land, and I will be with you and give you my blessing; for to you and to your seed will I give all these lands, giving effect to the oath which I made to your father Abraham;
4 I will make your seed like the stars of heaven in number, and will give them all these lands, and your seed will be a blessing to all the nations of the earth;
5 Because Abraham gave ear to my voice and kept my words, my rules, my orders, and my laws.
6 So Isaac went on living in Gerar;
7 And when he was questioned by the men of the place about his wife, he said, She is my sister; fearing to say, She is my wife; for, he said, the men of the place may put me to death on account of Rebekah; because she is very beautiful.
8 And when he had been there for some time, Abimelech, king of the Philistines, looking through a window, saw Isaac playing with Rebekah his wife.
9 And he said to Isaac, It is clear that she is your wife: why then did you say, She is my sister? And Isaac said, For fear that I might be put to death because of her.
10 Then Abimelech said, What have you done to us? one of the people might well have had connection with your wife, and the sin would have been ours.
11 And Abimelech gave orders to his people that anyone touching Isaac or his wife was to be put to death.
12 Now Isaac, planting seed in that land, got in the same year fruit a hundred times as much, for the blessing of the Lord was on him.
13 And his wealth became very great, increasing more and more;
14 For he had great wealth of flocks and herds and great numbers of servants; so that the Philistines were full of envy.
15 Now all the water-holes, which his father's servants had made in the days of Abraham, had been stopped up with earth by the Philistines.
16 And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go away from us, for you are stronger than we are.
17 So Isaac went away from there, and put up his tents in the valley of Gerar, making his living-place there.
18 And he made again the water-holes which had been made in the days of Abraham his father, and which had been stopped up by the Philistines; and he gave them the names which his father had given them.
19 Now Isaac's servants made holes in the valley, and came to a spring of flowing water.
20 But the herdmen of Gerar had a fight with Isaac's herdmen, for they said, The spring is ours: so he gave the spring the name of Esek, because there was a fight about it.
21 Then they made another water-hole, and there was a fight about that, so he gave it the name of Sitnah.
22 Then he went away from there, and made another water-hole, about which there was no fighting: so he gave it the name of Rehoboth, for he said, Now the Lord has made room for us, and we will have fruit in this land.
23 And from there he went on to Beer-sheba.
24 That night the Lord came to him in a vision, and said, I am the God of your father Abraham: have no fear for I am with you, blessing you, and your seed will be increased because of my servant Abraham.
25 Then he made an altar there, and gave worship to the name of the Lord, and he put up his tents there, and there his servants made a water-hole.
26 And Abimelech had come to him from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his friend and Phicol, the captain of his army.
27 And Isaac said to them, Why have you come to me, seeing that in your hate for me you sent me away from you?
28 And they said, We saw clearly that the Lord was with you: so we said, Let there be an oath between us and you, and let us make an agreement with you;
29 That you will do us no damage, even as we put no hand on you, and did you nothing but good, and sent you away in peace: and now the blessing of the Lord is on you.
30 Then he made a feast for them, and they all had food and drink.
31 And early in the morning they took an oath one to the other: then Isaac sent them away and they went on their way in peace.
32 And that day Isaac's servants came to him and gave him word of the water-hole which they had made, and said to him, We have come to water.
33 And he gave it the name of Shibah: so the name of that town is Beer-sheba to this day.
34 And when Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
35 And Isaac and Rebekah had grief of mind because of them.
1 从前在亚伯拉罕的时候， 曾经有过一次饥荒， 现在那地又有饥荒， 以撒就到基拉耳去， 到非利士人的王亚比米勒那里。
2 耶和华向以撒显现， 说： "你不要下到埃及去， 要住在我所指示你的地方。
3 你要寄居在这地， 我必与你同在， 必赐福给你， 因为我要把这全地都赐给你和你的后裔， 履行我向你父亲亚伯拉罕所起的誓。
4 我必使你的后裔增多， 好像天上的星那样多； 我必把这全地都赐给你的后裔； 地上的万国都必因你的后裔得福。
5 这是因为亚伯拉罕听从了我的话， 遵守了我的吩咐、我的命令、我的条例和我的律法。"
6 于是， 以撒就住在基拉耳。
7 那地方的人问起他的妻子， 他就回答： "她是我的妹妹。"因为他不敢说： "她是我的妻子。"他心里想： "恐怕这地方的人， 因利百加的缘故把我杀了， 因为她容貌美丽。"
8 以撒在那里住了很久。有一天， 非利士人的王亚比米勒从窗户里向外观望， 看见以撒正在爱抚他的妻子利百加。
9 亚比米勒于是把以撒召了来， 对他说： "你看， 她实在是你的妻子， 你怎么说是你的妹妹呢？"以撒回答他： "因为我心里想： ‘恐怕我因她的缘故丧命。’"
10 亚比米勒说： "你向我们作的是什么事呢？人民中间险些有人与你的妻子同睡， 那你就把我们陷在罪恶里了。"
11 于是， 亚比米勒吩咐全国人民， 说： "凡是触犯这人或是他的妻子的， 必被处死。"
12 以撒在那里耕种， 那一年丰收百倍， 耶和华实在赐福给他。
13 他就日渐昌大， 越来越富有， 成了个大富翁。
14 他拥有羊群、牛群和很多仆人， 非利士人就嫉妒他。
15 他父亲亚伯拉罕在世的时候， 所有由他父亲仆人挖的井， 非利士人都塞住了， 填满了土。
16 亚比米勒对以撒说： "你离开我们去吧， 因为你比我们强大得多了。"
17 以撒于是离开那里， 在基拉耳谷支搭帐棚， 住在那里。
18 他父亲亚伯拉罕在世的时候， 仆人所挖的水井， 在亚伯拉罕死后都被非利士人塞住了。以撒重新挖掘这些井， 仍然照着他父亲所起的名字叫它们。
19 以撒的仆人在山谷里挖井， 在那里挖得一口活水井。
20 基拉耳的牧人与以撒的牧人争闹起来， 说： "这水是我们的。"以撒就给那井起名叫埃色， 因为他们与他相争。
21 以撒的仆人又挖了另一口井， 他们又为这井争闹起来， 因此以撒给这井起名叫西提拿。
22 以撒离开那里， 又挖了另一口井； 他们不再为这井争闹了， 他就给那井起名利河伯， 因为他说： "现在耶和华给我们宽阔的地方， 我们必在这里繁盛起来了。"
23 以撒从那里上到别是巴去。
24 那天晚上， 耶和华向他显现， 说： "我是你父亲亚伯拉罕的 神； 你不要怕， 因为我与你同在； 我必为了我仆人亚伯拉罕的缘故， 赐福给你， 使你的后裔增多。"
25 以撒就在那里筑了一座祭坛， 呼求耶和华的名； 又在那里支搭帐棚； 以撒的仆人也在那里挖了一口井。
26 亚比米勒和他的朋友亚户撒， 以及他的军长非各， 从基拉耳来到以撒那里。
27 以撒问他们： "你们既然恨我， 把我从你们中间赶出来， 为什么又到我这里来呢？"
28 他们回答： "我们实在看见耶和华与你同在， 因此我们想： ‘不如我们双方起誓。’让我们与你立约吧；
29 你不要伤害我们， 正如我们从来没有触犯你， 只有善待你， 让你平平安安地离开。现在你是蒙耶和华赐福的了。"
30 以撒就为他们摆设筵席， 他们就一起吃喝。
31 第二天， 他们清早起来， 彼此起誓； 以撒就送他们走， 他们平平安安地离开他走了。
32 那一天， 以撒的仆人来把他们挖井的事告诉他， 说： "我们找到水了。"
33 以撒就给那井起名叫示巴， 因此那城名叫别示巴， 直到今日。
34 以扫四十岁的时候， 娶了赫人比利的女儿犹滴， 和赫人以伦的女儿巴实抹为妻。
35 她们二人常使以撒和利百加伤心难过。