1 And there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine which had been in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech the king of the Philistines, to Gerar.2 And Jehovah appeared to him and said, Go not down to Egypt: dwell in the land that I shall tell thee of.3 Sojourn in this land; and I will be with thee and bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries; and I will perform the oath which I swore unto Abraham thy father.4 And I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and unto thy seed will I give all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves-5 because that Abraham hearkened to my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.6 And Isaac dwelt at Gerar.7 And the men of the place asked about his wife. And he said, She is my sister; for he feared to say, my wife, {saying to himself,} Lest the men of the place slay me on account of Rebecca-because she was fair in countenance.8 And it came to pass when he had been there some time, that Abimelech the king of the Philistines looked out of the window, and saw, and behold, Isaac was dallying with Rebecca his wife.9 Then Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, she is certainly thy wife; and how saidst thou, She is my sister? and Isaac said to him, Because I said, Lest I die on account of her.10 And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done to us? But a little and one of the people might have lain with thy wife, and thou wouldest have brought a trespass on us.11 And Abimelech charged all the people, saying, He that touches this man or his wife shall certainly be put to death.12 And Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year a hundredfold; and Jehovah blessed him.13 And the man became great, and he became continually greater, until he was very great.14 And he had possessions of flocks, and possessions of herds, and a great number of servants; and the Philistines envied him.15 And all the wells that his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines stopped them and filled them with earth.16 And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go from us; for thou art become much mightier than we.17 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his camp in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.18 And Isaac dug again the wells of water that they had dug in the days of Abraham his father, and that the Philistines had stopped after the death of Abraham; and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.19 And Isaac's servants dug in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.20 But the shepherds of Gerar strove with Isaac's shepherds, saying, The water is ours. And he called the name of the well Esek, because they had quarrelled with him.21 And they dug another well, and they strove for that also; and he called the name of it Sitnah.22 And he removed thence and dug another well; and they did not strive for that. And he called the name of it Rehoboth, and said, For now Jehovah has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.23 And he went up thence to Beer-sheba.24 And Jehovah appeared to 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.25 And he built an altar there, and called upon the name of Jehovah. And he pitched his tent there; and there Isaac's servants dug a well.26 And Abimelech, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phichol the captain of his host, went to him from Gerar.27 And Isaac said to them, Why are ye come to me, seeing ye hate me, and have driven me away from you?28 And they said, We saw certainly that Jehovah is with thee; and we said, Let there be then an oath between us-between us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee,29 that thou wilt do us no wrong, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done to thee nothing but good, and have let thee go in peace; thou art now blessed of Jehovah.30 And he made them a feast, and they ate and drank.31 And they rose early in the morning, and swore one to another; and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.32 And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well that they had dug, and said to him, We have found water.33 And he called it Shebah; therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba to this day.34 And Esau was forty years old, when he took as wives Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basmath the daughter of Elon the Hittite.35 And they were a grief of mind to Isaac and to Rebecca.

1 En daar was hongersnood in die land, buiten die eerste hongersnood wat in die dae van Abraham gewees het. Daarom het Isak getrek na Abim,leg, die koning van die Filistyne, na Gerar.2 En die HERE het aan hom verskyn en gesê: Moenie aftrek na Egipte nie; woon in die land wat Ek jou sal aanwys.3 Vertoef as vreemdeling in hierdie land, en Ek sal met jou wees en jou seën; want aan jou en jou nageslag sal Ek al hierdie lande gee: Ek sal die eed bevestig wat Ek vir jou vader Abraham gesweer het.4 En Ek sal jou nageslag vermeerder soos die sterre van die hemel en aan jou nageslag al hierdie lande gee, en in jou nageslag sal al die nasies van die aarde geseënword;5 omdat Abraham na my stem geluister en my ordening, my gebooie, my insettinge en my wette onderhou het.6 So het Isak dan in Gerar gebly.7 En toe die manne van die plek hom na sy vrou vra, antwoord hy: Sy is my suster. Want hy was bang om te sê: My vrou -- anders sal die manne van die plek, so het hy gedink, my miskien doodmaak ter wille van Rebekka; want sy was mooi van aansien.8 En toe hy al 'n lang tyd daar was, kyk Abim,leg, die koning van die Filistyne, deur die venster uit en sien hoe Isak speel met Rebekka, sy vrou.9 En Abim,leg het Isak geroep en gesê: Kyk, sy is dan tog jou vrou! Hoe kon jy dan verklaar: Sy is my suster? En Isak antwoord hom: Ja, ek het gedink ek kan miskien om haar ontwil my lewe verloor!10 En Abim,leg sê: Wat het jy ons nou aangedoen? Hoe maklik kon een van die mense met jou vrou gemeenskap gehad en jy 'n skuld oor ons gebring het!11 Daarop gee Abim,leg bevel aan die hele volk en sê: Wie hierdie man of sy vrou aanraak, sal sekerlik gedood word.12 Isak het toe in die land gesaai en daardie jaar honderdvoudig gewen, want die HERE het hom geseën.13 En die man het groot geword en altyddeur groter geword totdat hy baie groot was:14 hy het troppe kleinvee en beeste gehad en baie bediendes, sodat die Filistyne hom beny het.15 En al die putte wat die dienaars van sy vader in die dae van sy vader Abraham gegrawe het, die het die Filistyne toegestop en met grond opgevul.16 Toe sê Abim,leg vir Isak: Trek weg van ons, want jy het vir ons veels te magtig geword.17 Daarop het Isak vandaar weggetrek en laer opgeslaan in die dal by Gerar en daar bly woon.18 En Isak het die putte weer oopgegrawe wat hulle in die dae van sy vader Abraham gegrawe het, en wat die Filistyne n die dood van Abraham toegestop het, en dit genoem na die name wat sy vader daaraan gegee het.19 En terwyl die dienaars van Isak in die dal grawe, vind hulle daar 'n put met lewendige water.20 En die herders van Gerar het getwis met die herders van Isak en gesê: Dit is ons water. Daarom het hy die put Esek genoem, omdat hulle met hom onenigheid gehad het.21 Daarop grawe hulle 'n ander put, en daaroor het hulle ook getwis. Daarom het hy dit Sitna genoem.22 Toe het hy vandaar versit en 'n ander put gegrawe, en daaroor is nie getwis nie. Daarom het hy dit R,hobot genoem en gesê: Ja, nou het die HERE vir ons ruimte gemaak en kan ons vrugbaar wees in die land.23 Daarna het hy vandaar opgetrek na Bers,ba.24 En die HERE het aan hom in dieselfde nag verskyn en gesê: Ek is die God van Abraham, jou vader. Moenie bang wees nie, want Ek is met jou; en Ek sal jou seën en jou nageslag vermeerder ter wille van Abraham, my kneg.25 Toe bou hy daar 'n altaar, en hy het die Naam van die HERE aangeroep en daar sy tent opgeslaan; en die dienaars van Isak het daar 'n put gegrawe.26 Daarop kom Abim,leg na hom van Gerar af, saam met Ahussat, sy vriend, en Pigol, sy leërowerste.27 En Isak het hulle gevra: Waarom het julle na my gekom terwyl julle my haat en my van julle af weggestuur het?28 Toe antwoord hulle: Ons het duidelik gesien dat die HERE met jou is. Daarom het ons gedink: Laat daar tog 'n eed tussen ons wees, tussen ons en jou; en laat ons 'n verbond met jou sluit:29 jy moet ons geen kwaad doen nie, net soos ons jou nie aangeraak en aan jou niks as goed gedoen het nie en jou in vrede weggestuur het. Jy is nou eenmaal die geseënde van die HERE.30 Toe berei hy vir hulle 'n maaltyd, en hulle het geëet en gedrink.31 En hulle is die môre vroeg op en het vir mekaar 'n eed gesweer. Daarop het Isak hulle laat gaan, en hulle het in vrede van hom af weggetrek.32 Dieselfde dag kom toe die dienaars van Isak en vertel hom van die put wat hulle gegrawe het, en sê vir hom: Ons het water gekry.33 En hy het dit Seba genoem. Daarom is die naam van die stad Bers,ba tot vandag toe.34 Toe Esau veertig jaar oud was, het hy Judit, die dogter van Beëri, die Hetiet, vir hom as vrou geneem, en Basmat, die dogter van Elon, die Hetiet.35 En hulle was vir Isak en Rebekka 'n bitter verdriet.