Gênesis 26

Isaque na terra dos filisteus

1 Sobreveio à terra uma *Gn 12.10fome, além da primeira que veio nos dias de Abraão. E foi Isaque a Gerar ter com *Gn 20.1-2Abimeleque, rei dos filisteus. 2 *Gn 12.7;17.1;18.1Apareceu-lhe Jeová e disse: Não desças ao Egito. *Gn 12.1Habita na terra que eu te disser; 3 peregrina nesta terra, e *Gn 26.24;Gn 28.15;31.3serei contigo e te abençoarei; *Gn 12.7;13.15;15.18pois a ti e à tua semente darei todas estas terras e confirmarei o *Gn 22.16-18juramento que fiz a teu pai Abraão. 4 *Gn 15.5;22.17;Êx 32.13Multiplicarei a tua semente como as estrelas do céu, e lhe darei todas estas terras. *Gn 22.18;Gl 3.8Por tua semente, se abençoarão todas as nações da terra, 5 porque Abraão escutou a minha voz e guardou o meu mandado, os meus preceitos, os meus estatutos e as minhas leis. 6 Isaque, pois, habitou em Gerar. 7 Os homens do lugar perguntaram-lhe acerca de sua mulher, e ele respondeu: *Gn 12.13;20.2,12É minha irmã; pois temeu dizer: Minha mulher; para que, dizia ele, não me matassem por amor de Rebeca, porque era ela *Gn 12.11;29.17formosa à vista. 8 Ora, tendo Isaque se demorado ali muito tempo, olhou Abimeleque, rei dos filisteus, pela janela e viu, e eis que Isaque estava brincando com sua mulher Rebeca. 9 Chamou Abimeleque a Isaque e disse: Está visto que ela é tua mulher; como, pois, disseste: É minha irmã? Respondeu-lhe Isaque: Porque eu dizia: para que eu não morra por causa dela. 10 Replicou *Gn 20.9Abimeleque: Que é isso que nos fizeste? Facilmente se teria deitado um do povo com tua mulher, e tu terias trazido culpa sobre nós. 11 E deu esta ordem a todo o povo: Qualquer que tocar a este homem ou a sua mulher certamente morrerá.

12 Semeou Isaque naquela terra e recolheu no mesmo ano cento por um; e *Gn 26.3Jeová o abençoou. 13 Engrandeceu-se o homem e ia-se crescendo mais e mais nos bens, até que se tornou muito grande; 14 *Gn 24.35;25.5tinha possessões de rebanhos e possessões de gados, e era grande o número de seus servos. Os filisteus tinham-lhe inveja. 15 Ora, *Gn 21.25,30todos os poços que os servos de seu pai tinham cavado nos dias de Abraão, seu pai, os filisteus haviam atulhado e enchido de terra. 16 Disse Abimeleque a Isaque: Aparta-te de nós, porque tu és mais poderoso do que nós. 17 Partindo, pois, Isaque dali, acampou no vale de Gerar e lá habitou.

18 Isaque tornou a cavar os poços de água que haviam sido cavados nos dias de Abraão, seu pai, (porque os filisteus os entulharam depois da morte de Abraão) e deu-lhes os mesmos nomes que seu pai lhes dera. 19 Cavaram os escravos de Isaque no vale e ali acharam um poço de águas vivas. 20 Os pastores de Gerar contenderam com os pastores de Isaque, dizendo: A água é nossa. Ele chamou ao poço Eseque, porque contenderam com ele. 21 Cavaram outro poço, pelo qual também contenderam; e chamou-lhe Sitna. 22 Partindo dali, cavou ainda outro poço; por este não contenderam e, chamando-lhe Reobote, disse: *Sl 4.1;Is 54.2Pois, agora, Jeová nos deu lugar, e medraremos na terra.

23 Subiu dali para *Gn 22.19Berseba. 24 *Gn 26.2Apareceu-lhe Jeová na mesma noite e disse: *Gn 17.7-8;24.12;Êx 3.6Eu sou o Deus de Abraão, teu pai. Não temas, porque eu sou contigo, e te *Gn 22.17;26.3abençoarei, e multiplicarei a tua descendência por causa do meu servo Abraão. 25 Tendo edificado ali um *Gn 12.7-8;13.4altar, invocou o nome de Jeová e ali armou a sua tenda; e os servos de Isaque cavaram ali um poço.

Isaque faz uma aliança com Abimeleque

26 De Gerar foram ter com ele *Gn 21.22Abimeleque, e seu amigo Ausate, e Ficol, general de seu exército. 27 Disse-lhes Isaque: Por que vindes ter comigo, visto que vós me aborreceis e me repelistes de vós? 28 Responderam eles: Vimos bem *Gn 21.22-23que Jeová era contigo e dissemos: Haja um juramento entre ti e nós, e façamos uma aliança contigo. 29 Jura que não nos farás mal algum, assim como não te havemos tocado, e te fizemos somente o bem, e te deixamos ir em paz. Tu és, agora, o bendito de Jeová. 30 Deu-lhes Isaque um banquete, e comeram e beberam. 31 Levantando-se de manhã cedo, *Gn 21.31juraram de parte a parte; Isaque os despediu, e separaram-se dele em paz. 32 No mesmo dia, vieram os servos de Isaque e, dando-lhe notícias acerca do poço que haviam cavado, disseram-lhe: Achamos água. 33 Chamou ao poço *Gn 21.31Seba; por isso, é o nome da cidade Berseba, até o dia de hoje.

Mulheres de Esaú

34 Tendo Esaú quarenta anos, *Gn 28.8;36.2tomou por mulher a Judite, filha de Beeri, heteu, e a Basemate, filha de Elom, o heteu. 35 Elas *Gn 27.46foram uma amargura para o espírito de Isaque e de Rebeca.

1 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. 2 And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: 3 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; 4 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; 5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

6 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar: 7 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. 8 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. 9 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. 10 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. 11 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.

12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.*26.12 received: Heb. found 13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great: *26.13 went…: Heb. went going 14 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.*26.14 servants: or, husbandry 15 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. 16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.

17 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. 18 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. 19 And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.*26.19 springing: Heb. living 20 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.*26.20 Esek: that is, Contention 21 And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.*26.21 Sitnah: that is, Hatred 22 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.*26.22 Rehoboth: that is Room 23 And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba. 24 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. 25 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.

26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army. 27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you? 28 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;*26.28 We saw…: Heb. Seeing we saw 29 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.*26.29 That…: Heb. If thou shalt 30 And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink. 31 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. 32 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. 33 And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.*26.33 Shebah: That is, an oath*26.33 Beer-sheba: that is, the well of the oath

34 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: 35 Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.*26.35 a grief…: Heb. bitterness of spirit