Isaac Lives at Gerar
1 There was another famine in the land besides the earlier one during the time of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, at Gerar. 2 The Lord had appeared to Isaac and had said, “Do not go to Egypt; stay in this land, where I tell you to stay. 3 Live here, and I will be with you and bless you. I am going to give all this territory to you and to your descendants. I will keep the promise I made to your father Abraham. 4 I will give you as many descendants as there are stars in the sky, and I will give them all this territory. All the nations will ask me to bless them as I have blessed your descendants. 5 I will bless you, because Abraham obeyed me and kept all my laws and commands.”
6 So Isaac lived at Gerar. 7 When the men there asked about his wife, he said that she was his sister. He would not admit that she was his wife, because he was afraid that the men there would kill him to get Rebecca, who was very beautiful. 8 When Isaac had been there for some time, King Abimelech looked down from his window and saw Isaac and Rebecca making love. 9 Abimelech sent for Isaac and said, “So she is your wife! Why did you say she was your sister?”
He answered, “I thought I would be killed if I said she was my wife.”
10 “What have you done to us?” Abimelech said. “One of my men might easily have slept with your wife, and you would have been responsible for our guilt.” 11 Abimelech warned all the people: “Anyone who mistreats this man or his wife will be put to death.”
12 Isaac sowed crops in that land, and that year he harvested a hundred times as much as he had sown, because the Lord blessed him. 13 He continued to prosper and became a very rich man. 14 Because he had many herds of sheep and cattle and many servants, the Philistines were jealous of him. 15 So they filled in all the wells which the servants of his father Abraham had dug while Abraham was alive.
16 Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Leave our country. You have become more powerful than we are.” 17 So Isaac left and set up his camp in Gerar Valley, where he stayed for some time. 18 He dug once again the wells which had been dug during the time of Abraham and which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham's death. Isaac gave the wells the same names that his father had given them.
19 Isaac's servants dug a well in the valley and found water. 20 The shepherds of Gerar quarreled with Isaac's shepherds and said, “This water belongs to us.” So Isaac named the well “Quarrel.”
21 Isaac's servants dug another well, and there was a quarrel about that one also, so he named it “Enmity.” 22 He moved away from there and dug another well. There was no dispute about this one, so he named it “Freedom.” He said, “Now the Lord has given us freedom to live in the land, and we will be prosperous here.”
23 Isaac left and went to Beersheba. 24 That night the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid; I am with you. I will bless you and give you many descendants because of my promise to my servant Abraham.” 25 Isaac built an altar there and worshiped the Lord. Then he set up his camp there, and his servants dug another well.
The Agreement between Isaac and Abimelech
26 Abimelech came from Gerar with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army to see Isaac. 27 So Isaac asked, “Why have you now come to see me, when you were so unfriendly to me before and made me leave your country?”
28 They answered, “Now we know that the Lord is with you, and we think that there should be a solemn agreement between us. We want you to promise 29 that you will not harm us, just as we did not harm you. We were kind to you and let you go peacefully. Now it is clear that the Lord has blessed you.” 30 Isaac prepared a feast for them, and they ate and drank. 31 Early next morning each man made his promise and sealed it with a vow. Isaac said good-bye to them, and they parted as friends.
32 On that day Isaac's servants came and told him about the well which they had dug. They said, “We have found water.” 33 He named the well “Vow.” That is how the city of Beersheba got its name.
Esau's Foreign Wives
34 When Esau was forty years old, he married two Hittites, Judith the daughter of Beeri, and Basemath the daughter of Elon. 35 They made life miserable for Isaac and Rebecca.
إسحق في جرار
1 وكانَ في الأرضِ جُوعٌ غيرُ الجُوعِ الأوَّلِ الّذي كانَ في أيّامِ إبراهيمَ، فذهبَ إسحَقُ إلى أبـيمالِكَ، مَلِكِ الفلِسطيِّينَ في جَرارَ. 2 فتراءى لَه الرّبُّ وقالَ: «لا تَنْزِلْ إلى مِصْرَ، بلِ اسكُنْ في الأرضِ الّتي أدُلُّكَ علَيها. 3 تغَرَّبْ بهذهِ الأرضِ وأنا أكونُ معَكَ وأُبارِكُكَ، فأُعطيَ لكَ ولِنسلِكَ جميعَ هذِهِ البِلادِ، وأفي باليمينِ الّتي حلَفتُها لإبراهيمَ أبـيكَ، 4 وأُكثِّرُ نسلَكَ كنجومِ السَّماءِ وأُعطيهم جميعَ هذِهِ البلادِ، ويتباركُ فيهم جميعُ أُمَمِ الأرضِ، 5 لأنَّ إبراهيمَ سَمِعَ كلامي، وحفِظَ أوامري ووصايايَ وفرائِضي وشرائعي». 6 فأقامَ إسحَقُ في جَرارَ.
7 وسألَهُ أهلُ جَرارَ عَنِ امرأتِهِ فقالَ: «هيَ أُختي»، لأنَّهُ خافَ أنْ يقولَ: «هيَ امرأتي»، لِئلاَّ يَقْتُلوهُ بسببِها وكانَت جميلةَ المَنظَرِ. 8 ولمَّا مضَى على إقامتِهِ هُناكَ وقتٌ طويلٌ حدَثَ أنَّ أبـيمالِكَ، مَلِكَ الفلِسطيِّينَ أَطَلَّ مِنْ نافذةٍ لَه ونظرَ فرأى إسحَقَ يُداعِبُ رِفقةَ امرأتَهُ. 9 فدَعاهُ وقالَ لَه: «إذا هيَ امرأتُكَ، فلماذا قلتَ إنَّها أُختُكَ؟» فقالَ إسحَقُ: «لأنِّي ظَننتُ أنَّني رُبَّما أهلِكُ بسببِها». 10 فقالَ أبـيمالِكُ: «ماذا فعَلتَ بِنا؟ لولا قليلٌ لضاجعَ أحدُ أبناءِ شعبِنا امرأتَكَ فنُذنبَ». 11 وأوصى أبـيمالِكُ جميعَ الشَّعبِ قالَ: «مَنْ مسَّ هذا الرَّجلَ أو امرأتَهُ فموتا يموتُ».
12 وزرعَ إسحَقُ في تِلكَ الأرضِ، فحصدَ في تِلكَ السَّنةِ مئةَ ضِعفٍ، وباركَهُ الرّبُّ 13 فعظُمَت مكانتُهُ وتزايدَت إلى أنْ صارَ رَجُلا عظيما جدًّا. 14 وكانَت لَه ماشيةُ غنَمٍ وماشيةُ بقَرٍ وعبـيدٌ كثيرونَ، فحسَدَهُ الفلِسطيّونَ.
الآبار بـين جرار وبئر سبع
15 وردَمَ الفلِسطيّون جميعَ الآبارِ الّتي حفرَها عبـيدُ أبـيه إبراهيمَ في أيّامِهِ وملأُوها تُرابا. 16 وقالَ أبـيمالِكُ لإسحَقَ: «أخرُجْ مِنْ عِندِنا لأنَّكَ صِرتَ أعظمَ مِنَّا كثيرا». 17 فخرَجَ إسحَقُ مِنْ هُناكَ ونزَلَ في وادي جَرارَ وأقامَ فيهِ. 18 وعادَ إسحَقُ فحفرَ آبارَ الماءِ التي رَدمَها الفلِسطيّونَ بَعدَ موتِ إبراهيمَ أبـيهِ، وكانَت حُفِرَت في أيّامِهِ. وسَمَّاها إسحَقُ بالأسماءِ الّتي كانَ سَمَّاها بها أبوهُ.
19 وحفرَ عبـيدُ إسحَقَ في الوادي فَوجدوا هُناكَ نبعَ ماءٍ، 20 فتخاصمَ رُعاةُ جَرارَ معَ رعاةِ إسحَقَ قائِلينَ: «هذا الماءُ لنا». فسمَّى إسحَقُ البِئرَ عِسِقَ، لأنَّهم تنازعوا علَيها. 21 وحَفروا بِئْرا أُخرى فتخاصموا علَيها أيضا، فسمَّاها سِطْنَةً 22 وحَفروا بِئرا أخرى فما تخاصموا علَيها، فسمَّاها رَحوبوتَ، وقالَ: «الآنَ رَحُبَ الرّبُّ لنا لنَكثُرَ في الأرضِ».
23 وصَعِدَ إسحَقُ مِنْ هُناكَ إلى بئرَ سَبْعَ، 24 فتراءى لَه الرّبُّ في تِلكَ اللَّيلةِ وقالَ لَه: «أنا إلهُ إبراهيمَ أبـيكَ. لا تَخفْ، فأنا مَعكَ وأبارِكُكَ وأُكثِّرُ نسلَكَ مِنْ أجلِ عبدي إبراهيمَ». 25 فبنى إسحَقُ هُناكَ مذبَحا ودعا باسمِ الرّبِّ. ونصَبَ هُناكَ خَيمَةً وحفرَ رِجالُه بِئرا.
الحلف بـين إسحق وأبـيمالك
26 وجاءَ إليهِ أبـيمالِكُ مِنْ جَرارَ ومَعهُ آحزّاتُ مُرافِقُه، وفيكولُ قائدُ جيشِهِ. 27 فقالَ لهُم إسحَقُ: «ما بالُكُم جِئتُم إليَّ وأنتُم أبغضتموني وصرفتموني مِنْ عِندِكُم؟» 28 فقالوا: «الآنَ رأينا أنَّ الرّبَّ معَكَ، فقُلنا: لِـيكُنْ حِلفٌ بَينَنا وبَينَكَ، ولنقطَعْ معَكَ عَهدا 29 أنْ لا تُسيءَ إلينا، بل تُعاملُنا بالحُسنَى كما عامَلْناكَ وصرَفْناكَ بسلامٍ. أنتَ الآنَ مُبارَكٌ مِنَ الرّبِّ». 30 فأقامَ لهُم إسحَقُ وليمةً، فأكلوا وشبِــعوا، 31 وبكّروا في الغدِ فتحالفوا. وصرفَهُم إسحَقُ، فمضَوا مِنْ عِندهِ بسلامٍ.
32 وفي ذلِكَ اليومِ جاءَ عبـيدُ إسحَقَ فأخبروهُ عنِ البئرِ الّتي حفروها، قالوا: «وَجَدْنا ماءً». 33 فسمَّاها إسحَقُ شِبْعَةَ فصارَ اسمُ المدينةِ بئرَ سَبْعَ إلى هذا اليومِ.
34 ولمَّا صارَ عيسو ابنَ أربعينَ سنَةً تزوَّج يهوديتَ بنتَ بـيري الحثِّيِّ وبَسمةَ بنتَ إيلونَ الحثِّيِّ، 35 فكانتا لإسحَقَ ورِفقةَ خَيـبةً مُرَّةً.