Genesis 26
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Isaac and Abimelech
26 Now there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Gerar, to Abim′elech king of the Philistines. 2 And the Lord appeared to him, and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; dwell in the land of which I shall tell you. 3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you; for to you and to your descendants I will give all these lands, and I will fulfil the oath which I swore to Abraham your father. 4 I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven, and will give to your descendants all these lands; and by your descendants all the nations of the earth shall bless themselves: 5 because Abraham obeyed my voice and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.”
6 So Isaac dwelt in Gerar. 7 When the men of the place asked him about his wife, he said, “She is my sister”; for he feared to say, “My wife,” thinking, “lest the men of the place should kill me for the sake of Rebekah”; because she was fair to look upon. 8 When he had been there a long time, Abim′elech king of the Philistines looked out of a window and saw Isaac fondling Rebekah his wife. 9 So Abim′elech called Isaac, and said, “Behold, she is your wife; how then could you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac said to him, “Because I thought, ‘Lest I die because of her.’” 10 Abim′elech said, “What is this you have done to us? One of the people might easily have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.” 11 So Abim′elech warned all the people, saying, “Whoever touches this man or his wife shall be put to death.”
12 And Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year a hundredfold. The Lord blessed him, 13 and the man became rich, and gained more and more until he became very wealthy. 14 He had possessions of flocks and herds, and a great household, so that the Philistines envied him. 15 (Now the Philistines had stopped and filled with earth all the wells which his father’s servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father.) 16 And Abim′elech said to Isaac, “Go away from us; for you are much mightier than we.”
17 So Isaac departed from there, and encamped in the valley of Gerar and dwelt there. 18 And Isaac dug again the wells of water which had been dug in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham; and he gave them the names which his father had given them. 19 But when Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found there a well of springing water, 20 the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, “The water is ours.” So he called the name of the well Esek,[a] because they contended with him. 21 Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over that also; so he called its name Sitnah.[b] 22 And he moved from there and dug another well, and over that they did not quarrel; so he called its name Reho′both,[c] saying, “For now the Lord has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.”
23 From there he went up to Beer-sheba. 24 And the Lord appeared to him the same night and said, “I am the God of Abraham your father; fear not, for I am with you and will bless you and multiply your descendants for my servant Abraham’s sake.” 25 So he built an altar there and called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent there. And there Isaac’s servants dug a well.
26 Then Abim′elech went to him from Gerar with Ahuz′zath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army. 27 Isaac said to them, “Why have you come to me, seeing that you hate me and have sent me away from you?” 28 They said, “We see plainly that the Lord is with you; so we say, let there be an oath between you and us, and let us make a covenant with you, 29 that you will do us no harm, just as we have not touched you and have done to you nothing but good and have sent you away in peace. You are now the blessed of the Lord.” 30 So he made them a feast, and they ate and drank. 31 In the morning they rose early and took oath with one another; and Isaac set them on their way, and they departed from him in peace. 32 That same day Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well which they had dug, and said to him, “We have found water.” 33 He called it Shibah; therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba to this day.
Esau’s Hittite Wives
34 When Esau was forty years old, he took to wife Judith the daughter of Be-e′ri the Hittite, and Bas′emath the daughter of Elon the Hittite; 35 and they made life bitter for Isaac and Rebekah.
Footnotes
- Genesis 26:20 That is Contention
- Genesis 26:21 That is Enmity
- Genesis 26:22 That is Broad places or Room
Genesis 26
New King James Version
Isaac and Abimelech
26 There was a famine in the land, besides (A)the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to (B)Abimelech king of the Philistines, in Gerar.
2 Then the Lord appeared to him and said: (C)“Do not go down to Egypt; live in (D)the land of which I shall tell you. 3 (E)Dwell in this land, and (F)I will be with you and (G)bless you; for to you and your descendants (H)I give all these lands, and I will perform (I)the oath which I swore to Abraham your father. 4 And (J)I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven; I will give to your descendants all these lands; (K)and in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed; 5 (L)because Abraham obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”
6 So Isaac dwelt in Gerar. 7 And the men of the place asked about his wife. And (M)he said, “She is my sister”; for (N)he was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” because he thought, “lest the men of the place kill me for Rebekah, because she is (O)beautiful to behold.” 8 Now it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked through a window, and saw, and there was Isaac, [a]showing endearment to Rebekah his wife. 9 Then Abimelech called Isaac and said, “Quite obviously she is your wife; so how could you say, ‘She is my sister’?”
Isaac said to him, “Because I said, ‘Lest I die on account of her.’ ”
10 And Abimelech said, “What is this you have done to us? One of the people might soon have lain with your wife, and (P)you would have brought guilt on us.” 11 So Abimelech charged all his people, saying, “He who (Q)touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.”
12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year (R)a hundredfold; and the Lord (S)blessed him. 13 The man (T)began to prosper, and continued prospering until he became very prosperous; 14 for he had possessions of flocks and possessions of herds and a great number of servants. So the Philistines (U)envied him. 15 Now the Philistines had stopped up all the wells (V)which his father’s servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, and they had filled them with earth. 16 And Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go away from us, for (W)you are much mightier than we.”
17 Then Isaac departed from there and [b]pitched his tent in the Valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. 18 And Isaac dug again the wells of water which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father, for the Philistines had stopped them up after the death of Abraham. (X)He called them by the names which his father had called them.
19 Also Isaac’s servants dug in the valley, and found a well of running water there. 20 But the herdsmen of Gerar (Y)quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, “The water is ours.” So he called the name of the well [c]Esek, because they quarreled with him. 21 Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over that one also. So he called its name [d]Sitnah. 22 And he moved from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. So he called its name [e]Rehoboth, because he said, “For now the Lord has made room for us, and we shall (Z)be fruitful in the land.”
23 Then he went up from there to Beersheba. 24 And the Lord (AA)appeared to him the same night and said, (AB)“I am the God of your father Abraham; (AC)do not fear, for (AD)I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for My servant Abraham’s sake.” 25 So he (AE)built an altar there and (AF)called on the name of the Lord, and he pitched his tent there; and there Isaac’s servants dug a well.
26 Then Abimelech came to him from Gerar with Ahuzzath, one of his friends, (AG)and Phichol the commander of his army. 27 And Isaac said to them, “Why have you come to me, (AH)since you hate me and have (AI)sent me away from you?”
28 But they said, “We have certainly seen that the Lord (AJ)is with you. So we said, ‘Let there now be an oath between us, between you and us; and let us make a [f]covenant with you, 29 that you will do us no harm, since we have not touched you, and since we have done nothing to you but good and have sent you away in peace. (AK)You are now the blessed of the Lord.’ ”
30 (AL)So he made them a feast, and they ate and drank. 31 Then they arose early in the morning and (AM)swore an oath with one another; and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
32 It came to pass the same day that Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well which they had dug, and said to him, “We have found water.” 33 So he called it [g]Shebah. (AN)Therefore the name of the city is [h]Beersheba to this day.
34 (AO)When Esau was forty years old, he took as wives Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite. 35 And (AP)they were a grief of mind to Isaac and Rebekah.
Footnotes
- Genesis 26:8 caressing
- Genesis 26:17 camped
- Genesis 26:20 Lit. Quarrel
- Genesis 26:21 Lit. Enmity
- Genesis 26:22 Lit. Spaciousness
- Genesis 26:28 treaty
- Genesis 26:33 Lit. Oath or Seven
- Genesis 26:33 Lit. Well of the Oath or Well of the Seven
Genesis 26
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
26 And there was a famine in the land, other than the former famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Gerar, to Abimelech king of the Philistines.
2 And the Lord appeared to him and said, Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land of which I will tell you.
3 Dwell temporarily in this land, and I will be with you and will favor you with blessings; for to you and to your descendants I will give all these lands, and I will perform the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.
4 And I will make your descendants to multiply as the stars of the heavens, and will give to your posterity all these lands (kingdoms); and by your Offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, or by Him bless themselves,(A)
5 For Abraham listened to and obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commands, My statutes, and My laws.
6 So Isaac stayed in Gerar.
7 And the men of the place asked him about his wife, and he said, She is my sister; for he was afraid to say, She is my wife—[thinking], Lest the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah, because she is attractive and is beautiful to look upon.
8 When he had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out of a window and saw Isaac caressing Rebekah his wife.
9 And Abimelech called Isaac and said, See here, she is certainly your wife! How did you [dare] say to me, She is my sister? And Isaac said to him, Because I thought, Lest I die on account of her.
10 And Abimelech said, What is this you have done to us? One of the men might easily have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt and sin upon us.
11 Then Abimelech charged all his people, He who touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
12 Then Isaac sowed seed in that land and received in the same year a hundred times as much as he had planted, and the Lord favored him with blessings.
13 And the man became great and gained more and more until he became very wealthy and distinguished;
14 He owned flocks, herds, and a great supply of servants, and the Philistines envied him.
15 Now all the wells which his father’s servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had closed and filled with earth.
16 And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go away from us, for you are much mightier than we are.
17 So Isaac went away from there and pitched his tent in the Valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
18 And Isaac dug again the wells of water which had been dug in the days of Abraham his father, for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham; and he gave them the names by which his father had called them.
19 Now Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found there a well of living [spring] water.
20 And the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, The water is ours. And he named the well Esek [contention] because they quarreled with him.
21 Then [his servants] dug another well, and they quarreled over that also; so he named it Sitnah [enmity].
22 And he moved away from there and dug another well, and for that one they did not quarrel. He named it Rehoboth [room], saying, For now the Lord has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
23 Now he went up from there to Beersheba.
24 And the Lord appeared to him the same night and said, I am the God of Abraham your father. Fear not, for I am with you and will favor you with blessings and multiply your descendants for the sake of My servant Abraham.
25 And [Isaac] [a]built an altar there and called on the name of the Lord and pitched his tent there; and there Isaac’s servants were digging a well.
26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar with Ahuzzah, one of his friends, and Phicol, his army’s commander.
27 And Isaac said to them, Why have you come to me, seeing that you hate me and have sent me away from you?
28 They said, We saw that the Lord was certainly with you; so we said, Let there be now an oath between us [carrying a curse with it to befall the one who breaks it], even between you and us, and let us make a covenant with you
29 That you will do us no harm, inasmuch as we have not touched you and have done to you nothing but good and have sent you away in peace. You are now the blessed or favored of the Lord!
30 And he made them a [formal] dinner, and they ate and drank.
31 And they rose up early in the morning and took oaths [with a curse] with one another; and Isaac sent them on their way and they departed from him in peace.
32 That same day Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug, saying, We have found water!
33 And he named [the well] Shibah; therefore the name of the city is Beersheba [well of the oath] to this day.(B)
34 Now Esau was 40 years old when he took as wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite.
35 And they made life bitter and a grief of mind and spirit for Isaac and Rebekah [their parents-in-law].
Footnotes
- Genesis 26:25 With Isaac God came first. Before doing anything else in the new place, he built an altar and then waited there to call upon the Lord. Second came his home; he pitched his tent. Third came his business; his servants dug a well.
Génesis 26
Nueva Biblia de las Américas
Dios renueva la promesa a Isaac
26 Y hubo hambre en la tierra(A), además del hambre anterior que había ocurrido durante los días de Abraham. Entonces Isaac se fue a Gerar, donde vivía Abimelec, rey de los filisteos(B). 2 El Señor(C) se le apareció a Isaac y le dijo: «No desciendas a Egipto. Quédate[a] en la tierra que Yo te diré(D). 3 Reside en esta tierra(E) y Yo estaré contigo y te bendeciré(F), porque a ti y a tu descendencia[b] daré todas estas tierras(G), y confirmaré contigo el juramento que juré a tu padre Abraham(H). 4 Multiplicaré tu descendencia[c] como las estrellas del cielo, y daré a tu descendencia[d] todas estas tierras(I). En tu simiente serán bendecidas[e] todas las naciones de la tierra(J), 5 porque Abraham me obedeció[f](K), y guardó Mi ordenanza, Mis mandamientos, Mis estatutos y Mis leyes».
Isaac engaña a Abimelec
6 Habitó, pues, Isaac en Gerar. 7 Cuando los hombres de aquel lugar le preguntaron acerca de su mujer, Isaac dijo: «Es mi hermana(L)»; porque tenía temor(M) de decir: «Es mi mujer». Porque pensaba: «no sea que los hombres del lugar me maten por causa de Rebeca, pues es de hermosa apariencia(N)». 8 Y sucedió que después de haber estado ellos allí largo tiempo, Abimelec, rey de los filisteos, miró por una ventana y vio a Isaac acariciando a Rebeca su mujer.
9 Entonces Abimelec llamó a Isaac, y le dijo: «Ciertamente ella es tu mujer. ¿Por qué, pues, dijiste: “Es mi hermana”?». «Porque me dije: “No sea que yo muera por causa de ella”», respondió Isaac. 10 Y Abimelec dijo: «¿Qué es esto que nos has hecho(O)? Porque alguien del pueblo fácilmente pudiera haberse acostado con tu mujer, y hubieras traído culpa sobre nosotros». 11 Abimelec ordenó a todo el pueblo: «El que toque a este hombre o a su mujer(P), de cierto morirá».
Bendición de Dios sobre Isaac
12 Isaac sembró en aquella tierra, y cosechó[g] aquel año ciento por uno. Y el Señor lo bendijo(Q). 13 Isaac se enriqueció[h], y siguió engrandeciéndose hasta que llegó a ser muy poderoso[i](R), 14 porque tenía rebaños de ovejas, vacas y mucha servidumbre(S), y los filisteos le tenían envidia.
15 Todos los pozos que los siervos de su padre habían cavado en los días de su padre Abraham(T), los filisteos los cegaron llenándolos[j] de tierra. 16 Entonces Abimelec dijo a Isaac: «Vete de aquí[k], porque tú eres mucho más poderoso que nosotros(U)». 17 Isaac se fue de allí, acampó en el valle[l] de Gerar y se estableció allí.
18 Isaac volvió a cavar los pozos de agua que habían sido cavados[m] en los días de su padre Abraham, porque los filisteos los habían cegado después de la muerte de Abraham, y les puso los mismos nombres[n] que su padre les había puesto[o]. 19 Cuando los siervos de Isaac cavaron en el valle encontraron allí un pozo de aguas vivas.
20 Entonces riñeron los pastores de Gerar con los pastores de Isaac, diciendo: «El agua es nuestra». Por eso él llamó al pozo Esek[p], porque habían reñido con él(V). 21 Cavaron otro pozo, y también riñeron por él; por eso lo llamó Sitna[q]. 22 Y se trasladó de allí y cavó otro pozo, y no riñeron por él; por eso lo llamó Rehobot[r], porque dijo: «Al fin[s] el Señor ha hecho lugar[t] para nosotros(W), y prosperaremos en la tierra(X)».
23 De allí Isaac subió a Beerseba(Y). 24 El Señor se le apareció aquella misma noche y le dijo(Z):
«Yo soy el Dios de tu padre Abraham(AA);
No temas, porque Yo estoy contigo(AB).
Y te bendeciré y multiplicaré tu descendencia[u](AC),
Por amor de Mi siervo Abraham».
25 Y allí Isaac construyó un altar e invocó el nombre del Señor(AD) y plantó allí su tienda; y allí abrieron los siervos de Isaac un pozo.
Pacto entre Isaac y Abimelec
26 Entonces Abimelec vino a él desde Gerar, con su consejero[v] Ahuzat y con Ficol, jefe de su ejército(AE). 27 Y les dijo Isaac: «¿Por qué han venido a mí, ustedes que me odian y me han echado de entre ustedes(AF)?». 28 Y ellos respondieron: «Vemos claramente que el Señor ha estado contigo(AG), así es que dijimos: “Haya ahora un juramento entre nosotros, entre tú y nosotros, y hagamos un pacto contigo, 29 de que no nos harás ningún mal, así como nosotros no te hemos tocado y[w] solo te hemos hecho bien, y te hemos despedido en paz. Tú eres ahora el bendito del Señor(AH)”».
30 Entonces él les preparó un banquete, y comieron y bebieron(AI). 31 Muy de mañana se levantaron y se hicieron mutuo juramento(AJ). Entonces Isaac los despidió y ellos se fueron de su lado en paz. 32 Aquel mismo día los siervos de Isaac llegaron y le informaron acerca del pozo que habían cavado, y le dijeron: «Hemos hallado agua». 33 Y lo llamó Seba[x]. Por eso el nombre de la ciudad es Beerseba[y](AK) hasta hoy.
34 Cuando Esaú tenía 40 años, se casó con[z] Judit, hija de Beeri, el hitita, y con Basemat, hija de Elón, el hitita(AL); 35 y ellas hicieron la vida insoportable[aa] para Isaac y Rebeca(AM).
Footnotes
- 26:2 Lit. habita.
- 26:3 Lit. simiente.
- 26:4 Lit. simiente.
- 26:4 Lit. simiente.
- 26:4 O se bendecirán.
- 26:5 Lit. prestó atención a mi voz.
- 26:12 Lit. halló.
- 26:13 Lit. se engrandeció.
- 26:13 Lit. grande.
- 26:15 Lit. y los llenaron.
- 26:16 Lit. de nosotros.
- 26:17 O torrente.
- 26:18 Lit. que ellos habían cavado.
- 26:18 Lit. y llamó sus nombres como los nombres.
- 26:18 Lit. llamado.
- 26:20 I.e. Riña.
- 26:21 I.e. Enemistad.
- 26:22 I.e. Lugares amplios.
- 26:22 Lit. Ciertamente ahora.
- 26:22 O anchura.
- 26:24 Lit. simiente.
- 26:26 Lit. y su amigo íntimo.
- 26:29 Lit. y así como.
- 26:33 I.e. Juramento.
- 26:33 I.e. Pozo del Juramento.
- 26:34 Lit. tomó por mujer a.
- 26:35 Lit. fueron amargura de espíritu.
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