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이삭과 아비멜렉

26 아브라함의 때에 있었던 것과 같은 흉년이 그 땅에 다시 들자 이삭은 블레셋 왕 아비멜렉이 사는 그랄로 갔다.

그때 여호와께서 그에게 나타나 말씀하셨다. “너는 이집트로 내려가지 말고 내가 지시하는 대로 이 땅에 머물러 있거라.

네가 이 땅에서 살면 내가 너와 함께하여 너를 축복하고 이 모든 땅을 너와 네 후손에게 주겠다. 내가 네 아버지 아브라함에게 약속한 것을 지켜

네 후손들을 하늘의 별처럼 많게 하며 이 모든 땅을 그들에게 주겠다. 네 후손을 통해서 세상의 모든 민족이 복을 받을 것이다.

이것은 아브라함이 나에게 순종하였고 나의 법과 명령을 지켰기 때문이다.”

그래서 이삭은 그랄에서 살았다.

그 곳 사람들이 그의 아내에 대해 물으면 그는 자기 아내를 누이동생이라고 하였다. 그가 이렇게 말한 것은 리브가가 아름다우므로 그 곳 사람들이 그녀를 탐내서 자기를 죽일지도 모른다고 생각했기 때문이었다.

이삭은 그 곳에 오랫동안 살았는데 어느 날 이삭이 그의 아내 리브가를 껴안고 있는 것을 블레셋 왕 아비멜렉이 창문으로 보게 되었다.

그래서 아비멜렉이 이삭을 불러 “그녀가 분명히 당신의 아내인데도 어째서 당신은 그녀를 누이동생이라고 하였소?” 하고 따져 물었다. 이삭이 그에게 “그녀를 내 아내라고 말하면 내가 죽음을 당하게 될 것이라고 생각했기 때문입니다” 하고 대답하자

10 아비멜렉이 말하였다. “당신은 어째서 우리에게 이런 짓을 하였소? 하마터면 내 백성 중 하나가 당신 아내를 가까이하여 당신 때문에 우리가 죄를 지을 뻔하였소.”

11 그러고서 아비멜렉은 모든 백성들에게 “이 사람과 그의 아내를 괴롭히는 자는 누구든지 죽음을 당할 것이다” 하고 경고하였다.

12 이삭은 그 땅에 농사를 지었다. 여호와께서 축복하시므로 그 해에 백 배의 결실을 얻었고

13 점점 번창하여 마침내 큰 부자가 되었다.

14 그에게 양과 소와 종들이 많아지자 블레셋 사람들이 그를 시기하여

15 아브라함이 살아 있을 당시 그의 아버지 아브라함의 종들이 판 우물들을 모조리 흙으로 메워 버렸다.

16 이때 아비멜렉이 이삭에게 “당신은 우리에게 너무 강력한 사람이 되었소. 이제 우리를 떠나시오” 하였다.

17 그래서 이삭은 그 곳을 떠나 그랄 골짜기에 천막을 치고 거기에 정착하여

18 그의 아버지 아브라함 때에 팠던 우물들을 다시 팠는데 이것들은 아브라함이 죽은 후에 블레셋 사람들이 막은 우물들이었다. 이삭은 그 우물들의 이름을 자기 아버지가 부르던 대로 불렀다.

19 이삭의 종들이 골짜기에 우물을 파서 샘의 물줄기를 찾았으나

20 그랄의 목자들이 이삭의 목자들과 다투며 “이 우물은 우리 것이다” 하고 주장하였다. 그래서 이삭은 그 우물 이름을 [a]‘다툼의 우물’ 이라고 지었다.

21 이삭의 종들은 또 다른 우물을 팠다. 그랄의 목자들이 그것도 자기들 것이라고 우기므로 이삭은 그 우물 이름을 [b]‘적대의 우물’ 이라고 지었다.

22 이삭이 거기서 옮겨 또 다른 우물을 파자 그들이 더 이상 다투지 않았으므로 이삭은 그 우물 이름을 [c]‘넓은 우물’ 이라고 짓고 “여호와께서 우리에게 넓은 장소를 주셨으니 이제는 우리가 번창할 것이다” 하고 말하였다.

23 이삭은 거기서 브엘세바로 올라갔다.

24 그런데 그 날 밤 여호와께서 그에게 나타나 말씀하셨다. “나는 네 아버지 아브라함의 하나님이다. 너는 두려워하지 말아라. 내 종 아브라함을 생각해서 내가 너와 함께하여 너를 축복하고 네 자손을 번성하게 하겠다.”

25 그래서 이삭은 그 곳에 단을 쌓아 여호와께 경배하고 거기에 천막을 쳤으며 그의 종들은 거기서도 우물을 팠다.

26 이때 그랄에서 아비멜렉이 그의 고문 아훗삿과 군사령관 비골과 함께 이삭을 찾아왔다.

27 이삭이 그들에게 “당신들은 나를 미워하여 쫓아내고서 무슨 일로 나를 찾아왔소?” 하고 묻자

28 그들이 이렇게 대답하였다. “우리는 여호와께서 당신과 함께 계시는 것을 분명히 보았소. 그래서 우리가 당신과 계약을 맺는 것이 필요하다고 생각하였소. 이제 당신과 우리 사이에 계약을 맺읍시다.

29 우리가 당신을 해하지 않고 당신에게 친절을 베풀어 평안히 가게 한 것처럼 당신도 우리를 해하지 않겠다고 약속하시오. 당신은 여호와께 복을 받은 사람이오.”

30 이삭은 그들을 위해 잔치를 베풀었다. 그들은 먹고 마시고

31 다음날 아침 일찍 일어나 서로 계약을 지키기로 맹세하였다. 그러고서 이삭이 그들을 보내자 그들은 평안히 떠났다.

32 바로 그 날 이삭의 종들이 와서 자기들이 판 우물에 대하여 이야기하며 “우리가 물을 찾아냈습니다” 하였다.

33 이삭이 그 우물의 이름을 맹세란 뜻으로 ‘세바’ 라고 지었으므로 그 곳 성 이름이 맹세의 우물 곧 브엘세바가 되었다.

34 에서는 40세에 헷족의 두 여자와 결혼했는데 그들은 브에리의 딸 유딧과 엘론의 딸 바스맛이었다.

35 그러나 그들은 이삭과 리브가의 마음에 근심이 되었다.

Footnotes

  1. 26:20 히 ‘에섹’
  2. 26:21 히 ‘싯나’
  3. 26:22 히 ‘르호봇’

Isaac and Abimelek(A)

26 Now there was a famine in the land(B)—besides the previous famine in Abraham’s time—and Isaac went to Abimelek king of the Philistines(C) in Gerar.(D) The Lord appeared(E) to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt;(F) live in the land where I tell you to live.(G) Stay in this land for a while,(H) and I will be with you(I) and will bless you.(J) For to you and your descendants I will give all these lands(K) and will confirm the oath I swore to your father Abraham.(L) I will make your descendants(M) as numerous as the stars in the sky(N) and will give them all these lands,(O) and through your offspring[a] all nations on earth will be blessed,[b](P) because Abraham obeyed me(Q) and did everything I required of him, keeping my commands, my decrees(R) and my instructions.(S) So Isaac stayed in Gerar.(T)

When the men of that place asked him about his wife, he said, “She is my sister,(U)” because he was afraid to say, “She is my wife.” He thought, “The men of this place might kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is beautiful.”

When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelek king of the Philistines(V) looked down from a window and saw Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah. So Abimelek summoned Isaac and said, “She is really your wife! Why did you say, ‘She is my sister’?(W)

Isaac answered him, “Because I thought I might lose my life on account of her.”

10 Then Abimelek said, “What is this you have done to us?(X) One of the men might well have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.”

11 So Abimelek gave orders to all the people: “Anyone who harms(Y) this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.”(Z)

12 Isaac planted crops in that land and the same year reaped a hundredfold,(AA) because the Lord blessed him.(AB) 13 The man became rich, and his wealth continued to grow until he became very wealthy.(AC) 14 He had so many flocks and herds and servants(AD) that the Philistines envied him.(AE) 15 So all the wells(AF) that his father’s servants had dug in the time of his father Abraham, the Philistines stopped up,(AG) filling them with earth.

16 Then Abimelek said to Isaac, “Move away from us;(AH) you have become too powerful for us.(AI)

17 So Isaac moved away from there and encamped in the Valley of Gerar,(AJ) where he settled. 18 Isaac reopened the wells(AK) that had been dug in the time of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died, and he gave them the same names his father had given them.

19 Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and discovered a well of fresh water there. 20 But the herders of Gerar quarreled(AL) with those of Isaac and said, “The water is ours!”(AM) So he named the well Esek,[c] because they disputed with him. 21 Then they dug another well, but they quarreled(AN) over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.[d] 22 He moved on from there and dug another well, and no one quarreled over it. He named it Rehoboth,[e](AO) saying, “Now the Lord has given us room(AP) and we will flourish(AQ) in the land.”

23 From there he went up to Beersheba.(AR) 24 That night the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham.(AS) Do not be afraid,(AT) for I am with you;(AU) I will bless you and will increase the number of your descendants(AV) for the sake of my servant Abraham.”(AW)

25 Isaac built an altar(AX) there and called on the name of the Lord.(AY) There he pitched his tent, and there his servants dug a well.(AZ)

26 Meanwhile, Abimelek had come to him from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his personal adviser and Phicol the commander of his forces.(BA) 27 Isaac asked them, “Why have you come to me, since you were hostile to me and sent me away?(BB)

28 They answered, “We saw clearly that the Lord was with you;(BC) so we said, ‘There ought to be a sworn agreement between us’—between us and you. Let us make a treaty(BD) with you 29 that you will do us no harm,(BE) just as we did not harm you but always treated you well and sent you away peacefully. And now you are blessed by the Lord.”(BF)

30 Isaac then made a feast(BG) for them, and they ate and drank. 31 Early the next morning the men swore an oath(BH) to each other. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they went away peacefully.

32 That day Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well(BI) they had dug. They said, “We’ve found water!” 33 He called it Shibah,[f] and to this day the name of the town has been Beersheba.[g](BJ)

Jacob Takes Esau’s Blessing

34 When Esau was forty years old,(BK) he married Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and also Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.(BL) 35 They were a source of grief to Isaac and Rebekah.(BM)

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 26:4 Or seed
  2. Genesis 26:4 Or and all nations on earth will use the name of your offspring in blessings (see 48:20)
  3. Genesis 26:20 Esek means dispute.
  4. Genesis 26:21 Sitnah means opposition.
  5. Genesis 26:22 Rehoboth means room.
  6. Genesis 26:33 Shibah can mean oath or seven.
  7. Genesis 26:33 Beersheba can mean well of the oath and well of seven.

Isaak fürchtet um sein Leben

26 Wieder einmal brach eine Hungersnot im Land aus, wie schon damals zur Zeit Abrahams. Darum zog Isaak in die Stadt Gerar, wo der Philisterkönig Abimelech lebte. 2-3 Dort erschien ihm der Herr. »Geh nicht nach Ägypten«, sagte er, »sondern bleib in diesem Land! Ich werde dir immer beistehen und dich segnen. Noch bist du hier ein Fremder, aber dir und deinen Nachkommen werde ich das ganze Land Kanaan schenken, denn ich halte mein Versprechen, das ich deinem Vater Abraham gegeben habe. Ich mache deine Nachkommen so zahlreich wie die Sterne am Himmel und überlasse ihnen dieses Land. Alle Völker der Erde werden durch deine Nachkommen am Segen teilhaben.[a] Das will ich tun, weil Abraham auf mich gehört hat und meinen Geboten und Weisungen gehorsam war.« So blieb Isaak in Gerar.

Als die Männer aus der Stadt Rebekka sahen und sich nach ihr erkundigten, sagte er: »Sie ist meine Schwester.« Er hatte Angst, ihnen die Wahrheit zu sagen, denn er dachte: »Rebekka ist sehr schön. Am Ende töten die Männer mich, nur um sie zu bekommen!«

Als Isaak schon längere Zeit in Gerar lebte, schaute der Philisterkönig Abimelech eines Tages zufällig zum Fenster hinaus und sah, wie Isaak und Rebekka sich küssten und zärtlich miteinander waren. Sofort rief er Isaak zu sich: »Sie ist ja deine Frau!«, fuhr er ihn an. »Wie kannst du nur behaupten, sie sei deine Schwester?« »Ich hatte Angst, ihr würdet mich töten, um sie zu bekommen«, antwortete Isaak. 10 Abimelech brauste auf: »Kein Grund, uns anzulügen! Wie leicht hätte einer meiner Männer mit Rebekka schlafen können, dann hättest du große Schuld auf uns geladen!« 11 Abimelech ließ dem ganzen Volk bekannt geben: »Jeder, der diesem Mann oder seiner Frau etwas antut, wird zum Tod verurteilt!«

Streit mit den Philistern

12 In jenem Jahr erntete Isaak das Hundertfache von dem, was er ausgesät hatte, denn der Herr segnete ihn. 13 Sein Besitz wuchs ständig, so dass er bald ein sehr reicher Mann war. 14 Er besaß große Ziegen-, Schaf- und Rinderherden sowie zahlreiche Knechte und Mägde. Darum beneideten ihn die Philister. 15 Sie schütteten alle Brunnen, die Abrahams Knechte einmal gegraben hatten, mit Erde zu.

16 Sogar Abimelech forderte Isaak auf, wegzuziehen. »Siedle dich woanders an, denn du bist uns zu mächtig geworden!«, sagte er.

17 Also verließ Isaak die Stadt und schlug sein Lager im Tal von Gerar auf. 18 Dort hatten die Philister nach Abrahams Tod alle Brunnen, die er graben ließ, mit Erde zugeschüttet. Isaak ließ die Brunnen wieder ausgraben und gab ihnen dieselben Namen, die sein Vater ihnen damals gegeben hatte.

19 Während Isaaks Knechte im Tal gruben, stießen sie auf eine unterirdische Quelle. 20 Sofort waren die Hirten von Gerar zur Stelle und beanspruchten sie für sich. »Das Wasser gehört uns!«, riefen sie. Darum nannte Isaak den Brunnen Esek (»Streit«). 21 Seine Leute gruben an einer anderen Quelle einen Brunnen, und erneut gerieten sie mit den Hirten von Gerar aneinander. Darum nannte Isaak den Brunnen Sitna (»Anfeindung«). 22 Danach zog er weiter und ließ zum dritten Mal einen Brunnen ausheben. Diesmal gab es keinen Streit. »Jetzt können wir uns ungehindert ausbreiten, denn der Herr hat uns genug Raum gegeben«, sagte er. Deshalb nannte er den Brunnen Rechobot (»freier Raum«).

23 Von dort zog Isaak weiter nach Beerscheba. 24 In der Nacht nach seiner Ankunft erschien ihm der Herr und sprach: »Ich bin der Gott deines Vaters Abraham. Hab keine Angst, denn ich bin bei dir! Ich will dich segnen und dir viele Nachkommen geben, weil ich es meinem Diener Abraham so versprochen habe!«

25 An dieser Stelle baute Isaak aus Steinen einen Altar und betete zum Herrn. Er schlug dort auch seine Zelte auf, und seine Knechte gruben einen Brunnen.

Ein Bündnis mit Abimelech

26 Eines Tages kam König Abimelech von Gerar zu ihm, zusammen mit seinem Berater Ahusat und seinem Heerführer Pichol. 27 »Was wollt ihr?«, fragte Isaak. »Ihr habt mich doch wie einen Feind fortgejagt!« 28 »Wir haben erkannt, dass der Herr auf deiner Seite steht«, antworteten sie. »Darum wollen wir gerne mit dir in Frieden leben. Lass uns ein Bündnis schließen und es mit einem Schwur bekräftigen. 29 Versprich uns, dass du uns nichts Böses tust, so wie wir dir nichts angetan haben. Wir haben dich immer gut behandelt und dich in Frieden wegziehen lassen. Wir wissen ja, dass du ein Mann bist, der unter dem Segen des Herrn steht.«

30 Da ließ Isaak ein Festessen zubereiten, und sie aßen und tranken zusammen. 31 Früh am nächsten Morgen schworen sie sich gegenseitig: »Wir wollen einander keinen Schaden zufügen.« So trennten sie sich in Frieden.

32 Am selben Tag kamen Isaaks Knechte und meldeten: »Wir haben Wasser gefunden!« 33 Isaak nannte den Brunnen Schiba (»Schwur«). Darum heißt die Stadt bis heute Beerscheba (»Brunnen des Schwurs«).

Esaus Frauen

34 Als Esau 40 Jahre alt war, heiratete er zwei Hetiterinnen: Jehudit, die Tochter Beeris, und Basemat, die Tochter Elons. 35 Darüber waren Isaak und Rebekka sehr unglücklich.

Footnotes

  1. 26,4 Oder: Alle Völker der Erde werden mich bitten, sie so zu segnen, wie ich dich segnen werde.

26 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.

And the Lord appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:

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;

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;

Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:

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.

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.

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.

13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:

14 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.

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.

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.

21 And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.

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.

23 And he went up from thence to Beersheba.

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;

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.

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 Beersheba unto this day.

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.