Génesis 26
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Isaac y Abimélec
26 1-6 En aquel tiempo llegó a faltar comida en toda la región de Canaán, tal como había pasado en tiempos de Abraham. Era tan grave la falta de alimentos que Isaac pensó en irse a Egipto. Pero Dios se le apareció a Isaac y le dijo:
«No vayas a Egipto. Es mejor que te vayas por algún tiempo a Guerar, donde vive Abimélec, rey de los filisteos. Yo prometo estar siempre contigo, y bendecirte en todo. Además, a ti y a tus descendientes voy a darles todas estas tierras. Así cumpliré el juramento que le hice a tu padre Abraham. Voy a hacer que tus descendientes sean tan numerosos como las estrellas del cielo. Por medio de ellos bendeciré a todas las naciones de la tierra, porque Abraham me obedeció y cumplió con todo lo que le ordené».
Fue así como Isaac fue a Guerar para hablar con Abimélec, y se quedó a vivir allá. 7 Cuando los hombres de aquel lugar le preguntaban por Rebeca, él decía que era su hermana y no su esposa. Y es que tenía miedo, porque pensaba: «Rebeca es muy hermosa; los hombres de este lugar son capaces de matarme para quedarse con ella».
8 Un día, Abimélec estaba mirando desde su ventana, y vio que Isaac estaba acariciando a Rebeca. 9-10 Entonces lo mandó a llamar y le reclamó:
—¡Tú no me puedes engañar! ¡Esta mujer no es tu hermana, es tu esposa! ¿Por qué nos has hecho esto? ¡Si alguno de mis hombres hubiera tenido relaciones sexuales con ella, tú nos habrías hecho culpables a todos!
Isaac se disculpó:
—Es que tuve miedo de que me mataran para quedarse con ella.
11 Enseguida Abimélec le ordenó a todo el pueblo:
—Cualquiera que moleste a este hombre o a su mujer, será condenado a muerte.
12 Ese mismo año, Dios le dio a Isaac una cosecha tan abundante, que produjo cien veces más de lo que había sembrado en aquella tierra. 13 Así ganó Isaac mucho dinero, y llegó a ser muy rico y poderoso. 14 Llegó a tener tantas ovejas y vacas, y tantos sirvientes, que despertó la envidia de los filisteos. 15 Por eso los filisteos taparon con tierra todos los pozos que Abraham había mandado abrir. 16 Hasta Abimélec llegó a decirle: «Vete de aquí, pues ya eres más poderoso que nosotros».
17 Isaac se fue de Guerar, pero se quedó a vivir en el valle. 18 Cuando Abraham aún vivía, había mandado abrir unos pozos allí, pero después de su muerte los filisteos los habían vuelto a tapar. Isaac volvió a abrirlos y les puso los mismos nombres que les había puesto su padre.
19 Un día, los sirvientes de Isaac estaban abriendo un pozo en el valle y descubrieron un manantial. 20 Pero los pastores de Guerar se pelearon con los pastores de Isaac, pues decían que esa agua les pertenecía. Por eso Isaac llamó a ese pozo «Pelea». 21 Hicieron otro pozo, pero también pelearon por él, por lo que Isaac le puso por nombre «Pleito». 22 Luego se alejó de allí y volvió a abrir otro pozo, y ya nadie peleó. Entonces lo llamó «Libertad», pues dijo: «Al fin Dios nos ha dado libertad para prosperar en este lugar».
23 De allí, Isaac se fue a otro lugar, que luego sería conocido como Beerseba. 24 Esa misma noche Dios se le apareció y le dijo: «Yo soy el Dios de tu padre Abraham, y por él te voy a bendecir y a aumentar el número de tus descendientes. No tengas miedo, pues yo te ayudaré en todo».
25 Entonces Isaac hizo allí un altar para adorar a Dios. En ese mismo lugar plantó su tienda de campaña, y sus sirvientes abrieron otro pozo. 26 Cuando Abimélec lo supo, salió de Guerar para hablar con Isaac. Lo acompañaban Ahuzat, que era su consejero personal, y Ficol, jefe de su ejército. 27 Isaac les preguntó:
—¿Para qué vienen a verme, si me han tratado tan mal y hasta me echaron de su país?
28 Y ellos le contestaron:
—Ya hemos visto que Dios está de tu parte. Por eso queremos hacer un trato contigo. Y lo vamos a hacer, pero bajo juramento. 29 Nosotros nunca quisimos molestarte. Al contrario, siempre te tratamos bien y hasta nos despedimos como amigos. Ahora tú, comprométete a no hacernos ningún daño, ya que Dios te ha bendecido tanto.
30 Entonces Isaac les ofreció un banquete, y ellos comieron y bebieron. 31 A la mañana siguiente se levantaron muy temprano, y tanto Isaac como Abimélec juraron no hacerse ningún daño. Luego Isaac despidió a sus visitantes, y ellos se marcharon en paz.
32 Ese mismo día vinieron los sirvientes de Isaac y le dijeron que habían encontrado agua en el pozo que estaban abriendo. 33 A ese pozo Isaac le puso por nombre «Juramento», y hasta el día de hoy, la ciudad donde está ese pozo se llama Beerseba, que significa «Pozo del juramento».
Esaú se casa
34 Cuando Esaú tenía cuarenta años, se casó con Judit, que era hija de un hitita llamado Beerí. También se casó con Basemat, hija de otro hitita llamado Elón. 35 Estas dos mujeres llegarían a causarles muchos problemas a Isaac y a Rebeca.
Genesis 26
Tree of Life Version
Confirming the Covenant with Isaac
26 Now there was a famine in the land—aside from the previous famine that happened in Abraham’s days. So Isaac went to King Abimelech of the Philistines, to Gerar. 2 Then Adonai appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Dwell in the land about which I tell you. 3 Live as an outsider in this land and I will be with you and bless you—for to you and to your seed I give all these lands—and I will confirm my pledge that I swore to Abraham your father. 4 I will multiply your seed like the stars of the sky and I will give your seed all these lands. And in your seed all the nations of the earth will continually be blessed, 5 because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My mitzvot, My decrees, and My instructions.” 6 So Isaac stayed in Gerar.
7 Now the men of the place asked about his wife. So he said, “She is my sister,” because he was afraid to say, “my wife”—“or else the men of the place would kill me on account of Rebekah, because she’s good looking.”
8 Now after he had been there for a long time, King Abimelech of the Philistines peered down through the window and saw, behold, Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah. 9 So Abimelech called Isaac and said, “So in fact she’s your wife! Now how could you say, ‘She’s my sister’?”
Isaac said to him, “Because I said, ‘Or else I might die because of her.’”
10 Then Abimelech said, “What is it that you’ve done to us? One of the people could have easily slept with your wife and you would’ve brought guilt on us.”
11 So Abimelech commanded all the people saying, “Whoever touches this man or his wife will surely die!”
Adonai Blesses Isaac
12 Then Isaac sowed in that land and in that year reaped a hundredfold. Adonai blessed him 13 and the man became great and continued to become greater until he became very great. 14 He acquired livestock of sheep and livestock of cattle, and numerous servants. Then the Philistines envied him. 15 All the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the days of his father Abraham the Philistines stopped up and filled with dirt. 16 So Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go away from us, for you are much more powerful than us.”
17 So Isaac departed from there, camped in the Valley of Gerar and dwelled there. 18 Then Isaac dug again the wells of water that had been dug in the days of his father Abraham—the Philistines had stopped them up after Abraham’s death. He gave them the same names that his father had given them. 19 Then Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found a well of living water there. 20 But the shepherds of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s shepherds saying, “The water is ours!” So he named the well Quarrel, because they quarreled with him. 21 Then he dug another well and they quarreled over it too, so he named it Accusation. 22 Then he moved from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. So he named it Wide Spaces and said, “Because now Adonai has created wide spaces for us and we will be fruitful in the land.”
23 He went up from there to Beer-sheba. 24 Adonai appeared to him that night and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you, and I will bless you and multiply your seed for the sake of Abraham my servant.”
25 So he built an altar there and called on the Name of Adonai. He pitched his tent there and Isaac’s servants hollowed out a well there.
Covenant of Isaac and Abimelech
26 Now Abimelech went to him from Gerar along with Achuzzat his friend and Phicol the commander of his army. 27 Isaac said to them, “Why have you come to me, since you hate me and sent me away from you?”
28 They said, “We’ve clearly seen that Adonai has been with you. So we said, ‘Let there now be an agreement between us—between us and you—and let us make a covenant with you: 29 that you will do us no harm, just as we haven’t touched you and just as we did nothing to you but good, and sent you away in shalom. You are now blessed by Adonai.”
30 Then he made a feast for them and they ate and drank. 31 Then they got up early in the morning and made a pledge, each to his brother. Then Isaac sent them away and they departed from him in shalom. 32 Now it happened that on that day Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well that they dug, and said to him, “We’ve found water.” 33 So he called it Pledge. That is why the city’s name is Beer-sheba to this day.
34 When Esau was 40 years old, he took as wife Judith the daughter of Be-eri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite. 35 But they caused a bitterness of spirit for Isaac and Rebekah.
Genesis 26
New International Version
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) 2 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) 3 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) 4 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) 5 because Abraham obeyed me(Q) and did everything I required of him, keeping my commands, my decrees(R) and my instructions.(S)” 6 So Isaac stayed in Gerar.(T)
7 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.”
8 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. 9 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
- Genesis 26:4 Or seed
- Genesis 26:4 Or and all nations on earth will use the name of your offspring in blessings (see 48:20)
- Genesis 26:20 Esek means dispute.
- Genesis 26:21 Sitnah means opposition.
- Genesis 26:22 Rehoboth means room.
- Genesis 26:33 Shibah can mean oath or seven.
- Genesis 26:33 Beersheba can mean well of the oath and well of seven.
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