Genesis 26
King James Version
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.
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.
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.
Genesis 26
English Standard Version
God's Promise to Isaac
26 Now there was a famine in the land, besides (A)the former famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Gerar to (B)Abimelech king of the (C)Philistines. 2 And the Lord appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; dwell (D)in the land of which I shall tell you. 3 (E)Sojourn in this land, and (F)I will be with you and will bless you, for (G)to you and to your offspring I will give all these lands, and I will establish (H)the oath that I swore to Abraham your father. 4 (I)I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and will give to your offspring all these lands. And (J)in your offspring all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, 5 because (K)Abraham obeyed my voice and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.”
Isaac and Abimelech
6 So Isaac settled in Gerar. 7 When the men of the place asked him about his wife, (L)he said, “She is my sister,” for (M)he feared to say, “My wife,” thinking, “lest the men of the place should kill me because of Rebekah,” because (N)she was attractive in appearance. 8 When he had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out of a window and saw Isaac laughing with[a] Rebekah his wife. 9 So Abimelech 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 Abimelech said, “What is this you have done to us? One of the people might easily have lain with your wife, and (O)you would have brought guilt upon us.” 11 So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “Whoever touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.”
12 And Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in the same year a hundredfold. The Lord (P)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 many servants, so that the Philistines (Q)envied him. 15 (Now the Philistines had stopped and filled with earth all the wells (R)that his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father.) 16 And Abimelech 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 settled there. 18 And Isaac dug again the wells of water that had been dug in the days of Abraham his father, which the Philistines had stopped after the death of Abraham. And (S)he gave them the names that his father had given them. 19 But when Isaac's servants dug in the valley and found there a well of spring water, 20 the herdsmen of Gerar (T)quarreled with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, “The water is ours.” So he called the name of the well Esek,[b] because they contended with him. 21 Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over that also, so he called its name Sitnah.[c] 22 And he moved from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. So he called its name Rehoboth,[d] 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 Beersheba. 24 And the Lord appeared to him the same night and said, (U)“I am the God of Abraham your father. (V)Fear not, for (W)I am with you and will bless you and multiply your offspring for my servant Abraham's sake.” 25 So he (X)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 When Abimelech went to him from Gerar with Ahuzzath his adviser and (Y)Phicol the commander of his army, 27 Isaac said to them, “Why have you come to me, seeing that you hate me and (Z)have sent me away from you?” 28 They said, “We see plainly that the Lord has been with you. So we said, let there be a sworn pact between us, 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. (AA)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 (AB)exchanged oaths. 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 that they had dug and said to him, “We have found water.” 33 He called it Shibah;[e] therefore the name of the city is (AC)Beersheba to this day.
34 When Esau was forty years old, he took (AD)Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite to be his wife, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite, 35 and (AE)they made life bitter[f] for Isaac and Rebekah.
Footnotes
- Genesis 26:8 Hebrew may suggest an intimate relationship
- Genesis 26:20 Esek means contention
- Genesis 26:21 Sitnah means enmity
- Genesis 26:22 Rehoboth means broad places, or room
- Genesis 26:33 Shibah sounds like the Hebrew for oath
- Genesis 26:35 Hebrew they were bitterness of spirit
1 Moseboken 26
Svenska Folkbibeln 2015
Isak i Gerar
26 (A) Det blev svält i landet igen, efter den första svältperioden som hade inträffat på Abrahams tid[a]. Isak begav sig då till filisteernas kung Abimelek[b] i Gerar. 2 Där uppenbarade Herren sig för honom och sade: ”Dra inte ner till Egypten utan bo kvar i det land som jag säger dig. 3 Stanna som främling här i landet. Jag ska vara med dig och välsigna dig, för jag ska ge dig och dina efterkommande alla dessa landområden, och jag ska hålla den ed som jag gett din far Abraham. 4 (B) Jag ska göra dina efterkommande talrika som stjärnorna på himlen, och jag ska ge dina efterkommande alla dessa landområden. Och i din avkomma ska jordens alla folk bli välsignade[c], 5 eftersom Abraham lyssnade till min röst och tog vara på det jag förordnat: mina befallningar, föreskrifter och lagar.”
6 Så stannade Isak i Gerar. 7 (C) När männen på orten frågade om hans hustru, sade han: ”Hon är min syster”, för han var rädd för att säga: ”min hustru”. Han tänkte: ”Männen här på platsen kan slå ihjäl mig för Rebeckas skull, eftersom hon är så vacker.”
8 Men när han hade varit där en längre tid, hände det att filisteernas kung Abimelek tittade ut genom fönstret och fick se Isak kela med sin hustru Rebecka. 9 Abimelek kallade till sig Isak och sade: ”Hon är ju din hustru! Hur kunde du säga att hon är din syster?” Isak svarade honom: ”Jag tänkte att jag annars kunde bli dödad för hennes skull.” 10 Då sade Abimelek: ”Vad har du gjort mot oss? Hur lätt kunde inte någon i vårt folk ha legat med din hustru? Och då hade du dragit skuld över oss.” 11 (D) Sedan befallde Abimelek hela folket: ”Den som rör den här mannen eller hans hustru ska straffas med döden.”
12 Isak sådde där i landet och fick det året hundrafalt[d], för Herren välsignade honom. 13 Han blev en mäktig man, och hans egendom växte mer och mer. Till slut var han mycket rik. 14 Han ägde så mycket får och kor och hade så många tjänare att filisteerna blev avundsjuka på honom. 15 (E) Alla brunnar som hans fars tjänare hade grävt medan hans far Abraham levde, fyllde filisteerna igen med jord. 16 Abimelek sade till Isak: ”Flytta bort från oss! Du har blivit alldeles för mäktig för oss.” 17 Då flyttade Isak därifrån och slog sig ner i Gerars dalgång[e] och bodde där.
18 Isak grävde på nytt fram de vattenbrunnar som hade grävts på hans far Abrahams tid men fyllts igen av filisteerna efter Abrahams död. Och han gav dem samma namn som hans far hade gett dem. 19 När Isaks tjänare grävde i dalen, fann de en källa med rinnande vatten[f].
20 Herdarna från Gerar började då tvista med Isaks herdar och sade: ”Vattnet är vårt!” Därför gav han brunnen namnet[g] Esek, eftersom de hade grälat med honom. 21 Därefter grävde Isaks tjänare en annan brunn, men de började tvista om den också. Då gav han den namnet Sitna. 22 Sedan bröt han upp därifrån och grävde ännu en brunn. Den tvistade de inte om. Därför gav han den namnet Rehobot och sade: ”Nu har Herren gett oss utrymme så att vi kan växa[h] här i landet.”
23 Därifrån drog Isak upp till Beer-Sheba. 24 (F) Den natten uppenbarade sig Herren för honom och sade: ”Jag är din far Abrahams Gud. Var inte rädd! Jag är med dig, och jag ska välsigna dig och göra din avkomma talrik för min tjänare Abrahams skull”. 25 (G) Då byggde han ett altare där och åkallade Herrens namn och slog upp sitt tält. Och Isaks tjänare grävde där en brunn.
Isak och Abimelek sluter förbund
26 (H) Abimelek kom till honom från Gerar tillsammans med sin vän Ahussat och sin befälhavare Pikol. 27 Men Isak sade till dem: ”Varför kommer ni till mig, ni som hatade mig och drev bort mig från er?” 28 De svarade: ”Vi har tydligt sett att Herren är med dig. Därför tänkte vi att vi borde ge varandra en ed och sluta förbund: 29 Du ska inte göra oss något ont, liksom vi inte har ofredat dig utan bara gjort dig gott och låtit dig gå i frid. Du är nu välsignad av Herren.” 30 Då ordnade Isak en festmåltid för dem, och de åt och drack. 31 De steg upp tidigt nästa morgon och svor varandra eden. Sedan sände Isak i väg dem, och de gick ifrån honom i frid.
32 Samma dag kom Isaks tjänare och berättade för honom om brunnen som de grävt och sade till honom: ”Vi har funnit vatten.” 33 (I) Och han kallade den Shiba. Därför heter staden Beer-Sheba[i] än i dag.
Esaus hustrur
34 (J) När Esau var fyrtio år[j] tog han till hustrur Judit, dotter till hetiten Beeri, och Basemat, dotter till hetiten Elon. 35 (K) Men de blev en hjärtesorg för Isak och Rebecka.
Footnotes
- 26:1 på Abrahams tid Isak upprepar sin fars handlingssätt (12:10f, 20:1f).
- 26:1 Abimelek Sannolikt son eller sonson till den Abimelek som nämns i 1 Mos 20:2.
- 26:4 välsignade Här upprepas löftet till Isak om frälsning för alla folk (jfr 12:3, 22:18).
- 26:12 hundrafalt En övernaturligt rik skörd (citeras av Jesus i Matt 13:8). I förmodern tid har svenska skördar normalt gett mindre än tiofalt jämfört med utsädet.
- 26:17 Gerars dalgång Torr flodbädd öster om Gerar mot Beer-Sheba (vers 23), Isaks tidigare boplats (jfr 22:19).
- 26:19 rinnande vatten Ordagrant: ”levande vatten” (jfr Jer 2:13, Joh 4:10, 7:38).
- 26:20 gav … namnet Anspråk på äganderätt. De tre namnen betyder ”gräl”, ”strid” och ”utrymme”.
- 26:22 växa Ordagrant: ”vara fruktsamma” (jfr 1:28, 17:6).
- 26:33 Shiba … Beer-Sheba Betyder ”ed” och ”edsbrunn” (jfr 21:31).
- 26:34 När Esau var fyrtio år Ca 1966 f Kr.
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