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26 Then there was a famine in the region (a different one from the earlier famine that was in the days of Abraham) so Yitshak moved to Gerar, the region of Abimelech, the Philistines king. 2 Then Yahweh appeared to Yitshak and told him, “Don’t go down to Egypt—stay in the area that I’ll tell you. 3 Stay as a guest in this region, and I’ll be with you and bless you, because I’ll give all this land to you and to your descendants, and I’ll confirm the oath that I made to your father Abraham.[ref] 4 I’ll multiply your descendants to be as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I’ll give all this region to them. And all the nations on the earth will be blessed through your descendants, 5 because Abraham obeyed me by keeping my requirements, my commands, my decrees, and my laws.”
6 So Yitshak settled there in Gerar. 7 Then the men of the place asked about his wife, and he said, “She’s my sister,” because he was afraid to say, “She’s my wife.” He was thinking, “What if the men in this place kill me because Rebekah is so beautiful to look at.”[ref] 8 Then when he’d been in that area for quite a while, the Philistine King Abimelech looked down from a window and saw that to his surprise, Yitshak was laughing together with his wife Rebekah. 9 So Abimelech called for Yitshak and said, “Hey, she’s really your wife! So how could you say, ‘She’s my sister’?”
“Because I said to myself, ‘I might die because of her.’,” Yitshak replied.
10 “What’s this that you’ve done to us?” continued Abimelech. “One of my people might easily have slept with your wife and you would have brought condemnation onto us!” 11 Then King Abimelech ordered all the people, “Whoever touches this man or his wife will certainly be killed.”
12 Then Yitshak planted a crop in that land and Yahweh blessed him and gave him one hundred times as much as he’d planted. 13 Hence he became wealthier and that repeated until eventually he was very powerful. 14 He also owned sheep and goats, and cattle, and many slaves. Because the Philistines now envied him, 15 they blocked up all the wells that his father’s slaves had dug when his father Abraham had been alive, and they filled them with dirt.
16 Then King Abimelech told Yitshak, “You all need to leave this area because you’ve become more powerful than us.” 17 So Yitshak left that place and set up camp in the Gerar Valley and settled there. 18 Then he returned and dug out the water wells that they had dug in the days of Abraham his father and that the Philistines had blocked up after Abraham’s death, and he called them similar names to the ones that his father had called them.
19 Then Yitshak’s slaves dug in the valley and found an underground spring with flowing water there. 20 But the herdsmen from Gerar quarrelled with Yitshak’s herdsmen, saying, “The water belongs to us.” So he named the well ‘Esek’ (which means ‘dispute’), because they disputed with him.
21 Yitshak’s men dug another well, but they quarrelled over it too, so he named it ‘Sitnah’ (which means ‘opposition’). 22 Then he moved from there and dug another well, and they didn’t quarrel over it, so he named it ‘Rehoboth’ (which means ‘space’), and he said, “Because now Yahweh has made space for us and we’ll be productive in this area.”
23 Then from there Yitshak moved down to Beer-Sheba, 24 and Yahweh appeared to him during that night and said, “I am the god of your father Abraham. Don’t be afraid, because I’m with you and I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of my slave Abraham.” 25 So Yitshak built an altar there and he prayed to Yahweh. He set up his tents there and his slaves dug a well there.
26 and_he/it_was a_famine on_the_earth (from)_besides_of the_famine (the)_former which it_was in_the_days_of ʼAⱱrāhām and_ Yiʦḩāq/(Isaac) _he/it_went to ʼAⱱīmelek[fn] the_king_of the_Fəlishtiy to_Gərār.
2 And_he_appeared to_him/it YHWH and_he/it_said do_not go_down towards_Miʦrayim/(Egypt) dwell on_the_earth which I_will_say to_you.
3 Sojourn on_the_earth (the)_this and_I_will_be with_you and_I_will_bless_you if/because to/for_yourself(m) and_to_offspring_of_your I_will_give DOM all_of the_lands (the)_these and_I_will_establish DOM the_oath which I_swore to_ʼAⱱrāhām I_will_show_you(ms).
4 And_I_will_multiply DOM your(ms)_seed/fruit like_the_stars_of the_heavens and_I_will_give to_offspring_of_your DOM all_of the_lands (the)_these and_they_will_bless_themselves by_offspring_of_your all_of the_nations_of the_earth/land.
5 Consequence that he_listened ʼAⱱrāhām to_voice_of_my and_he_kept duty_of_my commands_of_my regulations_of_my and_laws_of_my.
6 And_ Yiʦḩāq _he/it_sat_down//remained//lived in_Gərār.
7 And_ the_men_of _they_asked of_the_place of_wife_of_his and_he/it_said sister_of_is_my she if/because he_was_afraid to_say wife_of_my lest they_should_kill_me the_men_of the_place on Riⱱqāh if/because was_good_of appearance she.
8 And_he/it_was if/because they_had_become_long to_him/it there the_days and_ ʼAⱱīmelek _he_looked_down the_king_of the_Fəlishtiy through the_window and_he/it_saw and_BEHOLD/LO/SEE Yiʦḩāq/(Isaac) was_playing with Riⱱqāh his/its_wife/woman.
9 And_ ʼAⱱīmelek _he/it_called (to)_Yiʦḩāq and_he/it_said surely HERE wife_of_is_your she and_how did_you_say sister_of_is_my she and_he/it_said to_him/it Yiʦḩāq if/because I_thought lest I_should_die on_her.
10 And_ ʼAⱱīmelek _he/it_said what this have_you_done to/for_ourselves like_a_little he_lay one of_the_people with your(ms)_woman/wife and_you_brought on_us guilt.
11 And_ ʼAⱱīmelek _he/it_commanded DOM all_of the_people to_say the_one_who_touches (in)_man the_this and_(in)_wife_of_his surely_(die) he_will_be_put_to_death.
12 And_ Yiʦḩāq _he_sowed on_the_earth the_that and_he_found in_year the_that one_hundred measures and_he_blessed_him YHWH.
13 And_he_became_great the_man and_he/it_went going and_becoming_great until if/because he_became_great exceedingly.
14 And_he/it_was to_him/it livestock_of flock and_livestock_of herd and_service much and_they_envied the_Fəlishtiy DOM_him/it.
15 And_all the_wells which they_had_dug the_servants_of his/its_father in_the_days_of ʼAⱱrāhām his/its_father they_stopped_them_up the_Fəlishtiy and_they_filled_them earth.
16 And_ ʼAⱱīmelek _he/it_said to Yiʦḩāq/(Isaac) go from_with_us if/because you_have_become_too_powerful from_him/it much.
17 And_he/it_went from_there Yiʦḩāq and_he_encamped in_the_wadi_of Gərār and_he/it_sat_down//remained//lived there.
18 And_ Yiʦḩāq _he_returned and_he_dug DOM the_wells_of the_waters which people_had_dug in_the_days_of ʼAⱱrāhām his/its_father and_they_had_stopped_them_up the_Fəlishtiy after the_death_of ʼAⱱrāhām and_he/it_called (to)_them names like_names which he_had_called (to)_them his/its_father.
19 And_ the_servants_of _they_dug of_Yiʦḩāq in_wadi and_they_found there a_well_of water living.
20 And_they_disputed of_Gərār the_herdsmen_of with of_Yiʦḩāq the_herdsmen_of to_say to/for_us the_waters and_he/it_called the_name_of the_well Esek if/because they_quarrelled with_him/it.
21 And_they_dug a_well another and_they_disputed also on/upon_it(f) and_he/it_called his/its_name Sitnah.
22 And_he_moved_on from_there and_he_dug a_well another and_not they_disputed on/upon_it(f) and_he/it_called his/its_name Rəḩoⱱōt and_he/it_said if/because now YHWH he_has_made_space to/for_us and_we_will_be_fruitful in/on_the_earth.
23 And_he/it_ascended from_there Bəʼēr Shəⱱāʼ.
24 And_he_appeared to_him/it YHWH in_night (the)_that and_he/it_said I am_the_god_of ʼAⱱrāhām I_will_show_you(ms) do_not be_afraid if/because am_with_you I and_I_will_bless_you and_I_will_multiply DOM your(ms)_seed/fruit in_account_of ʼAⱱrāhām servant_of_my.
25 And_he/it_built there an_altar and_he/it_called in/on_name_of YHWH and_he_pitched there tent_of_his and_they_dug there the_servants_of Yiʦḩāq/(Isaac) a_well.
26 Then King Abimelech came to Yitshak from Gerar along with his friend Ahuzzath and Ficol the commander of his army[ref] 27 and Yitshak asked them, “Why have you come here since you hate me and you forced me away from you?”
28 “We have clearly seen that Yahweh has been with you,” they answered, “so we said, ‘There should be an agreement between us’—between us and you. So let us make an agreement with you, 29 that you won’t do anything evil against us, just as we did not touch you, and just as we did only did good to you and sent you away in peace. Now you are blessed by Yahweh.” 30 Then Yitshak prepared a feast for them, and they all ate and drank together. 31 The visitors got up early the next morning and make promises to each other. Then Yitshak sent them on their way, and they left from there in peace.
32 That very day, Yitshak’s slaves came and updated him about the well that they had just been digging and told him, “We’ve found water.” 33 So Yitshak named the well ‘Shibah’ (which sounds like the Hebrew word meaning ‘promise’), so that’s why that city is named ‘Beer-Sheva’ (meaning ‘well of the promise’) to this day.
26:34 Esaw marries outsiders
34 When Esaw was forty years old, he married two Hittite women: Be’eri’s daughter Yudit and Elon’s daughter Basemat, 35 but this brought grief to his parents Yitshak and Rebekah.
26:1 OSHB note: BHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.
26:29 OSHB note: BHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.
Genesis 26:23-29:1
While Isaac’s family was at Beersheba, Jacob stole Esau’s birthright, and Esau made plans to kill Jacob once his father had passed away. When Rebekah found out about Esau’s plan, she told Jacob to flee to her family in Paddan-aram (also called Aram-naharaim, meaning “Aram of the two rivers”) and garnered Isaac’s support by telling him that she was concerned that Jacob might marry one of the local Canaanite woman. So Isaac sent Jacob to Paddan-aram to find a wife there, much like Abraham had sent his servant Eleazar to this area to find a wife for Isaac (Genesis 24:10). Jacob left Beersheba and headed for Haran in Paddan-aram, and as night fell he stopped at a town called Luz. There he slept with his head resting on a stone and dreamed of a staircase to heaven with angels ascending and descending it. The Lord also spoke to him and reaffirmed his promise to give Canaan to his descendants. The Lord also promised to bring Jacob back to Canaan from Haran. When Jacob woke from his sleep, he declared the place to be the house of God and renamed it Bethel (meaning, “house of God”). Later Bethel appears to have served as an early location of the Ark of the Covenant in the Promised Land (Judges 20; see “The Ark of the Covenant in the Promised Land” map). From Bethel Jacob continued on to the general area of Haran, likely following the same route in reverse that he followed upon his return journey to Canaan from Haran (Genesis 31-35). Sometime before Jacob returned, however, Esau moved away from Canaan and settled in Seir (Genesis 32:3; 36:1-8; ; see “Edom and the Land of Seir” map).
Genesis 21-35
Though the patriarch Isaac moved from place to place several times within southern Canaan, compared to his father Abraham and his son Jacob, Isaac appears to have been a bit of a homebody. In fact, unless Isaac resettled in places not recorded in Scripture, the farthest extent he ever traveled appears to have been only about 90 miles (113 km). Yet, as the child of God’s promise to Abraham to build a great nation from his descendants, Isaac’s relatively simple life served as a critical bridge from Abraham to the beginnings of the twelve tribes of Israel, who were descended from Isaac’s son Jacob. It is likely that Isaac was born at Beersheba (see Genesis 21:1-24), and later Abraham offered him as a sacrifice on Mount Moriah (located at Jerusalem; see 2 Chronicles 3:1). Then Abraham, Isaac, and those with them returned to Beersheba (Genesis 22:1-19). When Isaac reached adulthood, his father sent a servant to bring back a bride for him from Aram-naharaim, far north of Canaan. When his bride, Rebekah, arrived, Isaac had just come from Beer-lahai-roi and settled in the Negev (Genesis 24:62). Later Isaac resettled with Rebekah in Beer-lahai-roi, and this may have been where their twins son Esau and Jacob were born. A famine forced Isaac to go to Gerar (Genesis 26:1-6) in “the land of the Philistines.” The distinct people group known as the Philistines in later books of the Bible did not arrive until the time of the Judges, so the term here must have referred to another people group living in this region, and this is supported by the fact that King Abimelech’s name is Semitic, not Aegean (the likely origin of the later Philistines). While Isaac was there, he repeated his father’s error (Genesis 20) by lying to the king that his wife was only his sister. Isaac also became increasingly prosperous at Gerar, so the Philistines told him to leave their region. Isaac moved away from the town of Gerar and settled further away in the valley of Gerar. There he dug a well, but the Philistines claimed it for themselves, so he called it Esek, meaning “argument.” So Isaac’s men dug another well and called it Sitnah (meaning “hostility”), but it led to more quarreling, so he dug yet another well and called it Rehoboth (meaning “open space”). The locations of these two later wells are not certain, but they may have been located near Ruheibeh as shown on this map. Then Isaac moved to Beersheba and built an altar. He also dug a well there, and King Abimelech of the Philistines came and exchanged oaths of peace with him. It was likely at Beersheba that Isaac blessed his sons Esau and Jacob, and both sons eventually left Canaan (see “Jacob Goes to Paddan-Aram” map). When Jacob later returned, he traveled to Mamre near Hebron and reunited with Isaac. Sometime after this Isaac died, and Jacob and Esau buried him there.
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