Genesis 26
New Living Translation
Isaac Deceives Abimelech
26 A severe famine now struck the land, as had happened before in Abraham’s time. So Isaac moved to Gerar, where Abimelech, king of the Philistines, lived.
2 The Lord appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt, but do as I tell you. 3 Live here as a foreigner in this land, and I will be with you and bless you. I hereby confirm that I will give all these lands to you and your descendants,[a] just as I solemnly promised Abraham, your father. 4 I will cause your descendants to become as numerous as the stars of the sky, and I will give them all these lands. And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed. 5 I will do this because Abraham listened to me and obeyed all my requirements, commands, decrees, and instructions.” 6 So Isaac stayed in Gerar.
7 When the men who lived there asked Isaac about his wife, Rebekah, he said, “She is my sister.” He was afraid to say, “She is my wife.” He thought, “They will kill me to get her, because she is so beautiful.” 8 But some time later, Abimelech, king of the Philistines, looked out his window and saw Isaac caressing Rebekah.
9 Immediately, Abimelech called for Isaac and exclaimed, “She is obviously your wife! Why did you say, ‘She is my sister’?”
“Because I was afraid someone would kill me to get her from me,” Isaac replied.
10 “How could you do this to us?” Abimelech exclaimed. “One of my people might easily have taken your wife and slept with her, and you would have made us guilty of great sin.”
11 Then Abimelech issued a public proclamation: “Anyone who touches this man or his wife will be put to death!”
Conflict over Water Rights
12 When Isaac planted his crops that year, he harvested a hundred times more grain than he planted, for the Lord blessed him. 13 He became a very rich man, and his wealth continued to grow. 14 He acquired so many flocks of sheep and goats, herds of cattle, and servants that the Philistines became jealous of him. 15 So the Philistines filled up all of Isaac’s wells with dirt. These were the wells that had been dug by the servants of his father, Abraham.
16 Finally, Abimelech ordered Isaac to leave the country. “Go somewhere else,” he said, “for you have become too powerful for us.”
17 So Isaac moved away to the Gerar Valley, where he set up their tents and settled down. 18 He reopened the wells his father had dug, which the Philistines had filled in after Abraham’s death. Isaac also restored the names Abraham had given them.
19 Isaac’s servants also dug in the Gerar Valley and discovered a well of fresh water. 20 But then the shepherds from Gerar came and claimed the spring. “This is our water,” they said, and they argued over it with Isaac’s herdsmen. So Isaac named the well Esek (which means “argument”). 21 Isaac’s men then dug another well, but again there was a dispute over it. So Isaac named it Sitnah (which means “hostility”). 22 Abandoning that one, Isaac moved on and dug another well. This time there was no dispute over it, so Isaac named the place Rehoboth (which means “open space”), for he said, “At last the Lord has created enough space for us to prosper in this land.”
23 From there Isaac moved to Beersheba, 24 where the Lord appeared to him on the night of his arrival. “I am the God of your father, Abraham,” he said. “Do not be afraid, for I am with you and will bless you. I will multiply your descendants, and they will become a great nation. I will do this because of my promise to Abraham, my servant.” 25 Then Isaac built an altar there and worshiped the Lord. He set up his camp at that place, and his servants dug another well.
Isaac’s Covenant with Abimelech
26 One day King Abimelech came from Gerar with his adviser, Ahuzzath, and also Phicol, his army commander. 27 “Why have you come here?” Isaac asked. “You obviously hate me, since you kicked me off your land.”
28 They replied, “We can plainly see that the Lord is with you. So we want to enter into a sworn treaty with you. Let’s make a covenant. 29 Swear that you will not harm us, just as we have never troubled you. We have always treated you well, and we sent you away from us in peace. And now look how the Lord has blessed you!”
30 So Isaac prepared a covenant feast to celebrate the treaty, and they ate and drank together. 31 Early the next morning, they each took a solemn oath not to interfere with each other. Then Isaac sent them home again, and they left him in peace.
32 That very day Isaac’s servants came and told him about a new well they had dug. “We’ve found water!” they exclaimed. 33 So Isaac named the well Shibah (which means “oath”). And to this day the town that grew up there is called Beersheba (which means “well of the oath”).
34 At the age of forty, Esau married two Hittite wives: Judith, the daughter of Beeri, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon. 35 But Esau’s wives made life miserable for Isaac and Rebekah.
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Izak kod Filistejaca
26 U zemlji je zavladala glad kao u Abrahamovo vrijeme pa je Izak otišao u grad Gerar k Abimeleku, kralju Filistejaca. 2 BOG se pokazao Izaku i rekao: »Ne idi dolje u Egipat, nego se nastani u zemlji koju ću ti pokazati. 3 Boravi neko vrijeme kao stranac ondje, a ja ću biti s tobom i blagoslovit ću te. Tebi i tvojim potomcima dat ću sve ove zemlje. Ostvarit ću zakletvu koju sam izrekao tvome ocu Abrahamu. 4 Učinit ću tvoje potomke brojnima kao zvijezde na nebu i dat ću im sve ove zemlje. Svi narodi na zemlji bit će blagoslovljeni kroz tvoje potomstvo 5 zato što me Abraham slušao i držao se mojih naloga, zapovijedi, uredbi i zakona.«
6 Tako se Izak nastanio u Geraru. 7 Kad su ga mještani pitali o njegovoj ženi, rekao im je: »Ona mi je sestra« jer se bojao reći da mu je žena. Mislio je: »Mještani bi me mogli ubiti da uzmu Rebeku zato što je toliko lijepa.« 8 Izak je već dugo bio u Geraru, kad je filistejski kralj Abimelek pogledao kroz prozor i vidio kako grli i ljubi Rebeku. 9 Abimelek je pozvao Izaka i rekao: »Dakle, ona ti je žena! Zašto si rekao da ti je sestra?«
»Zato što sam mislio da bih zbog nje mogao poginuti«, odgovori Izak.
10 Nato je Abimelek rekao: »Što si nam učinio? Netko je mogao spavati s tvojom ženom, a zbog tebe bi krivnja pala na nas!« 11 Zatim je Abimelek izdao odredbu cijelom narodu: »Tko god naudi ovom čovjeku ili njegovoj ženi, bit će pogubljen.«
Izakovo bogatstvo
12 Izak je posijao usjeve u toj zemlji, a iste je godine požeo stostruk urod. BOG ga je blagoslovio 13 i on se obogatio. Nastavio se bogatiti dok nije postao vrlo bogat. 14 Stekao je toliko sitne i krupne stoke i toliko slugu da su mu zavidjeli Filistejci. 15 Stoga su zatrpali zemljom sve bunare koje su bili iskopali sluge Izakovog oca Abrahama. 16 Tada je Abimelek rekao Izaku: »Odlazi od nas jer si postao moćniji nego mi!«
17 Tako je Izak otišao odande pa se utaborio u Gerarskoj dolini i ondje se nastanio. 18 Ponovo je iskopao bunare, koji su bili iskopani u vrijeme njegovog oca Abrahama, a koje su Filistejci nakon Abrahamove smrti zatrpali. I nazvao ih je imenima koja im je bio dao njegov otac.
19 Kad su Izakovi sluge kopali u dolini i otkrili bunar s izvorskom vodom, 20 gerarski su se pastiri posvađali s Izakovim pastirima. Govorili su: »To je naša voda!«
Izak je taj bunar nazvao Esek[a] jer su se prepirali s njim. 21 Zatim su Izakovi sluge iskopali drugi bunar, ali i oko njega je izbila svađa. Zato ga je Izak nazvao Sitna[b]. 22 Izak se preselio odande pa iskopao još jedan bunar, a oko njega nije bilo svađe. Izak ga je nazvao Rehobot[c]. Rekao je: »BOG nam je sad napravio prostora da napredujemo u ovoj zemlji.«
23 Odande je Izak otišao u Beer Šebu. 24 Te mu se noći pokazao BOG i rekao: »Ja sam Bog tvog oca Abrahama. Ne boj se, jer ja sam s tobom. Blagoslovit ću te i dati ti mnogo potomaka zbog svog sluge Abrahama.« 25 Izak je ondje napravio žrtvenik i štovao BOGA[d]. Razapeo je svoj šator, a njegovi su sluge iskopali bunar.
Izak sklapa savez s Abimelekom
26 U to je vrijeme k njemu došao kralj Abimelek iz Gerara, sa savjetnikom Ahuzatom i sa zapovjednikom vojske Fikolom.
27 Izak ih je upitao: »Zašto ste došli k meni nakon što ste me u mržnji otjerali?«
28 »Sad nam je jasno da je BOG s tobom«, odgovore oni, »pa smo htjeli da se zakunemo jedni drugima. Daj da sklopimo savez s tobom 29 da nam nećeš nauditi, kao što mi tebi nismo naudili. Uvijek smo ti činili dobro i pustili smo te da odeš u miru, a sad si BOŽJI blagoslovljenik.«
30 Tada im je Izak spremio gozbu na kojoj su zajedno jeli i pili. 31 Ujutro su rano ustali i zakleli se jedan drugome. Izak ih je zatim ispratio te su ga napustili u miru.
32 Toga su dana došli Izakovi sluge i javili mu o bunaru koji su iskopali. »Našli smo vodu«, rekli su mu, 33 a on je bunar nazvao Šiba[e]. Zato se i danas taj grad zove Beer Šeba[f].
Ezavljeve žene
34 Kad je Ezav imao 40 godina, oženio se Juditom, kćeri Hetita Beerija, i Basematom, kćeri Hetita Elona. 35 One su Izaku i Rebeki zagorčavale život.
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.
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