1 Now there was a famine in the land, apart from the earlier famine that had occurred in the days of Abraham. So Isaac went to Abimelech, the king of the Philistines, in Gerar.

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 The LORD appeared to him and said, "Do not go down to Egypt. Stay in the land that I will show you.

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

3 Stay in this land, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your descendants and will fulfill the oath I swore to Abraham your father.

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 I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky and give them all these lands, and through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.

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 This is because Abraham obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My instructions.

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

6 So Isaac settled in Gerar.

And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:

7 When the people of that place asked him about his wife, he said, "She is my sister," because he was afraid to say, "She is my wife." He thought, "The men of this place might kill me because of Rebekah, for she is beautiful."

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 After Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech, king of the Philistines, looked out a window and saw Isaac caressing Rebekah, his wife.

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 So Abimelech summoned Isaac and said, "Surely, she is your wife. Why did you say, 'She is my sister'?" Isaac replied, "Because I thought I might be killed on account of her."

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 Then Abimelech said, "What have you done to us? One of the people could have easily slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us."

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 So Abimelech gave orders to all the people: "Whoever touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death."

And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.

12 Isaac sowed seed in that land, and in that same year he reaped a hundredfold, because the LORD blessed him.

Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.

13 The man became rich, and his wealth continued to grow until he became very wealthy.

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

14 He had many flocks, herds, and servants, so the Philistines envied him.

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

15 The Philistines stopped up all the wells that his father’s servants had dug during the days of Abraham his father, filling them with dirt.

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 Then Abimelech said to Isaac, "Leave us, for you have become much mightier than we are."

And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.

17 So Isaac departed from there, pitched his tent in the Valley of Gerar, and settled there.

And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.

18 Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham's death; he gave them the same names his father had given them.

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 Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found a well of flowing water there.

And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.

20 But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen and said, "The water is ours!" So he named the well Esek, because they disputed with him.

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 Isaac’s servants then dug another well, but they also quarreled over it. So he named it Sitnah.

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

22 He moved from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over this one. So he named it Rehoboth, and he said, "Now the LORD has given us room, and we will flourish in the land."

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 From there Isaac went up to Beersheba.

And he went up from thence to Beersheba.

24 That night the LORD appeared to him and said, "I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of My servant Abraham."

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 So Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD. He pitched his tent there, and his servants dug a well.

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 Meanwhile, Abimelech came to him from Gerar with his adviser Ahuzzath and Phicol the commander of his army.

Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.

27 Isaac asked them, "Why have you come to me, since you were hostile to me and sent me away?"

And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?

28 They replied, "We have clearly seen that the LORD has been with you. So we said, 'There should now be an oath between us and you; let us make a covenant with you.'"

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 "You must not harm us, just as we have not harmed you but have always treated you well and sent you away in peace. Now you are blessed by the LORD."

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 Then Isaac prepared a feast for them, and they ate and drank.

And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.

31 They rose early in the morning and took an oath to one another. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they departed from him in peace.

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 That same day, Isaac's servants came and told him about the well they had dug, saying, "We have found water!"

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 He called it Shibah. Therefore, the name of the city is Beersheba to this day.

And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day.

34 When Esau was forty years old, he married Judith, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon the Hittite.

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 They were a source of grief to Isaac and Rebekah.

Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.