And there was a famine{H7458} in the land{H776}, beside{H905} the first{H7223} famine{H7458} that was in the days{H3117} of Abraham{H85}. And Isaac{H3327} went{H3212}{(H8799)} unto Abimelech{H40} king{H4428} of the Philistines{H6430} unto Gerar{H1642}.

And the LORD{H3068} appeared{H7200}{(H8735)} unto him, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Go not down{H3381}{(H8799)} into Egypt{H4714}; dwell{H7931}{(H8798)} in the land{H776} which I shall tell{H559}{(H8799)} thee of:

Sojourn{H1481}{(H8798)} in this land{H776}, and I will be with thee, and will bless{H1288}{(H8762)} thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed{H2233}, I will give{H5414}{(H8799)} all these{H411} countries{H776}, and I will perform{H6965}{(H8689)} the oath{H7621} which I sware{H7650}{(H8738)} unto Abraham{H85} thy father{H1};

And I will make{H7235} thy seed{H2233} to multiply{H7235}{(H8689)} as the stars{H3556} of heaven{H8064}, and will give{H5414}{(H8804)} unto thy seed{H2233} all these{H411} countries{H776}; and in thy seed{H2233} shall all the nations{H1471} of the earth{H776} be blessed{H1288}{(H8694)};

Because{H6118} that Abraham{H85} obeyed{H8085}{(H8804)} my voice{H6963}, and kept{H8104}{(H8799)} my charge{H4931}, my commandments{H4687}, my statutes{H2708}, and my laws{H8451}.

And Isaac{H3327} dwelt{H3427}{(H8799)} in Gerar{H1642}:

And the men{H582} of the place{H4725} asked{H7592}{(H8799)} him of his wife{H802}; and he said{H559}{(H8799)}, She is my sister{H269}: for he feared{H3372}{(H8804)} to say{H559}{(H8800)}, She is my wife{H802}; lest, said he, the men{H582} of the place{H4725} should kill{H2026}{(H8799)} me for Rebekah{H7259}; because she was fair{H2896} to look upon{H4758}.

And it came to pass, when he had been there a long{H748}{(H8804)} time{H3117}, that Abimelech{H40} king{H4428} of the Philistines{H6430} looked out{H8259}{(H8686)} at{H1157} a window{H2474}, and saw{H7200}{(H8799)}, and, behold, Isaac{H3327} was sporting{H6711}{(H8764)} with Rebekah{H7259} his wife{H802}.

And Abimelech{H40} called{H7121}{(H8799)} Isaac{H3327}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Behold, of a surety{H389} she is thy wife{H802}: and how saidst{H559}{(H8804)} thou, She is my sister{H269}? And Isaac{H3327} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, Because I said{H559}{(H8804)}, Lest I die{H4191}{(H8799)} for her.

And Abimelech{H40} said{H559}{(H8799)}, What is this thou hast done{H6213}{(H8804)} unto us? one{H259} of the people{H5971} might lightly{H4592} have lien{H7901}{(H8804)} with thy wife{H802}, and thou shouldest have brought{H935}{(H8689)} guiltiness{H817} upon us.

And Abimelech{H40} charged{H6680}{(H8762)} all his people{H5971}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, He that toucheth{H5060}{(H8802)} this man{H376} or his wife{H802} shall surely{H4191}{(H8800)} be put to death{H4191}{(H8714)}.

Then Isaac{H3327} sowed{H2232}{(H8799)} in that land{H776}, and received{H4672}{(H8799)} in the same year{H8141} an hundredfold{H3967}{H8180}: and the LORD{H3068} blessed{H1288}{(H8762)} him.

And the man{H376} waxed great{H1431}{(H8799)}, and went{H3212}{(H8799)} forward{H1980}{(H8800)}, and grew{H1432} until he became{H1431} very{H3966} great{H1431}{(H8804)}:

For he had possession{H4735} of flocks{H6629}, and possession{H4735} of herds{H1241}, and great store{H7227} of servants{H5657}: and the Philistines{H6430} envied{H7065}{(H8762)} him.

For all the wells{H875} which his father's{H1} servants{H5650} had digged{H2658}{(H8804)} in the days{H3117} of Abraham{H85} his father{H1}, the Philistines{H6430} had stopped{H5640}{(H8765)} them, and filled{H4390}{(H8762)} them with earth{H6083}.

And Abimelech{H40} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Isaac{H3327}, Go{H3212}{(H8798)} from us; for thou art much{H3966} mightier{H6105}{(H8804)} than we.

And Isaac{H3327} departed{H3212}{(H8799)} thence, and pitched his tent{H2583}{(H8799)} in the valley{H5158} of Gerar{H1642}, and dwelt{H3427}{(H8799)} there{H8033}.

And Isaac{H3327} digged{H2658}{(H8799)} again{H7725}{(H8799)} the wells{H875} of water{H4325}, which they had digged{H2658}{(H8804)} in the days{H3117} of Abraham{H85} his father{H1}; for the Philistines{H6430} had stopped{H5640}{(H8762)} them after{H310} the death{H4194} of Abraham{H85}: and he called{H7121}{(H8799)} their names{H8034} after the names{H8034} by which{H834} his father{H1} had called{H7121}{(H8804)} them.

And Isaac's{H3327} servants{H5650} digged{H2658}{(H8799)} in the valley{H5158}, and found{H4672}{(H8799)} there a well{H875} of springing{H2416} water{H4325}.

And the herdmen{H7462}{(H8802)} of Gerar{H1642} did strive{H7378}{(H8799)} with Isaac's{H3327} herdmen{H7462}{(H8802)}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, The water{H4325} is ours: and he called{H7121}{(H8799)} the name{H8034} of the well{H875} Esek{H6230}; because they strove{H6229}{(H8694)} with him.

And they digged{H2658}{(H8799)} another{H312} well{H875}, and strove{H7378}{(H8799)} for that also: and he called{H7121}{(H8799)} the name of it{H8034} Sitnah{H7856}.

And he removed{H6275}{(H8686)} from thence, and digged{H2658}{(H8799)} another{H312} well{H875}; and for that they strove{H7378}{(H8804)} not: and he called{H7121}{(H8799)} the name of it{H8034} Rehoboth{H7344}; and he said{H559}{(H8799)}, For now{H6258} the LORD{H3068} hath made room{H7337}{(H8689)} for us, and we shall be fruitful{H6509}{(H8804)} in the land{H776}.

And he went up{H5927}{(H8799)} from thence to Beersheba{H884}.

And the LORD{H3068} appeared{H7200}{(H8735)} unto him the same night{H3915}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, I am the God{H430} of Abraham{H85} thy father{H1}: fear{H3372}{(H8799)} not, for I am with{H854} thee, and will bless{H1288}{(H8765)} thee, and multiply{H7235}{(H8689)} thy seed{H2233} for my servant{H5650} Abraham's{H85} sake.

And he builded{H1129}{(H8799)} an altar{H4196} there, and called{H7121}{(H8799)} upon the name{H8034} of the LORD{H3068}, and pitched{H5186}{(H8799)} his tent{H168} there: and there Isaac's{H3327} servants{H5650} digged{H3738}{(H8799)} a well{H875}.

Then Abimelech{H40} went{H1980}{(H8804)} to him from Gerar{H1642}, and Ahuzzath{H276} one of his friends{H4828}, and Phichol{H6369} the chief captain{H8269} of his army{H6635}.

And Isaac{H3327} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, Wherefore{H4069} come{H935}{(H8804)} ye to me, seeing ye hate{H8130}{(H8804)} me, and have sent me away{H7971}{(H8762)} from you?

And they said{H559}{(H8799)}, We saw{H7200}{(H8804)} certainly{H7200}{(H8800)} that the LORD{H3068} was with thee: and we said{H559}{(H8799)}, Let there be now an oath{H423} betwixt{H996} us, even betwixt{H996} us and thee, and let us make{H3772}{(H8799)} a covenant{H1285} with thee;

That thou wilt do{H6213}{(H8799)} us no hurt{H7451}, as we have not touched{H5060}{(H8804)} thee, and as we have done{H6213}{(H8804)} unto thee nothing but{H7535} good{H2896}, and have sent thee away{H7971}{(H8762)} in peace{H7965}: thou art now{H6258} the blessed{H1288}{(H8803)} of the LORD{H3068}.

And he made{H6213}{(H8799)} them a feast{H4960}, and they did eat{H398}{(H8799)} and drink{H8354}{(H8799)}.

And they rose up betimes{H7925}{(H8686)} in the morning{H1242}, and sware{H7650}{(H8735)} one{H376} to another{H251}: and Isaac{H3327} sent them away{H7971}{(H8762)}, and they departed{H3212}{(H8799)} from him in peace{H7965}.

And it came to pass the same day{H3117}, that Isaac's{H3327} servants{H5650} came{H935}{(H8799)}, and told{H5046}{(H8686)} him concerning{H182} the well{H875} which they had digged{H2658}{(H8804)}, and said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, We have found{H4672}{(H8804)} water{H4325}.

And he called{H7121}{(H8799)} it Shebah{H7656}: therefore the name{H8034} of the city{H5892} is Beersheba{H884} unto this day{H3117}.

And Esau{H6215} was forty{H705} years{H8141} old{H1121} when he took{H3947}{(H8799)} to wife{H802} Judith{H3067} the daughter{H1323} of Beeri{H882} the Hittite{H2850}, and Bashemath{H1315} the daughter{H1323} of Elon{H356} the Hittite{H2850}:

Which were a grief{H4786} of mind{H7307} unto Isaac{H3327} and to Rebekah{H7259}.