1 There was another famine in the land besides the earlier one during the time of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech, king ot the Philistines, at Gerar. 2 The LORD had apperaed to Isaac and said, "Do not go to Egypt; stay in this land, where I will be with you and bless you. I am going to give all this territory to you and to your descendants. I will keep the promise I made to your father Abraham. 4 I will give you as many descendants as there are stars in the sky, and I will give them all this territory. All the nations will ask me to bless them as I have blessed your descendants. 5 I will bless you, because Abraham obeyed me and kept all my laws and commands."
6 So Isaac lived at Gerar. 7When the men there asked about his wife, and he said that she was his sister. He would not admit that she was his wife, because he was afraid that the men there would kill him to get Rebecca, who was very beautiful. 8 When Iaac had been there for some time, King Abimelech looked down from his window and saw Isaac and said, " So she is your wife! Why did you say she was your sister?"
He answered, "I Thought I would be killed if I said she was my wife."
10 "What have you done to us?" Abimelech said, "One of my men might easily have slept with your wife, and you would have been reponsible for our guilt." 11Abimelech warned all the people: "Anyone who mistreats this man or his wife will be put to death."
12 Isaac sowed crops in that land, and that year he harvested a hundred times as much as he had sown, because the LORD blessed him. 13 He continued to prosper and became a very rich man.
14 Because hae had many herds of sheep and cattle and many servants, the Philistines were jealous of him. 15 So they filed in all the wells which the servants of his father ABraham had dug while Abraham was live.
16 Then Abimelech said to Isaac, "Leave our country. You have become more powerful than we are." 17 So Isaac left and set up his camp in Gerar Valley, where he stayed for some time. 18 He dug once again the wels which had been dug during the time of Abraham and which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham's death. Isaac gave the wells the same names that his father had given them.
19 Isaac's servants dug a well in the valley and found water. 20 The shepherds of Gerar qurarreled with Isaac's shepherds and said, "This water belong to us." So Isaac named the well Quarrel."
21 Isaac's servants dug another well, and there as a quarrel about that one also, so he named it "Enmity" 22 He moved aay from there and dug another well. There was no dispute about this one, so he named it "Freedom." He said, "Now the LORD has given us freedom to live in the land, and we will prosperous here."
23 Isaac left and went to Beersheba. 24 That night the LORD appeared to him and said, "I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not afraid; I am with you. I will bless you and give you many descendants because of my promise to my servant Abraham." Isaac built altar there and worshiped the LORD. Then he set up his camp ther, and his servants dug another well.
6 So Isaac lived at Gerar. 7When the men there asked about his wife, and he said that she was his sister. He would not admit that she was his wife, because he was afraid that the men there would kill him to get Rebecca, who was very beautiful. 8 When Iaac had been there for some time, King Abimelech looked down from his window and saw Isaac and said, " So she is your wife! Why did you say she was your sister?"
He answered, "I Thought I would be killed if I said she was my wife."
10 "What have you done to us?" Abimelech said, "One of my men might easily have slept with your wife, and you would have been reponsible for our guilt." 11Abimelech warned all the people: "Anyone who mistreats this man or his wife will be put to death."
12 Isaac sowed crops in that land, and that year he harvested a hundred times as much as he had sown, because the LORD blessed him. 13 He continued to prosper and became a very rich man.
14 Because hae had many herds of sheep and cattle and many servants, the Philistines were jealous of him. 15 So they filed in all the wells which the servants of his father ABraham had dug while Abraham was live.
16 Then Abimelech said to Isaac, "Leave our country. You have become more powerful than we are." 17 So Isaac left and set up his camp in Gerar Valley, where he stayed for some time. 18 He dug once again the wels which had been dug during the time of Abraham and which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham's death. Isaac gave the wells the same names that his father had given them.
19 Isaac's servants dug a well in the valley and found water. 20 The shepherds of Gerar qurarreled with Isaac's shepherds and said, "This water belong to us." So Isaac named the well Quarrel."
21 Isaac's servants dug another well, and there as a quarrel about that one also, so he named it "Enmity" 22 He moved aay from there and dug another well. There was no dispute about this one, so he named it "Freedom." He said, "Now the LORD has given us freedom to live in the land, and we will prosperous here."
23 Isaac left and went to Beersheba. 24 That night the LORD appeared to him and said, "I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not afraid; I am with you. I will bless you and give you many descendants because of my promise to my servant Abraham." Isaac built altar there and worshiped the LORD. Then he set up his camp ther, and his servants dug another well.