26:1 And there was a ra'av (famine) in the eretz, beside the first ra'av (famine) that was in the days of Avraham. And Yitzchak (יצחק) went unto Avi Melek melekh the Pelishtim (Philistines) unto Gerar.
26:2 And YHWH (יהוה) appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Mitzrayim; dwell in the eretz which I shall tell thee of:
26:3 Sojourn in this eretz, 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 shevu'ah (oath) which I sware unto Avraham avicha;
26:4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these lands; and in thy seed shall all the goyim (nations) of the earth be blessed;
26:5 Because that Avraham shema (obeyed) b'Koli (My Voice), and kept mishmarti (My charge), Mitzvotai (My Commandments), Chukkotai (My Statutes), and Torotai (My laws; תורתי):
26:6 (ii) And Yitzchak (יצחק) dwelt in Gerar:
26:7 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 Rivkah (רבקה); because she [was] fair to look upon.
26:8 And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Avi Melek melekh Pelishtim (Philistines) looked out at a window, and saw, and, Hinnei, Yitzchak (יצחק) [was] sporting with Rivkah (רבקה) his wife.
26:9 And Avi Melek called Yitzchak (יצחק), and said, Hinnei, of a surety she [is] thy wife: and how saidst thou, She [is] my sister? And Yitzchak (יצחק) said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.
26:10 And Avi Melek 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.
26:11 And Avi Melek charged all [his] people, saying, He that toucHet this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
26:12 Then Yitzchak (יצחק) sowed in that eretz, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and YHWH (יהוה) blessed him.
26:13 (iii) And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:
26:14 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Pelishtim (Philistines) envied him.
26:15 For all the wells which his avi's servants had digged in the days of Avraham his avi, the Pelishtim (Philistines) had stopped them, and filled them with earth.
26:16 And Avi Melek said unto Yitzchak (יצחק), Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.
26:17 And Yitzchak (יצחק) departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
26:18 And Yitzchak (יצחק) digged again the wells of mayim, which they had digged in the days of Avraham his avi; for the Pelishtim (Philistines) had stopped them after the death of Avraham: and he called their names after the names by which his avi had called them.
26:19 And Yitzchak (יצחק)'s servants digged in the valley, and found there a Be'er (well) mayim chayim (living).
26:20 And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Yitzchak (יצחק)'s herdmen, saying, The mayim [is] ours: and he called the name of the Be'er Esek (contention); because they strove with him.
26:21 And they digged another Be'er, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah (hostility).
26:22 And he removed from thence, and digged another Be'er; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rechovot (made room); and he said, For now YHWH (יהוה) hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the eretz.
26:23 (iv) And he went up from thence to Be'er Sheva (seven).
26:24 And YHWH (יהוה) appeared unto him the same night, and said:
I [am] the Elohei Avraham avicha:
Fear not,
for I [am] with thee, and
will bless thee, and
multiply thy seed for My avdi (servant) Avraham's sake.
26:25 And he builded an altar there, and called upon the Name of YHWH (יהוה), and pitched his tent there: and there Yitzchak (יצחק)'s servants digged a Be'er.
26:26 Then Avi Melek went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.
26:27 And Yitzchak (יצחק) said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?
26:28 And they said, We saw certainly that YHWH (יהוה) was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an shevu'ah (oath) betwixt us, [even] betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;
26:29 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 YHWH (יהוה).
26:30 (v) And he made them a mishteh (feast), and they did eat and drink.
26:31 And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Yitzchak (יצחק) sent them away, and they departed from him in shalom.
26:32 And it came to pass the same day, that Yitzchak (יצחק)'s avdei came, and told him concerning the Be'er which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found mayim.
26:33 And he called it Shevah: therefore the name of the city [is] Be'er Sheva unto this day.
26:34 And Esav was forty years old when he took to wife Y'hudit Bat Be'eri the Hittite, and Bashemat (perfume) Bat Elon the Hittite:
26:35 Which were a grief of mind unto Yitzchak (יצחק) and to Rivkah (רבקה).