Genesis 2626GenesisIsaac and JacobWorld English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

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1. God’s Promise to Isaac

   (Genesis 12:1–9)

2. 1ENGWEBBEThere was a famine in the land, in addition to the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines, to Gerar.BSBBSB: Now there was another famine in the land, subsequent to the one that had occurred in Abraham’s time. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.
3. 2ENGWEBBEThe LORD appeared to him, and said, “Don’t go down into Egypt. Live in the land I will tell you about.BSBBSB: The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Settle in the land where I tell you.
4. 3ENGWEBBELive in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you. For I will give to you, and to your offspring, all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.BSBBSB: Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.
5. 4ENGWEBBEI will multiply your offspring as the stars of the sky, and will give all these lands to your offspring. In your offspring all the nations of the earth will be blessed,BSBBSB: I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed,
6. 5ENGWEBBEbecause Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my requirements, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.”BSBBSB: because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”

7. Isaac Deceives Abimelech

8. 6ENGWEBBEIsaac lived in Gerar.BSBBSB: So Isaac settled in Gerar.
9. 7ENGWEBBEThe men of the place asked him about his wife. He said, “She is my sister,” for he was afraid to say, “My wife”, lest, he thought, “the men of the place might kill me for Rebekah, because she is beautiful to look at.”BSBBSB: But when the men of that place asked about his wife, he said, “She is my sister.” For he was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” since he thought to himself, “The men of this place will kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is so beautiful.”
10. 8ENGWEBBEWhen he had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was caressing Rebekah, his wife.BSBBSB: When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked down from the window and was surprised to see Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.
11. 9ENGWEBBEAbimelech called Isaac, and said, “Behold, surely she is your wife. Why did you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac said to him, “Because I said, ‘Lest I die because of her.’”BSBBSB: Abimelech sent for Isaac and said, “So she is really your wife! How could you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac replied, “Because I thought I might die on account of her.”
12. 10ENGWEBBEAbimelech said, “What is this you have done to us? One of the people might easily have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt on us!”BSBBSB: “What is this you have done to us?” asked Abimelech. “One of the people could easily have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.”
13. 11ENGWEBBEAbimelech commanded all the people, saying, “He who touches this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”BSBBSB: So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “Whoever harms this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”

14. Isaac’s Prosperity

15. 12ENGWEBBEIsaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year one hundred times what he planted. The LORD blessed him.BSBBSB: Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,
16. 13ENGWEBBEThe man grew great, and grew more and more until he became very great.BSBBSB: and he became richer and richer, until he was exceedingly wealthy.
17. 14ENGWEBBEHe had possessions of flocks, possessions of herds, and a great household. The Philistines envied him.BSBBSB: He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.
18. 15ENGWEBBENow all the wells which his father’s servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped, and filled with earth.BSBBSB: So the Philistines took dirt and stopped up all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the days of his father Abraham.
19. 16ENGWEBBEAbimelech said to Isaac, “Go away from us, for you are much mightier than we.”BSBBSB: Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us.”
20. 17ENGWEBBEIsaac departed from there, encamped in the valley of Gerar, and lived there.BSBBSB: So Isaac left that place and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there.
21. 18ENGWEBBEIsaac dug again the wells of water, which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father, for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham. He called their names after the names by which his father had called them.BSBBSB: Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died. And he gave these wells the same names his father had given them.
22. 19ENGWEBBEIsaac’s servants dug in the valley, and found there a well of flowing water.BSBBSB: Then Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found a well of fresh water there.
23. 20ENGWEBBEThe herdsmen of Gerar argued with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, “The water is ours.” So he called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him.BSBBSB: But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen and said, “The water is ours!” So he named the well Esek, because they contended with him.
24. 21ENGWEBBEThey dug another well, and they argued over that, also. So he called its name Sitnah.BSBBSB: Then they dug another well and quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.
25. 22ENGWEBBEHe left that place, and dug another well. They didn’t argue over that one. So he called it Rehoboth. He said, “For now the LORD has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”BSBBSB: He moved on from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. He named it Rehoboth and said, “At last the LORD has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”
26. 23ENGWEBBEHe went up from there to Beersheba.BSBBSB: From there Isaac went up to Beersheba,
27. 24ENGWEBBEThe LORD appeared to him the same night, and said, “I am the God of Abraham your father. Don’t be afraid, for I am with you, and will bless you, and multiply your offspring for my servant Abraham’s sake.”BSBBSB: and 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.”
28. 25ENGWEBBEHe built an altar there, and called on the LORD’s name, and pitched his tent there. There Isaac’s servants dug a well.BSBBSB: So Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD, and he pitched his tent there. His servants also dug a well there.

29. Isaac’s Covenant with Abimelech

30. 26ENGWEBBEThen Abimelech went to him from Gerar with Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol the captain of his army.BSBBSB: Later, Abimelech came to Isaac from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army.
31. 27ENGWEBBEIsaac said to them, “Why have you come to me, since you hate me, and have sent me away from you?”BSBBSB: “Why have you come to me?” Isaac asked them. “You hated me and sent me away.”
32. 28ENGWEBBEThey said, “We saw plainly that the LORD was with you. We said, ‘Let there now be an oath between us, even between us and you, and let’s make a covenant with you,BSBBSB: “We can plainly see that the LORD has been with you,” they replied. “We recommend that there should now be an oath between us and you. Let us make a covenant with you
33. 29ENGWEBBEthat you will do us no harm, as we have not touched you, and as we have done to you nothing but good, and have sent you away in peace.’ You are now the blessed of the LORD.”BSBBSB: that you will not harm us, just as we have not harmed you but have done only good to you, sending you on your way in peace. And now you are blessed by the LORD.”
34. 30ENGWEBBEHe made them a feast, and they ate and drank.BSBBSB: So Isaac prepared a feast for them, and they ate and drank.
35. 31ENGWEBBEThey rose up some time in the morning, and swore an oath to one another. Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.BSBBSB: And they got up early the next morning and swore an oath to each other. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they left him in peace.
36. 32ENGWEBBEThe same day, Isaac’s servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had dug, and said to him, “We have found water.”BSBBSB: On that same day, Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. “We have found water!” they told him.
37. 33ENGWEBBEHe called it “Shibah”. Therefore the name of the city is “Beersheba” to this day.BSBBSB: So he called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the city is Beersheba.

38. Esau’s Wives

39. 34ENGWEBBEWhen Esau was forty years old, he took as wife Judith, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon the Hittite.BSBBSB: When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.
40. 35ENGWEBBEThey grieved Isaac’s and Rebekah’s spirits.BSBBSB: And they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.