Genesis 26 (GEL)

1U̱ da-u o̱ na no̱ng se̱ke̱n me̱r-u̱s yasse u-dak, u̱ka na nomte̱ da-u Ibrahi. Ishaku aru̱k m-ha u̱du̱ Abime̱re̱k faru̱k-u̱ Firistiya-ne̱ bo̱-u̱ Gerar.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.

2Yawe haan u̱du̱ Ishaku wa zu̱ wa, <<A-bo̱ o̱ m-ha dak-u̱ Masar da, se̱di bo̱ no̱m ka u̱m zu̱tte̱ bo̱.The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Settle in the land where I tell you.

3Shu̱'u̱te̱ ane̱ sha-mu̱ ham-u̱t u-dak, me̱ u̱t-no̱m u̱r-kot u̱ bo̱ ne̱. Tu̱msu̱ me̱ wa'-u̱ bo̱ nu-u so̱-o̱, me̱ ya'u̱ bo̱ u̱ ko̱-u̱r ró ne̱ uno̱ dak-o̱. U̱m shu̱u̱s to̱nd-u̱s ri su̱ u̱m no̱me̱ u̱ u̱so-u ró ne̱ Ibrahi.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.

4Me̱ u̱t-wa ya'ag-u̱ ró e̱ shu̱'u̱t u-tát u̱ka re̱ge̱r i do̱m u-ru̱, tu̱msu̱ me̱ yasu̱ e̱ uno̱ dak-o̱. Tu̱msu̱ du̱gu̱-du̱ ya'ag-u̱ ró de̱ ne̱t-tu̱ dak-u uno̱ u-be̱e̱t e̱ do̱te̱ kwu̱m-du̱ kom-u so̱-o̱ u̱ u-Ru̱.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,

5Me̱ no̱mu̱ uno̱ no̱m-o̱ remu̱ zu̱ Ibrahi ho̱k rem-u̱s ri tu̱msu̱ wa no̱mu̱g no̱m-tu̱ u̱m zu̱ye̱ wa no̱m, wa do̱ro̱g rem-u̱s ri, u̱ bo̱r-u̱t ri ne̱ u̱t-be̱e̱t.>>because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”

6Ishaku shu̱'u̱t Gerar.So Isaac settled in Gerar.

7Da-u̱ ne̱t-tu̱ o̱ shu̱'u̱t u̱ku̱n e̱ shite̱ Ishaku mo̱ttu̱ ne̱ta wa, wa zu̱ u̱n, <<Hu̱no-u ri wa.>> Rem u̱zu̱ wa o̱ u̱ ho̱g-du̱ u-gye̱r wa zu̱, <<Ne̱ta ri wa.>> Wa no̱ng u̱s-dorog u̱zu̱, <<Taas u̱ ne̱t-u̱t tun-to̱ ho̱ me̱ u̱ remu̱ Rebeka, remu̱ zu̱ wa so̱-ya sok.>>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.”

8Da-u̱ Ishaku tumbe̱ u̱ku̱n, Abime̱re̱k faru̱k-u̱ Firistiya-ne̱ wa wu̱kse̱ du̱gu̱ pyam-yu̱ u-kur wa hyu̱n Ishaku o̱ tamgu̱ war-u̱ ne̱ta wa Rebeka.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.

9Za naas u-da, Abime̱re̱k fog Ishaku. Wa zu̱, <<Za o̱ko̱n sakna o̱ ne̱ta rò wa! ¿Remu̱ yan-o̱ bo̱ zu̱tte̱, <Hu̱no-u ri wa>?>> Ishaku shu̱s wa zu̱, <<U̱m o̱ ho̱g-du̱ u-gye̱r u̱zu̱ na ho̱ me̱ na kab ne̱ta ri.>>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.”

10Abime̱re̱k zu̱, <<¿Yan-o̱ wa'e̱ bo̱ no̱mtu̱ it go̱-du̱ uno̱ no̱m-o̱? Waku̱n u̱ te̱k-u̱ ne̱t-u̱t ri wa kere̱ m-roog u̱ wa ne̱, a-za shu̱'u̱te̱ iya bo̱ za wa'ag it no̱m-du̱ baas-u̱t u̱t-yatto̱!>>“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.”

11Se̱ Abime̱re̱k no̱m u̱r-do̱nse̱, wa nu̱k ne̱t-ne̱ u̱t-to̱. Wa zu̱ e̱, <<Ko̱wan wu̱ tame̱ ne̱t unwa ko̱ ne̱ta wa na ho̱ wa.>>So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “Whoever harms this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”

12Da-u̱ Ishaku kawe̱ no̱m-tu̱ u-go̱s u̱ hak-u ya, wa kum no̱m-tu̱ u̱r-to̱m u-so u-ko̱k u-gan m-ze̱g no̱mu̱ wa kawe̱, Yawe wa'agu̱ wa kom-u so̱-o̱.Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,

13Wa shu̱'u̱t wa-u̱t-kwu̱m so̱k, no̱m u̱t-kom-u̱ wa re̱ u-shu̱ m-swu̱r-ne̱.and he became richer and richer, until he was exceedingly wealthy.

14Wa kum ban-tu̱ ca u̱ ban-tu̱ gwaar ne̱, u̱ ban-tu̱ na ne̱, u̱ to̱k-ne̱ u-bu ne̱ u-tát, Firistiya-ne̱ hu̱ shu̱b-u̱r wa.He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.

15Firistiya-ne̱ e̱ shu̱u̱s du-tu̱ m-bu̱ tu̱ to̱k-ne̱ u̱so-u wa Ibrahi kawe̱ m-huug.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.

16Abime̱re̱k zu̱ Ishaku, <<Yu̱ne̱ bo̱ yage̱ bo̱-u it, remu̱ zu̱ bo̱ be̱b-u̱r it.>>Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us.”

17Se̱ Ishaku yu̱ne̱ wa muus u̱ gas-u̱ fu̱g-yu̱ Gerar, ku̱na wa ku̱u̱te u̱r-rimpa, wa shu̱'u̱t u̱ku̱n.So Isaac left that place and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there.

18Ishaku sur m-kaw du-tu̱ u̱so-u wa kawe̱, du-tu̱ Firistiya-ne̱ takse̱ da-u̱ Ibrahi mare̱, wa muut dim-tu̱ na o̱o̱ge̱ na wa'agu̱ du̱-u̱t to̱ wa wa'-u̱ go̱-du̱ dim-du̱ Ibrahi te̱'e̱ to̱.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.

19To̱k-ne̱ Ishaku e̱ ku̱w de̱ku̱n du-de̱ u̱ me̱n-tu̱ fu̱g-u ya e̱ kum bu̱-m so̱-mo̱.Then Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found a well of fresh water there.

20Se̱di ne̱t-tu̱ Gerar haan e̱ hu̱ kadu̱ gwu̱z-u̱ a-gwat-du̱ u̱t-bisa ne̱ Ishaku e̱ zu̱, <<Du-du̱ m-bu̱ e̱ de̱!>> Se̱ Ishaku te̱'e̱ du-u̱r re̱ u̱r-dim E̱sek no̱m-u̱ na zu̱ye̱ kadu̱ <<u-gwu̱z.>>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.

21Se̱ ne̱t-u̱t Ishaku sur m-kaw de̱ku̱n du-de̱ tu̱msu̱ na sur m-ka gwu̱z-u̱ de̱ ne̱. Se̱ Ishaku sur m-te̱'e̱ du-u̱r re̱ u̱r-dim, <<U̱t-gu̱gu̱m.>>Then they dug another well and quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.

22Wa yu̱ne̱ be-u̱r re̱ wa sur m-kaw de̱ku̱n du-de̱, se̱di e̱ swu̱ru̱g m-ka gwu̱z-u̱ de̱ ne̱ da. Se̱ wa fog du-u̱r re̱ u̱r-dim Rehobo̱t, du̱ na foge̱, Be-du̱ na upse̱ remu̱ zu̱ wa zu̱u̱g, <<Yawe upuste̱ u̱r-ke̱ngi u-tát du̱ it do̱te̱ u̱t-shu̱'u̱t m-yang ne̱ u-dak.>>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.”

23Du̱gu̱ ku̱n Ishaku aru̱k m-ha Be̱rshe̱ba.From there Isaac went up to Beersheba,

24U̱ gyu̱p-m mo̱ Yawe haan u̱du̱ rò wa zu̱, <<Me̱ wa o̱ u-Ru̱ u̱ u̱so-u ró Ibrahi. Wa zu̱ wu̱n a-bo̱ ho̱g u-gye̱r da u̱m o̱ u̱r-kot u̱ bo̱ ne̱ tu̱msu̱ me̱ wa'-u̱ bo̱ nu-u so̱-o̱. Me̱ u̱t-wa ya'ag-u̱ ró no̱m u-tát, e̱ do̱'e̱ u̱t-shu̱'u̱t damra u-dak. Me̱ u̱t-no̱m iya remu̱ este̱du̱ u̱s-rem su̱ it u̱ Ibrahi to̱k-u̱ ri no̱me̱.>>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.”

25Ishaku mu̱ u̱r-sak du̱ no̱m-du̱ to̱o̱g u̱ku̱n wa no̱mu̱ Yawe u̱t-huuk. Wa nom rimpa-u̱r wa u̱ku̱n, se̱ to̱k-ne̱ wa e̱ sur m-kaw de̱ku̱n du-de̱.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.

26Da-u̱ arke̱ Abime̱re̱k tamge̱ haan du̱gu̱ Gerar, u̱ Ahuzza wa ya-du̱ wa u̱s-rem, u̱ Piko̱r ne̱ yu̱-Yat-ya karma wa ne̱.Later, Abimelech came to Isaac from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army.

27Ishaku zu̱ u̱n <<¿Rem u-yan o no̱ haatu̱n u̱ ane̱? No̱ gu̱gu̱mte̱ me̱ sok, no̱ yanu̱g me̱ du̱gu̱ dak-u no̱!>>“Why have you come to me?” Isaac asked them. “You hated me and sent me away.”

28E̱ shu̱s, e̱ zu̱, <<It hyanu̱g u̱ is-u̱ it u̱zu̱ Yawe o̱ u̱r-kot u̱ bo̱ ne̱. Remu̱ iya it o̱ u̱ssa it no̱m u̱s-to̱nd su̱ same̱-du̱ u̱t-hi u̱ bo̱ ne̱, yage̱ in no̱mo̱n este̱du̱ u̱s-rem u̱ bo̱ ne̱.“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

29It o̱ u̱ssa u̱zu̱ bo̱ to̱n-de̱ bo̱ za no̱mu̱ it no̱m-u̱t yo̱-to̱ da, u̱ka it no̱m-tu̱ bo̱ da. U-da u-be̱e̱t it o̱ no̱mu̱ bo̱ no̱m-u̱t so̱-to̱, it buz bo̱ du̱gu̱ dak-u it m-yar, u̱ da-o̱ it gwak-u̱t u̱ka Yawe watu̱ bo̱ kom-u so̱-o̱.>>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.”

30Se̱ Ishaku no̱mu̱ u̱n mo̱ro̱g-du̱ este̱du̱ u̱s-rem, u̱n re̱ no̱m u̱t-re̱ u̱ no̱m-u̱t u̱t-swa ne̱.So Isaac prepared a feast for them, and they ate and drank.

31Tun u̱r-wu̱n, u̱n nom u̱s-to̱nd su̱ m-yar u̱ o̱r-u̱t u̱n ne̱, se̱ Ishaku to̱k u̱n m-mu̱, u̱n aru̱k u̱n yage̱ wa m-yar.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.

32U̱ ho̱-u̱r re̱ to̱k-ne̱ Ishaku haan e̱ waru̱ wa mo̱ttu̱ du-u̱r po-de̱ du̱ e̱ kawe̱, e̱ zu̱, <<It kwu̱ng m-bu̱!>>On that same day, Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. “We have found water!” they told him.

33Se̱ Ishaku fog dim-du̱ be-u̱r re̱ Shiba, du̱ na foge̱ du-du̱ u̱s-to̱nd u̱r-ma u̱ haan u̱ uno̱ da-o̱, iya-o̱ na fogte̱ be-u̱r re̱ Be̱rshe̱ba du̱ na foge̱ Be̱rsheba.So he called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the city is Beersheba.

34Da-u̱ Isuwa o̱o̱ge̱ u̱t-shik u̱t-yu̱r (40), wa gu̱ Judit gwu̱p-u̱ Beeri ne̱t-u̱ He̱t-ne̱, tu̱msu̱ u̱ Basemat ne̱ gwu̱p-u̱ Ero̱n ne̱t-u̱ He̱t-ne̱.When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.

35Se̱di ne̱ta-u̱t to̱ naknu̱ Ishaku namu̱ jab-u̱ Rebeka.And they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.

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