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Genesis 26
26
Genesis
Isaac and Jacob
Gamo Bible
Isaac
, person
Abimelech
, person
Abraham
, person
Gerar
, place
Rebekah
, person
Beersheba
, place
Egypt
, place
Esau
, person
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Gamo Bible
Berean Standard Bible
1
GMVE
ሄ ቢታን ካሴ ኣብራሃሜ ዎዴን ዲዛ ኮሻፔ ሃራ ኮሻይ ዴንዲዴስ፤ ሂስቲን ዪሳቂ ፊሊስጼሜ ካዎ ኣቢሜሌኬኮ ጌራሬ ቢዴስ።
BSB
BSB:
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.
2
GMVE
ጎዳይ ዪሳቃስ ቆንጪዲ፥ «ጊብጼ ቢታ ዱጌ ቦፓ፤ ታኒ ኔስ ዮቲዛ ቢታን ዴኣ።
BSB
BSB:
The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Settle in the land where I tell you.
3
GMVE
ሃ ቢታን ጉꬃ ዎዴ ኡታሻ፤ ታኒ ኔናራ ጊዳና፤ ኔና ኣንጃና፤ ኣይስ ጊኮ ሃይሳ ቢታ ኡባ ታኒ ኔሲኔ ኔ ዜሬꬃስ ኢማና፤ ታኒ ኔ ኣዋ ኣብራሃሜስ ጫቆ ጌሊዳ ኡፋይሳ ቃላ ሚንꬃና።
BSB
BSB:
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.
4
GMVE
ኔ ዜሬꬃ ታኒ ሳሎ ጾሊንቴ ማላ ዳርሳና፤ ሃይሳ ቢታ ኡባ ታ ኢስታስ ኢማና፤ ቢታ ኣሳይ ኡባይ ኔ ዜሬꬃ ባጋራ ኣንጄታና።
BSB
BSB:
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,
5
GMVE
ጋሶይካ ኣብራሃሜይ ታ ቃላ ሲዪዲ ኣዛዜቲዴስ፤ ታ ኢዛስ ዮቲዳይሳ ኢዚ ኡባ ናጊዳ ጊሻሳ» ጊዴስ።
BSB
BSB:
because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”
6
GMVE
ሄሳ ጊሻስ ዪሳቂ ጌራሬን ዴኢዴስ።
BSB
BSB:
So Isaac settled in Gerar.
7
GMVE
ሄ ቢታ ኣሳይ ኢርቢቃ ጊሻስ ዴንꬂዲ ዪሳቃ፥ «ሃና ኔስ ኣዜ?» ጊ ኦይቺዳ። ኢዚካ ኢርቢቃይ ኬሃ ማላ ሎኦ ጊዲዳ ጊሻስ፥ «ታኒ ኢዛ ታ ማቾ ጊኮ ሃ ኣሳይ ኢዚ ጌዶን ታና ዎꬋናኮኔ» ጊ ባቢዳ ጊሻስ፥ «ሃና ታስ ሚቾ» ጊዴስ።
BSB
BSB:
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.”
8
GMVE
ዪሳቂ ሄን ዳሮ ዎዴ ዲዳፔ ጉዬ ፊሊስጼሜ ካዎ ኣቢሜሌኬይ ማስኮቴራ ዱጌ ጼሊዲ ዪሳቂ ባ ማቾ ኢርቢቃራ ኢዲሜቲሼ ካኢሺን ቤኢዴስ።
BSB
BSB:
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.
9
GMVE
ሄሳ ጊሻስ ኣቢሜሌኬይ ዪሳቃ ጼይጊሲዲ፥ «ሄኮ ኢዛ ኔስ ማቾ! ኔኒ ኣይስ ኢዞ ታ ሚቾ ጋዲ?» ጊ ኦይቺዴስ። ኢዚካ፥ «ኢዛ ታ ማቾ ጊኮ ኢዚ ጋሶን ኣሳይ ታና ዎꬋና ጋዳ ባቢዳ ጊሻስ ጋዲስ» ጊዴስ።
BSB
BSB:
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.”
10
GMVE
ሂስቲን ኣቢሜሌኬይ፥ «ሃይሲ ኔኒ ኑ ቦላ ኦꬂዳይሲ ኣዜ? ታ ኣሳፔ ኢሲ ኣሲ ኔ ማቼይራ ኣቂዳኮ ኑ ቦላ ጎሜ ኤሃሼ ኣጋዳሳ» ጊዴስ።
BSB
BSB:
“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.”
11
GMVE
ሄሳ ጊሻስ ኣቢሜሌኬይ ባ ኣሳ ኡባ፥ «ሃ ኣዴዛ ዎይኮ ኢዛ ማቾ ቦቺዛይ ኦኒካ ቱሙ ሃይቆ» ጊ ኣዛዚዴስ።
BSB
BSB:
So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “Whoever harms this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”
12
GMVE
ዪሳቂ ሄ ቢታን ካꬅ ዜሪን ጎዳይ ኢዛ ኣንጂዳ ጊሻስ ሄ ላይꬃን ጼቱ ኩሼ ሺሺዴስ።
BSB
BSB:
Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,
13
GMVE
ኢዛስ ኣቆታይ ዳሪ ዳሪ ቢዳ ጊሻስ ኬሂ ዱሬቲዴስ።
BSB
BSB:
and he became richer and richer, until he was exceedingly wealthy.
14
GMVE
ዪሳቃስ ዶርሲ፥ ሚዛ ዉዴይኔ ኣይሌቲ ኬሂ ዳሪዳ ጊሻስ ፊሊስጼሜ ኣሳይ ኢዛ ሚቃይኒዴስ።
BSB
BSB:
He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.
15
GMVE
ሄሳ ጊሻስ ኢዛ ኣዋ ኣብራሃሜ ዎዴን ኢዛ ኣዋ ኣይሌቲ ቦኪዳ ሃꬃ ኦላ ኡባ ፊሊስጼሜ ኣሳይ ቢታ ዛሪዲ ኩንꬂዴስ።
BSB
BSB:
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.
16
GMVE
ሄ ዎዴ ኣቢሜሌኬይ ዪሳቃ፥ «ኑፔ ሻኬታዳ ባ፤ ኔኒ ኑፔ ኣꬋ ሚናዳሳ» ጊዴስ።
BSB
BSB:
Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us.”
17
GMVE
ሂዝጊን ዪሳቂ ሄፔ ዴንዲዲ ጌራሬ ሾባ ቢዲ ዱንካኔ ቶኪዲ ሄን ዴኢዴስ።
BSB
BSB:
So Isaac left that place and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there.
18
GMVE
ኣብራሃሜይ ፓጻ ዲሼ ቦኪሲዳ ሃꬃ ኦላታ ኣብራሃሜይ ሃይቂዳፔ ጉዬ ፊሊስጼሜ ኣሳይ ቱጪዳ ሃꬃ ኦላታ ዪሳቂ ቃሴካ ቦካና ማላ ኦꬂዲ ካሴ ኢዛ ኣዋይ ሱንꬂዳ ሱንꬃን ጼይጊዴስ።
BSB
BSB:
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.
19
GMVE
ዪሳቃ ኣይሌቲ ሾባን ሃꬃ ኦላ ቦኪሼ ቦኪዛ ኦላፌ ፑልቲዛ ሃꬅ ዴሚዳ።
BSB
BSB:
Then Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found a well of fresh water there.
20
GMVE
ጊዶ ኣቲን ጌራሬን ሜሄ ሄሚዛይቲ ዪሳቃ ሜሄ ሄሚዛይታራ፥ «ሃꬃይ ኑይሳ» ጊ ኦዬቲዳ። ኢስቲ ኢዛራ ፓላሜቲዳ ጊሻስ ዪሳቂ ሄ ሃꬃ ኦላ፥ «ኤሴቄ» ጊ ሱንꬂዴስ።
BSB
BSB:
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.
21
GMVE
ሄሳፌ ጉዬ ኢስቲ ሃራ ሃꬃ ኦላካ ቦኪዳ፤ ጊዶ ኣቲን ኢስቲ ሄ ሃꬃ ኦላ ጌዶንካ ኦዬቲዳ፤ ሄሳ ጊሻስ ኢዚ ሄ ሃꬃ ኦላ፥ «ሲጺና» ጊ ሱንꬂዴስ።
BSB
BSB:
Then they dug another well and quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.
22
GMVE
ሄሳፌ ጉꬅ ሃራሶ ኣꬊ ሃራ ሃꬃ ኦላ ቦኪሲዴስ፤ ኢዛ ጋሶን ኦኒካ ኦዬቲቤና፤ «ጾሲ ሃኢ ኑስ ኣሲዴስ፤ ኑኒ ሃ ቢታን ዳራና» ጊዲ ኢዛ፥ «ኦሮቦቴ» ጊ ሱንꬂዴስ።
BSB
BSB:
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.”
23
GMVE
ሄሳፌ ጉዬ ዪሳቂ ፑዴ ቤርሳቤሄ ጌቴቲዛሶ ኬዚዴስ።
BSB
BSB:
From there Isaac went up to Beersheba,
24
GMVE
ሄ ቢዳ ጋላስ ቃማራ ጎዳይ ኢዛስ ቆንጪዲ፥ «ታኒ ኔ ኣዋ ኣብራሃሜ ጾሳ፤ ታኒ ኔናራ ዲዛ ጊሻስ ባቦፋ! ታኒ ኔና ኣንጃና፤ ታ ኣይሌ ኣብራሃሜ ጊሻስ ኔ ዜሬꬃ ታ ዳርሳና» ጊዴስ።
BSB
BSB:
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.”
25
GMVE
ዪሳቂ ሄን ያርሺዛሶ ኬጺዲ ጎዳ ሱንꬅ ጼይጊዴስ፤ ሄን ኢዚ ባ ዱንካኔዛ ቶኪዴስ፤ ቃሴ ሄን ኢዛ ኣይሌቲ ሃꬃ ኦላ ቦኪዳ።
BSB
BSB:
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.
26
GMVE
ሄሳፌ ጉዬ ኣቢሜሌኬይ ባና ዞሪዛ ኣሁዛታኔ ባ ዎታዳራታ ሃላቃ ፒኮሌ ኤኪዲ ጌራሬፔ ዪሳቃኮ ዪዴስ።
BSB
BSB:
Later, Abimelech came to Isaac from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army.
27
GMVE
ዪሳቂ ኢስታስ፥ «ኢንቴ ካሴ ታና ኢጺዲ ኢንቴ ቢታፌ ኬሲ ዬዲዲ ሃኢ ቃሴ ታኮ ኣይ ኤካና ዪዴቲ?» ጊዴስ።
BSB
BSB:
“Why have you come to me?” Isaac asked them. “You hated me and sent me away.”
28
GMVE
ኢስቲ ኢዛ፥ «ጎዳይ ኔናራ ዲዛይሳ ቱሙ ኑኒ ቆንጬን ቤኢዶስ፤ ሄሳ ጊሻስ ኑሲኔ ኔስ ጊዶን ጫቆ ቃላይ ዴኣና ኮሼስ ጎስ።
BSB
BSB:
“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
29
GMVE
ጊዶ ኣቲን ኑኒ ኔስ ኪያቴꬅ ጻላ ኦꬂዲ ኔና ሳሮቴꬃን ሞይዚዶስ፤ ሄሳꬆካ ኔኒ ኑ ቦላ ኢታ ሚሽ ኦꬆንታ ማላ ኣኔ ኔናራ ጫቆ ጫቄቶስ፤ ሃኢ ኔና ጎዳይ ኣንጂዳይሲ ቆንጪዴስ» ጊዳ።
BSB
BSB:
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.”
30
GMVE
ሄ ዎዴ ዪሳቂ ኢስታስ ጊቢራ ጊግሲን ሚዳኔ ኡዪዳ።
BSB
BSB:
So Isaac prepared a feast for them, and they ate and drank.
31
GMVE
ዎንቴꬃ ጋላስ ማላዶ ዎንታራ ዴንዲዲ ኢስቲ ኢሶይ ኢሳራ ጫቄቲዳ። ዪሳቂ ኢስታ ሞይዚን ኢስቲ ኢዛፔ ሳሮን ሻኬቲዲ ቢዳ።
BSB
BSB:
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.
32
GMVE
ሄ ጋላስ ዪሳቃ ኣይሌቲ ዪዲ ባ ቦኪዳ ሃꬃ ኦላ ጊሻስ፥ «ኑኒ ሃꬅ ዴሚዶስ» ጊ ኢዛስ ዮቲዳ።
BSB
BSB:
On that same day, Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. “We have found water!” they told him.
33
GMVE
ኢዚ ሄ ሃꬃ ኦላ፥ «ሳቤሄ» ጊ ሱንꬂዴስ፤ ሄሳ ጊሻስ ሄ ካታማ ሱንꬂ ሃች ጋካናስ ቤርሳቤሄ ጌቴቴስ።
BSB
BSB:
So he called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the city is Beersheba.
34
GMVE
ኤሳዌ ላይꬂ 40 ጊዲዳ ዎዴ ቢኤሬ ና ዮዲቶኔ ኤሎኔ ና ባሴማቶ ማቾ ኤኪዴስ፤ ኢስቲ ናምኣይካ ሂቴ ቢታ ኣሳ።
BSB
BSB:
When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.
35
GMVE
ኢስቲካ ዪሳቃኔ ኢርቢቃ ሚሺሲሼ ዴኢዳ።
BSB
BSB:
And they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.
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