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Genesis 26
26
Genesis
Isaac and Jacob
Gofa
Isaac
, person
Abimelech
, person
Abraham
, person
Gerar
, place
Rebekah
, person
Beersheba
, place
Egypt
, place
Esau
, person
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Gofa
Berean Standard Bible
1
GOFE
ሄ ቢታን ካሰ አብራሃመ ዎደ ከይዳ ኮሻፐ ሀራ ኮሽ ከይስ። ያንን፥ ይሳቅ ፍልስፄመ ካዋ አብመለከኮ ገራራ ብስ።
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
GOFE
ጎዳይ ይሳቃስ ቆንጭድ “ግብፀ ቢታ ዱገ ቦፓ፥ ታኒ ነዉ ኦድዳ ቢታን ደአ።
BSB
BSB:
The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Settle in the land where I tell you.
3
GOFE
ሀ ቢታን ጉꬃ ዎድያ ጋምኣሻ፥ ታኒ ኔራ ግዳና፥ ነና አንጃና። ሀ ቢታ ኡባ ታኒ ነዉነ ነ ሼሻስ እማና። ታኒ ነ አዋ አብራሃመስ ጫቅዳ ጫቁዋ ፖላና።
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
GOFE
ነ ሼሻ ሳሎ ፆልንቶዳ ዳርሳና፥ ሀ ቢታ ኡባ ታኒ ኤንታዉ እማና። ሳአ ካዎተꬃት ኡባይ ነ ሼሻ ባጋራ አንጀታና።
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
GOFE
ሄስካ፥ አብራሃመይ ታ ቃላ ስእድ፥ ታ አዋጆታ፥ ታ ኪታታነ ታ ህገታ ናግዳ ግሾሳ” ያግስ።
BSB
BSB:
because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”
6
GOFE
ሄሳ ግሾ፥ ይሳቅ ገራራን ደእስ።
BSB
BSB:
So Isaac settled in Gerar.
7
GOFE
ሄ ቢታ አሳይ እርብቃባ ደንꬅድ፥ “ሀና ነዉ አይቤ?” ግድ ይሳቃ ኦይችዶሶና። እ፥ “ሀና ታዉ ምቾ” ያግስ። ሄሳ እ ግዳይ፥ እርብቃ ዳሮ ማላ ሎኦ ግድያ ግሾ፥ “እያ ታ ማቾ ጊኮ፥ ሀ አሳይ እ ጋሶን ታና ዎꬋና” ያግ ቆፕድ ባብስ።
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
GOFE
ይሳቅ ያን ዳሮ ዎደ ደእዳፐ ጉየ፥ ፍልስፄመ ካዎይ አብመለከይ ማስኮተራ ዱገ ፄልያደ፥ ይሳቅ ባ ማቸ እርብቃራ ካእሽን በእስ።
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
GOFE
ሄሳ ግሾ፥ አብመለከይ ይሳቃ ፄግስድ፥ “ሄኮ፥ እያ ነ ማቾ፤ ኔኒ አይስ እያ ታ ምቾ ጋዲ?” ግድ ኦይችስ። ይሳቅ፥ “እያ ታ ማቾ ጊኮ፥ አሳይ ታና እ ጋሶን ዎꬋና ጋዳ ጋስ” ያግስ።
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
GOFE
አብመለከይ፥ “ሀይስ ኔኒ ኑ ቦላ ኦꬅዳባይ አይቤ? ታ አሳፐ እስ አስ ነ ማቸራ አቅስ ሽን አትስ፥ ኔኒ ኑ ቦላ ጎመ ኤሀዳሳ ሽን” ያግስ።
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
GOFE
ሄሳ ግሾ፥ አብመለከይ ባ አሳ፥ “ሀ ኡራ ዎይኮ እያ ማችዉ ቦችያ ኦንካ ቱማ ሀይቃና” ያግድ ኪትስ።
BSB
BSB:
So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “Whoever harms this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”
12
GOFE
ይሳቅ ሄ ቢታን ካꬅ ዘርድ፥ ጎዳይ እያ አንጅዳ ግሾ ሄ ላይꬃን ፄቱ ኩሸ ኤክስ።
BSB
BSB:
Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,
13
GOFE
እ ዱረተꬃን ኤረታና ጋካናስ ዳሮ ዱረትሸ ብስ።
BSB
BSB:
and he became richer and richer, until he was exceedingly wealthy.
14
GOFE
ይሳቃስ ዶርሳ ዉደይ፥ ሚዛ ዉደይነ አይለት አꬍድ ዳርዳ ግሾ፥ ፍልስፄመ አሳት እያ ቃናትዶሶና።
BSB
BSB:
He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.
15
GOFE
ሄሳ ግሾ፥ እያ አዋ አብራሃመ ዎደ እያ አዋ አይለት ቦክዳ ሃꬃ ኦላ ኡባ ፍልስፄመት ቢታ ኡሽድ ኩንꬅዶሶና።
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
GOFE
ሄ ዎደ አብመለከይ ይሳቃኮ፥ “ኔኒ ኑፐ አꬋዳ ምንዳ ግሾ ኑ ማታፐ ባ” ያግስ።
BSB
BSB:
Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us.”
17
GOFE
ይሳቅ ሄሳፈ ደንድድ፥ ገራራ ዛንጋራ ብድ ዱንካነ ቶክድ ያን ደእስ።
BSB
BSB:
So Isaac left that place and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there.
18
GOFE
ይሳቅ ባ አዋ አብራሃመ ዎደ ቦከትዳ ሃꬃ ኦላታ፥ አብራሃመይ ሀይቅዳፐ ጉየ፥ ፍልስፄመት ኩንꬅዳይሳታ ዛር ቦክ ከስድ፥ እያ አዋይ ሱንꬅዳ ሱንꬃን ፄግስ።
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
GOFE
ይሳቃ አይለት ሄ ዛንጋራን ሃꬃ ኦላ ቦክድ ያን ሎኦ ፑልቶ ሃꬃ ደምዶሶና።
BSB
BSB:
Then Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found a well of fresh water there.
20
GOFE
ሽን ገራራ ሄንꬃንቾት ይሳቃ ሄንꬃንቾታራ፥ “ሃꬃይ ኑባ” ያግድ ኦየትዶሶና። ኤንቲ ፓላመትዳ ግሾ፥ ይሳቅ ሄ ሃꬃ ኦላ “ኤሴቃ” ግድ ሱንꬅስ።
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
GOFE
ሄሳፈ ጉየ፥ ኤንቲ ሀራ ሃꬃ ኦላ ቦክዶሶና። ሽን ኤንቲ ሄ ሃꬃ ኦላ ጌዶንካ ኦየትዶሶና። ሄሳ ግሾ፥ ይሳቅ ሄ ሃꬃ ኦላ “ሲፅና” ግድ ሱንꬅስ።
BSB
BSB:
Then they dug another well and quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.
22
GOFE
ሄሳፈ ጉꬅ ስን ሺቅድ ሀራ ሃꬃ ኦላ ቦክስስ። እያ ጋሶን ኦንካ ኦየትቦና ግሾ፥ “ፆሳይ ሀእ ኑስ ዳልግስስ ኑኒ ሀ ቢታን ዳራና” ግድ ሄ በሳ ረሆቦታ ግድ ሱንꬅስ።
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
GOFE
ሄሳፈ ደንድድ ፑደ በርሳበ ከይስ።
BSB
BSB:
From there Isaac went up to Beersheba,
24
GOFE
ሄ ብዳ ጋላስ ቃማ ጎዳይ እያዉ ቆንጭድ፥ “ታኒ ነ አዋ አብራሃመ ፆሳ፥ ታኒ ኔራ ደእያ ግሾ፥ ባቦፋ። ታ አይልያ አብራሃመ ግሾ ታኒ ነና አንጃና፥ ነ ሼሻካ ዳርሳና” ያግስ።
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
GOFE
ይሳቅ ያን ያርሾ በሲ ጊግስድ ጎዳ ሱንꬃ ፄግስ። ያን እ ባ ዱንካንያ ቶክስ፥ እያ አይለት ያን ሃꬃ ኦላ ቦክዶሶና።
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
GOFE
ሄሳፈ ጉየ፥ አብመለከይ ባና ዞርያ አሁዛነ ቶራ ሞጮና ፍኮላ ኤክድ፥ ገራራፐ ይሳቃኮ ይስ።
BSB
BSB:
Later, Abimelech came to Isaac from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army.
27
GOFE
ይሳቅ ኤንታኮ፥ “ህንተ ካሰ ታና እፅድ፥ ህንተ ቢታፈ ከስ የድቤከቲ? ሀእ ታኮ አይ ኤካናዉ ይደቲ?” ያግስ።
BSB
BSB:
“Why have you come to me?” Isaac asked them. “You hated me and sent me away.”
28
GOFE
ኤንቲ፥ “ጎዳይ ኔራ ደኤይሳ ኑኒ ጌሽ ኤርዳ። ሄሳ ግሾ፥ ሳሮተꬃ ጫቆይ ኑ ግዶንነ ነ ግዶን ዳናዉ ኮሼስ።
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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
GOFE
ኑኒ ነና ቦችቦኮ፥ ነዉ ኬሀተꬃ ፃላላ ኦꬅድ፥ ነና ሳሮተꬃን ሞይዝድ የድዳ። ሄሳዳካ ኔኒ ኑ ቦላ ኢታባ ኦꬆና መላ፥ አነ ኔራ ጫቆስ። ቱማካ ሀእ ነና ጎዳይ አንጅስ” ያግዶሶና።
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
GOFE
ሄ ዎደ ይሳቅ ኤንታዉ ግብራ ጊግስን ምዶሶና፥ ኡይዶሶና።
BSB
BSB:
So Isaac prepared a feast for them, and they ate and drank.
31
GOFE
ዎንተꬃ ጋላስ ዎንታ ጉራ ደንድድ ኤንቲ እሶይ እሱዋራ ጫቅዶሶና። ይሳቅ ኤንታ ሞይዝን፥ ኤንቲ ሳሮ ሻከትድ ብዶሶና።
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
GOFE
ሄ ጋላስ ይሳቃ አይለት ይድ፥ “ኑኒ ሃ ደምዳ” ያግድ ባንታ ቦክዳ ሃꬃ ኦላባ እያዉ ኦድዶሶና።
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
GOFE
እ ሄ ሃꬃ ኦላ ሳበ (ጫቆ) ግድ ሱንꬅስ። ሄሳ ግሾ፥ ሄ ካታማ ሱንꬃይ ሀች ጋካናስ በርሳበ (ጫቆ ሃꬃ ኦላ) ጌተቴስ።
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BSB:
So he called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the city is Beersheba.
34
GOFE
ኤሳዌስ ላይꬅ ኦይታማ ግድዳ ዎደ ህተ አድያ ብኤራ ናእዉ ዮድቶነ ህተ አድያ ኤሎና ናእዉ ባሰማቶ ማችስ።
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.
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ኤንቲ ይሳቃነ እርብቃ አዛንꬅሸ ደእዶሶና።
BSB
BSB:
And they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.
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