Isaac Lives at Gerar
1 There was another famine in the land besides the earlier one during the time of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, at Gerar. 2 The Lord had appeared to Isaac and had said, “Do not go to Egypt; stay in this land, where I tell you to stay. 3 Live here, and I will be with you and bless you. I am going to give all this territory to you and to your descendants. I will keep the promise I made to your father Abraham. 4 I will give you as many descendants as there are stars in the sky, and I will give them all this territory. All the nations will ask me to bless them as I have blessed your descendants. 5 I will bless you, because Abraham obeyed me and kept all my laws and commands.”
6 So Isaac lived at Gerar. 7 When the men there asked about his wife, he said that she was his sister. He would not admit that she was his wife, because he was afraid that the men there would kill him to get Rebecca, who was very beautiful. 8 When Isaac had been there for some time, King Abimelech looked down from his window and saw Isaac and Rebecca making love. 9 Abimelech sent for Isaac and said, “So she is your wife! Why did you say she was your sister?”
He answered, “I thought I would be killed if I said she was my wife.”
10 “What have you done to us?” Abimelech said. “One of my men might easily have slept with your wife, and you would have been responsible for our guilt.” 11 Abimelech warned all the people: “Anyone who mistreats this man or his wife will be put to death.”
12 Isaac sowed crops in that land, and that year he harvested a hundred times as much as he had sown, because the Lord blessed him. 13 He continued to prosper and became a very rich man. 14 Because he had many herds of sheep and cattle and many servants, the Philistines were jealous of him. 15 So they filled in all the wells which the servants of his father Abraham had dug while Abraham was alive.
16 Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Leave our country. You have become more powerful than we are.” 17 So Isaac left and set up his camp in Gerar Valley, where he stayed for some time. 18 He dug once again the wells which had been dug during the time of Abraham and which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham's death. Isaac gave the wells the same names that his father had given them.
19 Isaac's servants dug a well in the valley and found water. 20 The shepherds of Gerar quarreled with Isaac's shepherds and said, “This water belongs to us.” So Isaac named the well “Quarrel.”
21 Isaac's servants dug another well, and there was a quarrel about that one also, so he named it “Enmity.” 22 He moved away from there and dug another well. There was no dispute about this one, so he named it “Freedom.” He said, “Now the Lord has given us freedom to live in the land, and we will be prosperous here.”
23 Isaac left and went to Beersheba. 24 That night the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid; I am with you. I will bless you and give you many descendants because of my promise to my servant Abraham.” 25 Isaac built an altar there and worshiped the Lord. Then he set up his camp there, and his servants dug another well.
The Agreement between Isaac and Abimelech
26 Abimelech came from Gerar with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army to see Isaac. 27 So Isaac asked, “Why have you now come to see me, when you were so unfriendly to me before and made me leave your country?”
28 They answered, “Now we know that the Lord is with you, and we think that there should be a solemn agreement between us. We want you to promise 29 that you will not harm us, just as we did not harm you. We were kind to you and let you go peacefully. Now it is clear that the Lord has blessed you.” 30 Isaac prepared a feast for them, and they ate and drank. 31 Early next morning each man made his promise and sealed it with a vow. Isaac said good-bye to them, and they parted as friends.
32 On that day Isaac's servants came and told him about the well which they had dug. They said, “We have found water.” 33 He named the well “Vow.” That is how the city of Beersheba got its name.
Esau's Foreign Wives
34 When Esau was forty years old, he married two Hittites, Judith the daughter of Beeri, and Basemath the daughter of Elon. 35 They made life miserable for Isaac and Rebecca.
Isak muGerar
1 Oshilongo osha adhika ishewe kondjala yekomba ya fa ndjiyaka ya li ko muuyuni waAbraham. Isak okwa yi kuAbimelek, omukwaniilwa gwAafilisti kuGerar. 2 Omuwa okwi ihololele Isak e ta ti: “Ino ya kuEgipiti; kala mevi ndyoka tandi ku lombwele. 3 Kala muka, notandi kala pamwe nangoye e tandi ku yambeke. Otandi ke ku pa oshilongo shika ashihe noluvalo lwoye. Otandi ka gwanitha euvaneko nde li uvanekele ho Abraham. 4 Otandi ke ku pa oluvalo lu thike poonyothi dhokegulu, notandi ke lu pa oshilongo shika ashihe. Iigwana ayihe otayi ka lalekwa nuuyamba moluvalo lwoye. 5 Otandi ke ku yambeka, oshoka Abraham okwa vulika kungame nokudhiginina iipango yandje ayihe, omautho nomalombwelo gandje agehe.”
6 Isak nokwa kala muGerar. 7 Aantu sho ye mu pula kombinga yomukadhi, okwa ti, oye omumwayina. Okwa li a tila okuholola kutya oye omukadhi. Okwa dhiladhila kutya aantu mbeyaka otaa vulu oku mu dhipaga, ya kuthe po Rebekka, oshoka okwa li a shitika. 8 Isak sho a kala ko ethimbo ele, omukwaniilwa Abimelek okwe entamene mekende lye esiku limwe, nokwa mono Isak ta kwatakwata Rebekka. 9 Abimelek okwi ithana Isak e ta ti: “Nani omuntu omukiintu gwoye: Omolwashike wa tile, oye omumwanyoko?”
Isak okwa yamukula a ti: “Onda dhiladhila kutya otandi ka dhipagwa, ngele tandi ti omukadhandje.”
10 Abimelek okwa ti: “Owe tu ningi ngiini? Ando gumwe gwomaantu yandje a lalele namukadhoye, ando we tu tula ondjo.” 11 Abimelek okwa londodha aantu ye ayehe ta ti: “Shaa ngoka ta gumu omulumentu nguka nenge omukadhi, oku na okusa.”
12 Isak okwa kunu oombuto mevi, nomumvo ngoka okwa teya lwethele shi vulithe pekuno, oshoka Omuwa okwe mu yambeke. 13 Okwa tsikile okulikola, sigo a ningi omuyamba omunene. 14 Molwashoka a li e na iigunda oyindji yoonzi noongombe naapiya oyendji, Aafilisti oye mu sile efupa. 15 Oya file po omithima ndhoka aapiya yahe Abraham ya hupile, manga a li e na omwenyo.
16 Nena Abimelek okwa ti kuIsak: “Za mo moshilongo shetu. Owa ningi omunankondo u tu vule.” 17 Isak okwa zi ko e ta ka yunga ontanda molusilu lwaGerar, moka a kala ethimbo. 18 Okwa hupulula omithima dha li dha hupwa muuyuni wahe Abraham, ndhoka dha li dha filwa kAafilisti, Abraham sho a si. Isak okwe dhi luku omadhina ngoka ga li ga lukwa kuhe.
19 Aapiya yaIsak oya hupu omuthima molusilu e taa yuula omeya. 20 Aasita yokuGerar oya tamanana naasita yaIsak e taa ti: “Omeya ngaka ogetu.” Isak okwe gu luku Esek.
21 Aapiya yaIsak oya hupu ishewe omuthima gulwe nogwa tamananenwa natango, onkee e gu luku Sitna. 22 Okwa zi ko hoka e ta hupu omuthima gulwe. Punguka inapa kala we oontamanana, onkee e gu luku Rehobot e ta ti: “Ngashingeyi Omuwa okwe tu pe ehala lya andjuka, tu indjipale moshilongo.”
23 Isak okwa zi po e ta yi kuBeersheba. 24 Uusiku mbwiyaka Omuwa okwe mu ihololele e ta ti: “Ongame Kalunga kaho Abraham. Ino tila, oshoka ondi li pungoye. Otandi ku yambeke e tandi ku pe oluvalo olwindji omolwomuntu gwandje Abraham.” 25 Isak okwa tungile ko oshiyambelo e ta galikana Omuwa. Okwa yungile ko ontanda, naapiya ye oya hupu omuthima.
Isak ta hangana naAbimelek
26 Abimelek okwa zi kuGerar e li pamwe nomugandjindunge gwe Ahusat nondjayi yiita ye Pikol. Oye ya okutalela po Isak. 27 Isak okwa pula a ti: “Omolwashike mwe ya mu talele ndje po, nando ne omwa li mwaa na nangame nale nomwa tidha ndje moshilongo sheni?”
28 Oya yamukula ya ti: “Ngashingeyi otu shi shi kutya Omuwa oku li nangoye, onkee otatu dhiladhila, pokati ketu nangoye pu kale ehangano lya kolekwa negano. Otwa hala, u uvaneke 29 kutya ito tu etele omukundu, ngaashika natse wo itatu ku hindi. Otwa li tu na ombili nangoye notwe ku laleke nombili. Osha yela kutya Omuwa okwe ku yambeka.” 30 Isak okwe ya hangele oshituthi, oyo noya li e taa nu. 31 Ongula yoontundumene oya ningi euvathano e taye li koleke negano. Isak okwe ya laleke, oyo noya topoka nombili e taa yi.
32 Esiku tuu ndyoka aapiya yaIsak oye ya ye mu lombwele kutya omuthima ngoka ya hupu, ogwa yuuka. 33 Omuthima okwe gu luku Shiba omolwashoka oshilando shi ithanwa Beersheba.
Esau ta hokana aakwiilongo
34 Esau sho a gwanitha omimvo omilongo ne, okwa hokana aakadhona yaali Aaheti, Judit yaBeeri naBasemat yaElon, 35 noya li ya lulila Isak naRebekka.
