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And it came to pass that the sons of Abraham, Isaac and Ishmael, did bury Abraham with Sarah, his wife, in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron, the son of Zohar, the Hittite, which is at Mamre, in the field which Abraham purchaseda of the sons of Heth.
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And it was that Abraham left everything he owned to Isaac; for Abraham had given gifts to his other sonsa given him of his other wives, and he did send them away from his son Isaac to the land of the eastb.
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¶ And it came to pass that there was a famine in the land, and Isaac went unto Abimelech, king of the Philistines, unto Gerar;
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For the angel of YHVHa did appeared unto him, saying: Go not down into Egyptb; but dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:
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Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee and unto thy seed I will give all these countries, for thou art of the oatha made between YHVH Elohimb and Abraham, thy father;
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And thus it shall be that thy seed shall multiply as the stars of the heavens, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed,
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¶ And so it wasa that Isaac and his wife, Rebekah, did dwell in Gerar.
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And the men of that place asked him concerning his wife, and Isaac remembered that his father, Abraham had saida of his mother, Sarah: She is my sister; and this he knew had been done for a wise purpose in YHVHb;
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And he feared to say: She is my wife, lest the men of the place should kill him to take Rebekah unto themselves because she was fair to look upon;
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Therefore, he said unto these men: She is my sistera.
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¶ And it came to pass that Abimelech, king of the Philistines, remembereda also Abraham and Sarah and how they had said the same, and he did spy upon them;
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And after they had been there for some time, one morning when they thought they were alone, he looked out his window and saw, and he beheld that Isaac was caressing Rebekah, as his wife.
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And Abimelech called Isaac and said: Behold, surely Rebekah is thy wife! And why then didst thou say unto us: She is thy sister?
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And Isaac spoke unto him, saying: I said it because I feared lest I die because of her great beauty.
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And Abimelech said: What is this thou hast done unto us? One of the people might lightly have lain with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us for thy deception.
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And Abimelech charged all his people, saying: He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
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¶ Now it came to pass that Isaac sowed in that land, and in the same year he did receive a hundredfold; for YHVH did blessed him.
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And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great; for he had many flocks, and herds, and laborers; and so it was that the Philistines envied him.
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And it came to pass that the Philistines took dirt and filled up all the wells which had been dug in the days of Abraham, his father, that they were dried up.
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And Abimelech said unto Isaac: Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.
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¶ And it came to pass that Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
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And Isaac dug again the wells of water, which had been dug in the days of Abraham, his father, that the Philistines had stopped after the death of Abraham; and he called the names of these after the names by which his father had called them.
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And the servants of Isaac dug in the valley and found there a well of springing water;
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And it came to pass that the herdsmen of Gerar did argue with Isaac's herdsmen, saying: The water is ours! And Isaac did name the well Eseqa because they fought with him.
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And they dug another well and they contended with him for that also; and he called the name of it Sitnaha.
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¶ And it came to pass that Isaac removed himself and his people from thence and dug another well; and for that they strove not; and he called the name of it Rechobotha;
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And Isaac said: For now YHVHa hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land; and he went up from thence to Bearsheba.
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¶ And the angel of YHVHa appeared unto him the same night, saying: I am the Elohimb of Abraham, thy father; fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for the sake of my servant, Abraham.
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And be thou not troubled therefore of the wells, for so it is also that when YHVH Elohim helpeth mankinda to find the well of living waterb, so too doth the pride of man come, saying: This well is mine!
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And thus ye contend with one another over the source of living water which floweth and giveth freely;
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Therefore, it pleaseth me that thou should dig up the well, and then to give it up, that source of life, to avoid contending with those that would offend thee.
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And Isaac built an altar there, and called upon the name of YHVH, and pitched his tent there; and there Isaac's servants dug a well.
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¶ Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath, one of his friends, and Phichol, the chief captain of his army.
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And Isaac said unto them: Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me and have sent me away from you?
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And they replied, saying: We saw certainly that YHVH was with thee; and we said: Let there be now an oath between us, even between us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee:
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That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good and have sent thee away in peace; thou art now the blessed of YHVH.
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And Isaac made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.
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And they rose up very early in the morning the following day and swore one to another; and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
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¶ And it came to pass the same day that Isaac's servants came and told him concerning the well which they had dug, and said unto him: We have found water, and he called it Shibaha.