Genesis 26

King James Version

1 And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.2 And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:3 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, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.6 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:7 And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he , the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.8 And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.10 And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.11 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:14 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.15 For all the wells which his father' servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.17 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.18 And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.19 And Isaac' servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.20 And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac' herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.21 And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.22 And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.23 And he went up from thence to Beersheba.24 And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham' sake.25 And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac' servants digged a well.26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?28 And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;29 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 the LORD.30 And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.31 And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.32 And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac' servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.33 And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day.34 And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:35 Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.

Genesis 26

Schlachter 2000

from Genfer Bibelgesellschaft
1 Es kam aber eine Hungersnot in das Land, nach der vorherigen Hungersnot, die zu Abrahams Zeiten gewesen war. Und Isaak zog nach Gerar zu Abimelech, dem König der Philister. (Ge 12:10; Ge 20:1; Ge 41:54)2 Da erschien ihm der HERR und sprach: Reise nicht nach Ägypten hinab, sondern bleibe in dem Land, das ich dir nennen werde! (Ge 12:1; Ps 25:5; Ps 25:12; Heb 11:9)3 Sei ein Fremdling in diesem Land, und ich will mit dir sein und dich segnen; denn dir und deinem Samen will ich alle diese Länder geben und will den Eid bestätigen, den ich deinem Vater Abraham geschworen habe. (Ge 13:15; Ge 15:18; Ge 26:24; Ge 28:15; Jos 1:5; Ps 105:9; Mic 7:20; Lu 1:72)4 Und ich will deinen Samen mehren wie die Sterne des Himmels, und ich will deinem Samen das ganze Land geben; und in deinem Samen sollen gesegnet werden alle Völker der Erde, (Ge 15:5)5 weil Abraham meiner Stimme gehorsam gewesen ist und meine Rechte, meine Gebote, meine Satzungen und meine Gesetze gehalten hat! (Ge 22:18; Ps 112:1)6 So wohnte Isaak in Gerar. (Ge 26:1)7 Und als die Leute des Ortes nach seiner Frau fragten, da sprach er: Sie ist meine Schwester. Denn er fürchtete sich zu sagen: Sie ist meine Frau, weil er dachte: Die Leute an diesem Ort könnten mich um Rebekkas willen töten; denn sie war sehr schön. (Ge 20:2; Ge 20:11; Pr 24:16; Pr 29:25)8 Und es geschah, als er sich längere Zeit dort aufhielt, da schaute Abimelech, der König der Philister, durchs Fenster und bemerkte, wie Isaak mit seiner Frau Rebekka vertraut scherzte. (Ec 9:9)9 Da rief Abimelech den Isaak und sprach: Siehe, sie ist deine Frau! Wie konntest du sagen: »Sie ist meine Schwester«? Isaak antwortete ihm: Ich dachte, ich müsste vielleicht sterben um ihretwillen! (Ge 12:19)10 Abimelech sprach: Warum hast du uns das angetan? Wie leicht hätte jemand vom Volk sich zu deiner Frau legen können; so hättest du eine Schuld auf uns gebracht! (Ge 12:18)11 Da gebot Abimelech dem ganzen Volk und sprach: Wer diesen Mann oder seine Frau antastet, der soll gewisslich sterben! (Ps 105:15; Pr 6:29)12 Und Isaak säte in dem Land und erntete im selben Jahr hundertfältig; denn der HERR segnete ihn. (Ge 25:11; Ge 26:3; Ps 67:7; Pr 10:22)13 Und der Mann wurde reich und immer reicher, bis er überaus reich war; (Ps 112:3)14 und er hatte Schaf- und Rinderherden und eine große Dienerschaft. Darum beneideten ihn die Philister. (1Sa 18:8; Pr 27:4; Ec 4:4)15 Alle Brunnen aber, die die Knechte seines Vaters zu Abrahams, seines Vaters Zeiten gegraben hatten, hatten die Philister verstopft und mit loser Erde gefüllt. (Ge 21:30)16 Und Abimelech sprach zu Isaak: Geh fort von uns; denn du bist uns viel zu mächtig geworden! (Ex 1:9)17 Da zog Isaak fort und lagerte sich im Tal Gerar und wohnte dort. (Ge 26:1)18 Und Isaak ließ die Wasserbrunnen aufgraben, die sie zu Zeiten seines Vaters Abraham gegraben hatten und die die Philister nach dem Tod Abrahams verstopft hatten, und er nannte sie mit denselben Namen, mit denen sein Vater sie benannt hatte. (Ge 21:30)19 Auch gruben Isaaks Knechte im Tal und fanden dort einen Brunnen lebendigen Wassers[1]. (So 4:15; Joh 4:10; Joh 7:38)20 Aber die Hirten von Gerar stritten sich mit den Hirten Isaaks und sprachen: Das Wasser gehört uns! Da nannte er den Brunnen Esek, weil sie sich dort mit ihm gestritten hatten. (Ge 21:25; Ps 120:7)21 Da gruben sie einen weiteren Brunnen, um den stritten sie auch; darum nannte er ihn Sithna. (Ge 13:7)22 Da brach er von dort auf und grub einen weiteren Brunnen; um den stritten sie sich nicht, darum nannte er ihn Rechobot und sprach: Nun hat uns der HERR einen weiten Raum gemacht, damit wir fruchtbar sein können im Land! (Ps 119:32; Ps 119:45)23 Von dort zog er hinauf nach Beerscheba. (Ge 26:33)24 Und der HERR erschien ihm in jener Nacht und sprach: Ich bin der Gott deines Vaters Abraham. Fürchte dich nicht, denn ich bin mit dir, und ich will dich segnen und deinen Samen mehren um Abrahams, meines Knechtes, willen! (Ge 17:7; Ge 24:12; Ge 26:3; Ge 26:4; Ge 26:28; Jud 6:12; Ps 118:6; Isa 43:1; Mt 28:20; Lu 1:30; Heb 13:6)25 Da baute er dort einen Altar und rief den Namen des HERRN an; und er schlug dort sein Zelt auf; und Isaaks Knechte gruben dort einen Brunnen. (Ge 12:7; Ps 116:13; Ps 116:17)26 Und Abimelech kam zu ihm von Gerar, mit Ahussat, seinem Freund, und Pichol, seinem Heerführer. (Ge 21:22)27 Aber Isaak sprach zu ihnen: Warum kommt ihr zu mir, da ihr mich doch hasst und mich von euch weggetrieben habt? (Ge 26:16; Jud 11:7)28 Sie sprachen: Wir haben deutlich gesehen, dass der HERR mit dir ist, darum haben wir uns gesagt: Es soll ein Eid zwischen uns sein, zwischen uns und dir, und wir wollen einen Bund mit dir machen, (Ge 21:27; Ge 26:3; Ge 26:24; Ge 31:44; Ge 39:3; Jos 6:27; 1Sa 18:14; Pr 16:7; Zec 8:23)29 dass du uns keinen Schaden zufügst, wie wir auch dich nicht angetastet haben und dir nur Gutes taten und dich im Frieden haben ziehen lassen. Du bist nun einmal der Gesegnete des HERRN! (Ge 21:23; Ge 24:31; Isa 61:9; Ro 12:17)30 Da bereitete er ihnen ein Mahl, und sie aßen und tranken. (Ge 31:54)31 Und am Morgen früh standen sie auf und schworen einander den Eid. Da ließ Isaak sie gehen, und sie zogen in Frieden von ihm weg. (Heb 6:16)32 Und es geschah am selben Tag, da kamen Isaaks Knechte und sagten ihm von dem Brunnen, den sie gegraben hatten, und sprachen zu ihm: Wir haben Wasser gefunden! (Ge 21:30)33 Und er nannte ihn Scheba. Daher heißt der Ort Beerscheba bis zum heutigen Tag. (Ge 21:31; Ge 26:23; Ge 28:10; Ge 46:1; Ne 11:27)34 Als aber Esau 40 Jahre alt war, nahm er Judith zur Frau, die Tochter Beris, des Hetiters, und Basmath, die Tochter Elons, des Hetiters; (Ge 10:15; Ge 36:2)35 die bereiteten Isaak und Rebekka viel Herzenskummer. (Ge 27:46; Ge 28:1; Ge 28:8)

Genesis 26

New International Version

from Biblica
1 Now there was a famine in the land – besides the previous famine in Abraham’s time – and Isaac went to Abimelek king of the Philistines in Gerar.2 The Lord appeared to Isaac and said, ‘Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land where I tell you to live.3 Stay in this land for a while, and I will be with you and will bless you. For to you and your descendants I will give all these lands and will confirm the oath I swore to your father Abraham.4 I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and will give them all these lands, and through your offspring[1] all nations on earth will be blessed,[2]5 because Abraham obeyed me and did everything I required of him, keeping my commands, my decrees and my instructions.’6 So Isaac stayed in Gerar.7 When the men of that place asked him about his wife, he said, ‘She is my sister,’ because he was afraid to say, ‘She is my wife.’ He thought, ‘The men of this place might kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is beautiful.’8 When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelek king of the Philistines looked down from a window and saw Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.9 So Abimelek summoned Isaac and said, ‘She is really your wife! Why did you say, “She is my sister”?’ Isaac answered him, ‘Because I thought I might lose my life on account of her.’10 Then Abimelek said, ‘What is this you have done to us? One of the men might well have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.’11 So Abimelek gave orders to all the people: ‘Anyone who harms this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.’12 Isaac planted crops in that land and the same year reaped a hundredfold, because the Lord blessed him.13 The man became rich, and his wealth continued to grow until he became very wealthy.14 He had so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.15 So all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the time of his father Abraham, the Philistines stopped up, filling them with earth.16 Then Abimelek said to Isaac, ‘Move away from us; you have become too powerful for us.’17 So Isaac moved away from there and camped in the Valley of Gerar, where he settled.18 Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the time of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died, and he gave them the same names his father had given them.19 Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and discovered a well of fresh water there.20 But the herdsmen of Gerar quarrelled with those of Isaac and said, ‘The water is ours!’ So he named the well Esek,[3] because they disputed with him.21 Then they dug another well, but they quarrelled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.[4]22 He moved on from there and dug another well, and no-one quarrelled over it. He named it Rehoboth,[5] saying, ‘Now the Lord has given us room and we will flourish in the land.’23 From there he went up to Beersheba.24 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 will increase the number of your descendants for the sake of my servant Abraham.’25 Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the Lord. There he pitched his tent, and there his servants dug a well.26 Meanwhile, Abimelek had come to him from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his personal advisor and Phicol the commander of his forces.27 Isaac asked them, ‘Why have you come to me, since you were hostile to me and sent me away?’28 They answered, ‘We saw clearly that the Lord was with you; so we said, “There ought to be a sworn agreement between us” – between us and you. Let us make a treaty with you29 that you will do us no harm, just as we did not harm you but always treated you well and sent you away peacefully. And now you are blessed by the Lord.’30 Isaac then made a feast for them, and they ate and drank.31 Early the next morning the men swore an oath to each other. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they went away peacefully.32 That day Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. They said, ‘We’ve found water!’33 He called it Shibah,[6] and to this day the name of the town has been Beersheba.[7]34 When Esau was forty years old, he married Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and also Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.35 They were a source of grief to Isaac and Rebekah.