Genesis 26

1 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.

1 在亞伯拉罕的日子，那地有一次饑荒；這時又有饑荒，以撒就往基拉耳去，到非利士人的王亞比米勒那裏。

2 The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Settle in the land where I tell you.

2 耶和華向以撒顯現，說：「你不要下埃及去，要住在我所指示你的地。

3 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.

3 你寄居在這地，我必與你同在，賜福給你，因為我要將這些地都賜給你和你的後裔。我必堅定我向你父亞伯拉罕所起的誓。

4 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,

4 我要加增你的後裔，像天上的星那樣多，又要將這些地都賜給你的後裔。並且地上萬國必因你的後裔得福－

5 because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”

5 都因亞伯拉罕聽從我的話，遵守我的吩咐和我的命令、律例、法度。」

6 So Isaac settled in Gerar.

6 以撒就住在基拉耳。

7 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.”

7 那地方的人問到他的妻子，他便說：「那是我的妹子。」原來他怕說：「是我的妻子」；他心裏想：「恐怕這地方的人為利百加的緣故殺我」，因為她容貌俊美。

8 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.

8 他在那裏住了許久。有一天，非利士人的王亞比米勒從窗戶裏往外觀看，見以撒和他的妻子利百加戲玩。

9 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.”

9 亞比米勒召了以撒來，對他說：「她實在是你的妻子，你怎麼說她是你的妹子？」以撒說：「我心裏想，恐怕我因她而死。」

10 “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.”

10 亞比米勒說：「你向我們做的是甚麼事呢？民中險些有人和你的妻同寢，把我們陷在罪裏。」

11 So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “Whoever harms this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”

11 於是亞比米勒曉諭眾民說：「凡沾着這個人，或是他妻子的，定要把他治死。」

12 Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,

12 以撒在那地耕種，那一年有百倍的收成。耶和華賜福給他，

13 and he became richer and richer, until he was exceedingly wealthy.

13 他就昌大，日增月盛，成了大富戶。

14 He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.

14 他有羊群牛群，又有許多僕人，非利士人就嫉妒他。

15 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.

15 當他父親亞伯拉罕在世的日子，他父親的僕人所挖的井，非利士人全都塞住，填滿了土。

16 Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us.”

16 亞比米勒對以撒說：「你離開我們去吧。因為你比我們強盛得多。」

17 So Isaac left that place and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there.

17 以撒就離開那裏，在基拉耳谷支搭帳棚，住在那裏。

18 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.

18 當他父親亞伯拉罕在世之日所挖的水井因非利士人在亞伯拉罕死後塞住了，以撒就重新挖出來，仍照他父親所叫的叫那些井的名字。

19 Then Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found a well of fresh water there.

19 以撒的僕人在谷中挖井，便得了一口活水井。

20 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.

20 基拉耳的牧人與以撒的牧人爭競，說：「這水是我們的。」以撒就給那井起名叫埃色 ，因為他們和他相爭。

21 Then they dug another well and quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.

21 以撒的僕人又挖了一口井，他們又為這井爭競，因此以撒給這井起名叫西提拿 。

22 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.”

22 以撒離開那裏，又挖了一口井，他們不為這井爭競了，他就給那井起名叫利河伯 。他說：「耶和華現在給我們寬闊之地，我們必在這地昌盛。」

23 From there Isaac went up to Beersheba,

23 以撒從那裏上別是巴去。

24 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.”

24 當夜耶和華向他顯現，說：「我是你父親亞伯拉罕的上帝，不要懼怕！因為我與你同在，要賜福給你，並要為我僕人亞伯拉罕的緣故，使你的後裔繁多。」

25 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.

25 以撒就在那裏築了一座壇，求告耶和華的名，並且支搭帳棚；他的僕人便在那裏挖了一口井。

26 Later, Abimelech came to Isaac from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army.

26 亞比米勒，同他的朋友亞戶撒和他的軍長非各，從基拉耳來見以撒。

27 “Why have you come to me?” Isaac asked them. “You hated me and sent me away.”

27 以撒對他們說：「你們既然恨我，打發我走了，為甚麼到我這裏來呢？」

28 “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

28 他們說：「我們明明地看見耶和華與你同在，便說，不如我們兩下彼此起誓，彼此立約，

29 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.”

29 使你不害我們，正如我們未曾害你，一味地厚待你，並且打發你平平安安地走。你是蒙耶和華賜福的了。」

30 So Isaac prepared a feast for them, and they ate and drank.

30 以撒就為他們設擺筵席，他們便吃了喝了。

31 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.

31 他們清早起來彼此起誓。以撒打發他們走，他們就平平安安地離開他走了。

32 On that same day, Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. “We have found water!” they told him.

32 那一天，以撒的僕人來，將挖井的事告訴他說：「我們得了水了。」

33 So he called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the city is Beersheba.

33 他就給那井起名叫示巴；因此那城叫做別是巴，直到今日。

34 When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.

34 以掃四十歲的時候娶了赫人比利的女兒猶滴，與赫人以倫的女兒巴實抹為妻。

35 And they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.

35 她們常使以撒和利百加心裏愁煩。