98 llaak denieth his wife. G E N. XXVI, liaaks VVe11s. I CHAP. XXVI. I, Ifaakjecaufe offamine goetb to Gerar ; 2, God biddeth him, not gee ima ypt, but dwell in theland ; and promifeth him theWelling' of Abraham. 7, Ifaak, denied) hit wife, 9, Abimelech aberefore repror eth him. /2, He grower), rich. 18, He diggeth three welle,Efek, Sitndi,and Recbohoth. 23, Abimelecb mal4etb a covenant . with bins at Bee rfbeba. 34, Elam wives. ANd there was a famine, in the land ; betides the firft famine, which was in in the daies of Abraham : And Ifaak went unto Abimelech King of the Philittims 2 unto Gerar. And Jehovah, appeared unto him ; and faid,Goe not downe into Ægypt: dwell in the land which I that fay unto thee. 3 Sojourne in this land ; and I will bee with thee, and will bleffe thee : for to thee and to thy feed, will I give all thefe lands ; and I will ftablifh the oath,which I fware unto A- q, braham thy father. And I will multiply thy feed, as the flarres of the heavens : and will give unto thy feed, all théfe lands : and in thy feed, all nations of the earth (hall bleffe S themfelves. Becaufe that Abraham obeyed my voice: and kept my charge, my corn. mandements, my ftatutes aid my lawes. 6 And Ifaak dwelt, in Gerar. And the men of 7 the place, asked of his wife ; and he faid,fhe is my fiftert for he feared to fay my wife,left the men of the place fhould kill me for Re- bekah, becaufe thee was of a good counre- 8 nance. And it was, when the dales had been prolonged by him there ; that Abimelech King of the Philifims, looked out through a window : and Paw, and behold Ifaakwas 9 (porting, with Rebekah his wife. And Abi- melech called Ifaak,and faid, Behold furely, the :idly wife; and how faydeftthou, the rs my fihtere.And Ifaak laid unto him;Becaufe 10 I (aid, left I die for her. And Abimelech faid; what is this thou haft done untous:' one of the people might lightly have lyen with thy wife, and thou fhouldeft have brought upon us guiltineffe.' And Abime- lech commanded all thepeople, laying : he that toucheth this man,or his wife,dying he 12 (hall be put to death. And Ifaak fowed, in that land ; and found in that yeare, an hun- dred meafures: and Jehovah bleffed him. 13 And the man waxed - great; and went go- ing-on, and waxing - great; untill hce was waxed - great, exceedingly. And he had pof- II 14 fef'ion of llockes,& polfeffion of herds, and much husbandry: and the Philillims envied him. And all the wells which his fathers lervants had digged, in the dayes of Abra- ham his father:the Philiflimsflopped them, and filled themwith duff. And Abimelech Paid, unto Ifaak : Goe frota us, for thou art very-much mightier then wee. And Ifaak went from thence: and pitched in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. And Ifaak re- turned,& digged the wells of water; which they had digged, in the dayes of Abraham his father, and the Phililtims had flopped them,afterthe death of Abraham : and lice called their names, according to the names that his father had called them. And Ifaaks fervants digged in the valley : and found therea well of living waters. Andthe herd - men of Gerar did ftrive with the herdmen of Ifaak, Paying, The waterw ours : and he called the name of the well, Efek ; becaufe they contended with him. And they digged another well ; and they 'trove alto for it : and he called the name of ir, Sitnah. And hee removed from thence, and digged ano- ther well ; and they (trove not fer it : and he called the name of it, Rechoboth; and hee faid, for now Jehovah bath made-roorne for us, and we !hall be fruirfull in the land. And 23 he went upfrom thence,toBeei*eba. And 24 Jehovah appeared unto him,the fame night; and faid, ram the God of Abraham thy fa- ther :feare not, for I am with thee ; and will bleffe thee, and multiply thy feed, for my fervant Abrahams fake. And hee builded 25 there an altar, and called on the name of Je- hovah ; and íhetched -out there, his tent : and there Ifaaks feivantsdigged awel. And 26 Abimelech went unto him, from Gerar: and Achuzzath his friend, and Phicol, the Prince of his army. And lfaak faid unto them ; wherefore come ye unto me : and ye hateme, and have lentme away from you e And they laid, Seeing we have feen,that Je- hovah is with thee ; and we faid, Let there now bee an oath- of execration betwixt t s, betwixt us and thee; and let us (Irike a cove- nant with thee. If thou (halt doe unto us evill,as we have not touched thee,and as we have done unto thee, but -only good, and have Pent thee away in Feace : thounow,the bleffed of Jehovah. And he made unto them a banquet; and they did ease and drinke. And they rote early in the morning, and fware each -man to his brother : and Ifaak fcntthem away, and they went 'tern him, in Ig 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 27 29 3° 31 /~//111111
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