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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.
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orta autem fame super terram post eam sterilitatem quae acciderat in diebus Abraham abiit Isaac ad Abimelech regem Palestinorum in Gerara
2 The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land where I tell you to live.
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apparuitque ei Dominus et ait ne descendas in Aegyptum sed quiesce in terra quam dixero tibi
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.
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et peregrinare in ea eroque tecum et benedicam tibi tibi enim et semini tuo dabo universas regiones has conplens iuramentum quod spopondi Abraham patri tuo
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 all nations on earth will be blessed,
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et multiplicabo semen tuum sicut stellas caeli daboque posteris tuis universas regiones has et benedicentur in semine tuo omnes gentes terrae
5 because Abraham obeyed me and did everything I required of him, keeping my commands, my decrees and my instructions.”
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eo quod oboedierit Abraham voci meae et custodierit praecepta et mandata mea et caerimonias legesque servaverit
6 So Isaac stayed in Gerar.
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mansit itaque Isaac in Geraris
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.”
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qui cum interrogaretur a viris loci illius super uxore sua respondit soror mea est timuerat enim confiteri quod sibi esset sociata coniugio reputans ne forte interficerent eum propter illius pulchritudinem
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.
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cumque pertransissent dies plurimi et ibi demoraretur prospiciens Abimelech Palestinorum rex per fenestram vidit eum iocantem cum Rebecca uxore sua
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.”
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et accersito ait perspicuum est quod uxor tua sit cur mentitus es sororem tuam esse respondit timui ne morerer propter eam
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.”
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dixitque Abimelech quare inposuisti nobis potuit coire quispiam de populo cum uxore tua et induxeras super nos grande peccatum praecepitque omni populo dicens
11 So Abimelek gave orders to all the people: “Anyone who harms this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.”
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qui tetigerit hominis huius uxorem morte morietur
12 Isaac planted crops in that land and the same year reaped a hundredfold, because the LORD blessed him.
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seruit autem Isaac in terra illa et invenit in ipso anno centuplum benedixitque ei Dominus
13 The man became rich, and his wealth continued to grow until he became very wealthy.
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et locupletatus est homo et ibat proficiens atque succrescens donec magnus vehementer effectus est
14 He had so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.
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habuit quoque possessionem ovium et armentorum et familiae plurimum ob haec invidentes ei Palestini
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.
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omnes puteos quos foderant servi patris illius Abraham illo tempore obstruxerunt implentes humo
16 Then Abimelek said to Isaac, “Move away from us; you have become too powerful for us.”
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in tantum ut ipse Abimelech diceret ad Isaac recede a nobis quoniam potentior nostri factus es valde
17 So Isaac moved away from there and encamped in the Valley of Gerar, where he settled.
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et ille discedens veniret ad torrentem Gerarae habitaretque ibi
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.
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rursum fodit alios puteos quos foderant servi patris sui Abraham et quos illo mortuo olim obstruxerant Philisthim appellavitque eos hisdem nominibus quibus ante pater vocaverat
19 Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and discovered a well of fresh water there.
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foderunt in torrente et reppererunt aquam vivam
20 But the herders of Gerar quarreled with those of Isaac and said, “The water is ours!” So he named the well Esek, because they disputed with him.
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sed et ibi iurgium fuit pastorum Gerarae adversum pastores Isaac dicentium nostra est aqua quam ob rem nomen putei ex eo quod acciderat vocavit Calumniam
21 Then they dug another well, but they quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.
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foderunt et alium et pro illo quoque rixati sunt appellavitque eum Inimicitias
22 He moved on from there and dug another well, and no one quarreled over it. He named it Rehoboth, saying, “Now the LORD has given us room and we will flourish in the land.”
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profectus inde fodit alium puteum pro quo non contenderunt itaque vocavit nomen illius Latitudo dicens nunc dilatavit nos Dominus et fecit crescere super terram
23 From there he went up to Beersheba.
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ascendit autem ex illo loco in Bersabee
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.”
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ubi apparuit ei Dominus in ipsa nocte dicens ego sum Deus Abraham patris tui noli metuere quia tecum sum benedicam tibi et multiplicabo semen tuum propter servum meum 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.
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itaque aedificavit ibi altare et invocato nomine Domini extendit tabernaculum praecepitque servis suis ut foderent puteum
26 Meanwhile, Abimelek had come to him from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his personal adviser and Phicol the commander of his forces.
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ad quem locum cum venissent de Geraris Abimelech et Ochozath amicus illius et Fichol dux militum
27 Isaac asked them, “Why have you come to me, since you were hostile to me and sent me away?”
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locutus est eis Isaac quid venistis ad me hominem quem odistis et expulistis a vobis
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 you
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qui responderunt vidimus tecum esse Dominum et idcirco nunc diximus sit iuramentum inter nos et ineamus foedus
29 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.”
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ut non facias nobis quicquam mali sicut et nos nihil tuorum adtigimus nec fecimus quod te laederet sed cum pace dimisimus auctum benedictione Domini
30 Isaac then made a feast for them, and they ate and drank.
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fecit ergo eis convivium et post cibum et potum
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.
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surgentes mane iuraverunt sibi mutuo dimisitque eos Isaac pacifice in locum suum
32 That day Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. They said, “We’ve found water!”
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ecce autem venerunt in ipso die servi Isaac adnuntiantes ei de puteo quem foderant atque dicentes invenimus aquam
33 He called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the town has been Beersheba.
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unde appellavit eum Abundantiam et nomen urbi inpositum est Bersabee usque in praesentem diem
34 When Esau was forty years old, he married Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and also Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.
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Esau vero quadragenarius duxit uxores Iudith filiam Beeri Hetthei et Basemath filiam Helon eiusdem loci
35 They were a source of grief to Isaac and Rebekah.
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quae ambae offenderant animum Isaac et Rebeccae
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