1And when a famine came in the land,…
2And the Lord appeared to him and said:…
3And sojourn in it, and I will be…
4And I will multiply thy seed like the…
5Because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my…
6So Isaac abode in Gerara.
7And when he was asked by the men…
8And when very many days were passed, and…
9And calling for him, he said: It is…
10And Abimelech said: Why hast thou deceived us?…
11He that shall touch this man’s wife, shall…
12And Isaac sowed in that land, and he…
13And the man was enriched, and he went…
14And he had possessions of sheep and of…
15Stopped up at that time all the wells,…
16Insomuch that Abimelech himself said to Isaac: Depart…
17So he departed and came to the torrent…
18And he digged again other wells, which the…
19And they digged in the torrent, and found…
20But there also the herdsmen of Gerara strove…
21And they digged also another; and for that…
22Going forward from thence, he digged another well,…
23And he went up from that place to…
24Where the Lord appeared to him that same…
25And he built there an altar: and called…
26To which place when Abimelech, and Ochozath his…
27Isaac said to them: Why are ye come…
28And they answered: We saw that the Lord…
29That thou do us no harm, as we…
30And he made them a feast, and after…
31Arising in the morning, they swore one to…
32And behold the same day the servants of…
33Whereupon he called it Abundance: and the name…
34And Esau being forty years old, married wives,…
35And they both offended the mind of Isaac…