Genesis - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 25

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IO II tincs was looking out of his window, when he saw isaac sporting with his wife Rebokka, Abimzilck therefore Now she is your wife!-——then why did you say to me ‘she is my sister' Because I

said to myself, I fear they will kill me because of her.? ‘ Why did you do so to us? ’

perhaps one of the people might have Iain with your wife, and you would have brought sin Abimalek, therefore, com- manded to all his people, saying, ‘ Whoever touches this man, he shall as surely die.’ man: guns in Qnslyatz muh (hlszivlyzrz. 16 18 20 21 22 Isaac, however, removed from that

country, and went to Bashan, he and his possessions, and the lE`.vER—L1VING prospered _ him, Thus the man travelled about and increased until he was very great. He also had Hocks of sheep and herds of cattle, and many servants, and the Philistines were envious of him; so the Philis- tines hlled with earth all the wells that the servants of his father Abra· ham had dug in his days. Abimalek, Go from among us, for you are much stronger than Solsaac went from there, and encamped by the river Gherar, and remained there. Isaac, also, settled, and cleared out the- wells of water which were dug in the time of his father Abraham, and he called them by the names they were called in the days of his father. The servants of Isaac also dug in the valley and dis- covered there a spring of living water. But the shepherds of Gherar con- tended with the shepherds of Isaac, so he called the name of the well Strife, because they disputed with him. He therefore dug another well, and they contended about that also, so he called its name Contention. He then. removed from there, and dug another well, and they did not iight over it, so Now, LORD, You have given us room, and made us fruitful Afterwards he arose from there and went to the Well of the Oath, And the Evanmivme appeared to

I am the GOD of your father Abraham; fear not; I am with you, and will bless you ” and increase your race, because of My servant Abraham} Then he built an altar at the place 25 and called on the name of the EvBR· LIVING : and he pitched his tent there. The servants of Isaac also dug awell. But Abimalek went to him from

Gherar, with his chief herdsman, and Pikol, the general of his army. Isaac, Why have you come to me? when you are my enemies, and have driven me from among you ?' We are terribly

afraid, because GOD is with you : so we would say, letthere now be an under- standing between us and you, and let a treaty be made with you so that youwill not do wrong to us, if we do not touch you, and as we have cer- tainly done good to you, and sent you away in peace. You are now The Blessed of the Evan-Lrv11vG.’ I-Ie therefore made them a feast,

and they ate and drank, and rose up in the morning when they swore each to his brother. Then Isaac sent them 26 28 away, and. they went from him in peace, In the same day also the 32 servants of Isaac came and informed him about the well which they had We have found Satis· 33 Consequently the name of the village by that well is called Satisfaction! to this day. Eb: ihizturg uf ®s¤u; mth uf §ar¤h’s Qzrzptimt. When Esau was forty years old, he 34 took as a wife ]udith the daughter of Bari the Hitite; and Basmath the daughter of Ailon the Hitite. But 35 they were a bitter wind to Isaac and Rebekka. And when Isaac, was old, and his 27 eyes dim that he could not see, he called his eldest son Esau, and said ;and he replied; See now, I am old, and I know not the day of my death ;. so now take up your spear, quiver, and bow, and go to the held and hunt venison for me, and make me tasty food such as I love, and bring it to me, and I will eat it, so that my soul may bless you before I die.’ But Rebekka heard the speech of

Isaac to Esau his son, and that Esau 1 Shebeh, in Hebrew.-—F. F.