¹Orta autem fame super terram post eam sterilitatem,Then, when a famine arose over the land,quæ acciderat in diebus Abraham,after that barrenness which had happened in the days of Abraham,abiit Isaac ad Abimelech regem Palæstinorum in Gerara.Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Palestinians, in Gerar.

¹Orta autem fame super terram post eam sterilitatem,Then, when a famine arose over the land,quæ acciderat in diebus Abraham,after that barrenness which had happened in the days of Abraham,abiit Isaac ad Abimelech regem Palæstinorum in Gerara.Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Palestinians, in Gerar.

²Apparuitque ei Dominus,And the Lord appeared to him,et ait:and he said:Ne descendas in Ægyptum,“Do not descend into Egypt,sed quiesce in terra quam dixero tibi,but rest in the land that I will tell you,

²Apparuitque ei Dominus,And the Lord appeared to him,et ait:and he said:Ne descendas in Ægyptum,“Do not descend into Egypt,sed quiesce in terra quam dixero tibi,but rest in the land that I will tell you,

³et peregrinare in ea:and sojourn in it,eroque tecum,and I will be with you,et benedicam tibi:and I will bless you.tibi enim et semini tuo dabo universas regiones has,For to you and to your offspring I will give all these regions,complens juramentum quod spopondi Abraham patri tuo.completing the oath that I promised to Abraham your father.

³et peregrinare in ea:and sojourn in it,eroque tecum,and I will be with you,et benedicam tibi:and I will bless you.tibi enim et semini tuo dabo universas regiones has,For to you and to your offspring I will give all these regions,complens juramentum quod spopondi Abraham patri tuo.completing the oath that I promised to Abraham your father.

⁴Et multiplicabo semen tuum sicut stellas cæli:And I will multiply your offspring like the stars of heaven.daboque posteris tuis universas regiones has:And I will give to your posterity all these regions.et benedicentur in semine tuo omnes gentes terræ,And in your offspring all the nations of the earth will be blessed,

⁴Et multiplicabo semen tuum sicut stellas cæli:And I will multiply your offspring like the stars of heaven.daboque posteris tuis universas regiones has:And I will give to your posterity all these regions.et benedicentur in semine tuo omnes gentes terræ,And in your offspring all the nations of the earth will be blessed,

⁵eo quod obedierit Abraham voci meæ,because Abraham obeyed my voice,et custodierit præcepta et mandata mea,and kept my precepts and commandments,et cæremonias legesque servaverit.and observed the ceremonies and the laws.”

⁵eo quod obedierit Abraham voci meæ,because Abraham obeyed my voice,et custodierit præcepta et mandata mea,and kept my precepts and commandments,et cæremonias legesque servaverit.and observed the ceremonies and the laws.”

⁶Mansit itaque Isaac in Geraris.And so Isaac remained in Gerar.

⁶Mansit itaque Isaac in Geraris.And so Isaac remained in Gerar.

⁷Qui cum interrogaretur a viris loci illius super uxore sua,And when he was questioned by the men of that place about his wife,respondit:he answered,Soror mea est:“She is my sister.”timuerat enim confiteri quod sibi esset sociata conjugio,For he was afraid to confess her to be his mate,reputans ne forte interficerent eum propter illius pulchritudinem.thinking that perhaps they would put him to death because of her beauty.

⁷Qui cum interrogaretur a viris loci illius super uxore sua,And when he was questioned by the men of that place about his wife,respondit:he answered,Soror mea est:“She is my sister.”timuerat enim confiteri quod sibi esset sociata conjugio,For he was afraid to confess her to be his mate,reputans ne forte interficerent eum propter illius pulchritudinem.thinking that perhaps they would put him to death because of her beauty.

⁸Cumque pertransissent dies plurimi, et ibidem moraretur,And when very many days had passed, and he had remained in the same place,prospiciens Abimelech rex Palæstinorum per fenestram,Abimelech, king of the Palestinians, gazing through a window,vidit eum jocantem cum Rebecca uxore sua.saw him being playful with Rebekah, his wife.

⁸Cumque pertransissent dies plurimi, et ibidem moraretur,And when very many days had passed, and he had remained in the same place,prospiciens Abimelech rex Palæstinorum per fenestram,Abimelech, king of the Palestinians, gazing through a window,vidit eum jocantem cum Rebecca uxore sua.saw him being playful with Rebekah, his wife.

⁹Et accersito eo, ait:And summoning him, he said:Perspicuum est quod uxor tua sit:“It is clear that she is your wife.cur mentitus es eam sororem tuam esse?Why did you falsely claim her to be your sister?”Respondit:He answered,Timui ne morerer propter eam.“I was afraid, lest I might die because of her.”

⁹Et accersito eo, ait:And summoning him, he said:Perspicuum est quod uxor tua sit:“It is clear that she is your wife.cur mentitus es eam sororem tuam esse?Why did you falsely claim her to be your sister?”Respondit:He answered,Timui ne morerer propter eam.“I was afraid, lest I might die because of her.”

¹⁰Dixitque Abimelech:And Abimelech said:Quare imposuisti nobis?“Why have you burdened us?potuit coire quispiam de populo cum uxore tua,Someone from the people could have lain with your wife,et induxeras super nos grande peccatum.and you would have brought a great sin upon us.”Præcepitque omni populo,And he instructed all the people,dicens:saying,

¹⁰Dixitque Abimelech:And Abimelech said:Quare imposuisti nobis?“Why have you burdened us?potuit coire quispiam de populo cum uxore tua,Someone from the people could have lain with your wife,et induxeras super nos grande peccatum.and you would have brought a great sin upon us.”Præcepitque omni populo,And he instructed all the people,dicens:saying,

¹¹Qui tetigerit hominis hujus uxorem, morte morietur.“Whoever will touch the wife of this man will die a death.”

¹¹Qui tetigerit hominis hujus uxorem, morte morietur.“Whoever will touch the wife of this man will die a death.”

¹²Sevit autem Isaac in terra illa,Then Isaac sowed in that land, and he found,et invenit in ipso anno centuplum:in that same year, one hundredfold.benedixitque ei Dominus.And the Lord blessed him.

¹²Sevit autem Isaac in terra illa,Then Isaac sowed in that land, and he found,et invenit in ipso anno centuplum:in that same year, one hundredfold.benedixitque ei Dominus.And the Lord blessed him.

¹³Et locupletatus est homo,And the man was enriched,et ibat proficiens atque succrescens,and he continued prospering as well as increasing,donec magnus vehementer effectus est:until he became very great.

¹³Et locupletatus est homo,And the man was enriched,et ibat proficiens atque succrescens,and he continued prospering as well as increasing,donec magnus vehementer effectus est:until he became very great.

¹⁴habuit quoque possessiones ovium et armentorum,Likewise, he had possessions of sheep and of herds,et familiæ plurimum.and a very large family.Ob hoc invidentes ei Palæstini,Because of this, the Palestinians envied him,

¹⁴habuit quoque possessiones ovium et armentorum,Likewise, he had possessions of sheep and of herds,et familiæ plurimum.and a very large family.Ob hoc invidentes ei Palæstini,Because of this, the Palestinians envied him,

¹⁵omnes puteos,so,quos foderant servi patris illius Abraham,at that time,illo tempore obstruxerunt,they obstructed all the wells that the servants of his father Abraham had dug,implentes humo:filling them with soil.

¹⁵omnes puteos,so,quos foderant servi patris illius Abraham,at that time,illo tempore obstruxerunt,they obstructed all the wells that the servants of his father Abraham had dug,implentes humo:filling them with soil.

¹⁶in tantum, ut ipse Abimelech diceret ad Isaac:It reached a point where Abimelech himself said to Isaac,Recede a nobis,“Move away from us,quoniam potentior nobis factus es valde.for you have become very much more powerful than we.”

¹⁶in tantum, ut ipse Abimelech diceret ad Isaac:It reached a point where Abimelech himself said to Isaac,Recede a nobis,“Move away from us,quoniam potentior nobis factus es valde.for you have become very much more powerful than we.”

¹⁷Et ille discedens,And departing,ut veniret ad torrentem Geraræ,he then went toward the torrent of Gerar,habitaretque ibi,and he dwelt there.

¹⁷Et ille discedens,And departing,ut veniret ad torrentem Geraræ,he then went toward the torrent of Gerar,habitaretque ibi,and he dwelt there.

¹⁸rursum fodit alios puteos,Again, he dug up other wells,quos foderant servi patris sui Abraham,which the servants of his father Abraham had dug,et quos,and which,illo mortuo,after his death,olim obstruxerant Philisthiim:the Philistines had formerly obstructed.appellavitque eos eisdem nominibus quibus ante pater vocaverat.And he called them by the same names that his father had called them before.

¹⁸rursum fodit alios puteos,Again, he dug up other wells,quos foderant servi patris sui Abraham,which the servants of his father Abraham had dug,et quos,and which,illo mortuo,after his death,olim obstruxerant Philisthiim:the Philistines had formerly obstructed.appellavitque eos eisdem nominibus quibus ante pater vocaverat.And he called them by the same names that his father had called them before.

¹⁹Foderuntque in torrente,And they dug in the torrent,et repererunt aquam vivam.and they found living water.

¹⁹Foderuntque in torrente,And they dug in the torrent,et repererunt aquam vivam.and they found living water.

²⁰SedBut in that place also the shepherds of Gerar argued against the shepherds of Isaac,et ibi jurgium fuit pastorum Geraræ adversus pastores Isaac,by saying,dicentium:“It is our water.”Nostra est aqua,For this reason,quam ob rem nomen putei ex eo,he called the name of the well,quod acciderat,because of what had happened,vocavit Calumniam.‘Calumny.’

²⁰SedBut in that place also the shepherds of Gerar argued against the shepherds of Isaac,et ibi jurgium fuit pastorum Geraræ adversus pastores Isaac,by saying,dicentium:“It is our water.”Nostra est aqua,For this reason,quam ob rem nomen putei ex eo,he called the name of the well,quod acciderat,because of what had happened,vocavit Calumniam.‘Calumny.’

²¹Foderunt autemThen they dug up yet another one.et alium:And over that one also they fought,et pro illo quoque rixati sunt,and he called it,appellavitque eum Inimicitias.‘Enmity.’

²¹Foderunt autemThen they dug up yet another one.et alium:And over that one also they fought,et pro illo quoque rixati sunt,and he called it,appellavitque eum Inimicitias.‘Enmity.’

²²Profectus inde fodit alium puteum,Advancing from there, he dug another well,pro quo non contenderunt:over which they did not contend.itaque vocavit nomen ejus Latitudo,And so he called its name, ‘Latitude,’dicens:saying,Nunc dilatavit nos Dominus, et fecit crescere super terram.“Now the Lord has expanded us and caused us to increase across the land.”

²²Profectus inde fodit alium puteum,Advancing from there, he dug another well,pro quo non contenderunt:over which they did not contend.itaque vocavit nomen ejus Latitudo,And so he called its name, ‘Latitude,’dicens:saying,Nunc dilatavit nos Dominus, et fecit crescere super terram.“Now the Lord has expanded us and caused us to increase across the land.”

²³Ascendit autem ex illo loco in Bersabee,Then he ascended from that place into Beersheba,

²³Ascendit autem ex illo loco in Bersabee,Then he ascended from that place into Beersheba,

²⁴ubi apparuit ei Dominus in ipsa nocte,where the Lord appeared to him on the same night,dicens:saying:Ego sum Deus Abraham patris tui:“I am the God of Abraham your father.noli timere,Do not be afraid,quia ego tecum sum:for I am with you.benedicam tibi,I will bless you,et multiplicabo semen tuum propter servum meum Abraham.and I will multiply your offspring because of my servant Abraham.”

²⁴ubi apparuit ei Dominus in ipsa nocte,where the Lord appeared to him on the same night,dicens:saying:Ego sum Deus Abraham patris tui:“I am the God of Abraham your father.noli timere,Do not be afraid,quia ego tecum sum:for I am with you.benedicam tibi,I will bless you,et multiplicabo semen tuum propter servum meum Abraham.and I will multiply your offspring because of my servant Abraham.”

²⁵Itaque ædificavit ibi altare:And so he built an altar there.et invocato nomine Domini,And he invoked the name of the Lord,extendit tabernaculum,and he stretched out his tent.præcepitque servis suis ut foderent puteum.And he instructed his servants to dig a well.

²⁵Itaque ædificavit ibi altare:And so he built an altar there.et invocato nomine Domini,And he invoked the name of the Lord,extendit tabernaculum,and he stretched out his tent.præcepitque servis suis ut foderent puteum.And he instructed his servants to dig a well.

²⁶Ad quem locum cum venissent de Geraris Abimelech,When Abimelech, and Ahuzzath, his friend,et Ochozath amicus illius,and Phicol, the leader of the military,et Phicol dux militum,had arrived from Gerar to that place,

²⁶Ad quem locum cum venissent de Geraris Abimelech,When Abimelech, and Ahuzzath, his friend,et Ochozath amicus illius,and Phicol, the leader of the military,et Phicol dux militum,had arrived from Gerar to that place,

²⁷locutus est eis Isaac:Isaac said to them,Quid venistis ad me,“Why have you come to me,hominem quem odistis,a man whom you hate,et expulistis a vobis?and whom you have expelled from among you?”

²⁷locutus est eis Isaac:Isaac said to them,Quid venistis ad me,“Why have you come to me,hominem quem odistis,a man whom you hate,et expulistis a vobis?and whom you have expelled from among you?”

²⁸Qui responderunt:And they responded:Vidimus tecum esse Dominum,“We saw that the Lord is with you,et idcirco nos diximus:and therefore we said:Sit juramentum inter nos,Let there be an oath between us,et ineamus fœdus,and let us initiate a pact,

²⁸Qui responderunt:And they responded:Vidimus tecum esse Dominum,“We saw that the Lord is with you,et idcirco nos diximus:and therefore we said:Sit juramentum inter nos,Let there be an oath between us,et ineamus fœdus,and let us initiate a pact,

²⁹ut non facias nobis quidquam mali,so that you may not do us any kind of harm,sicutjust as we have touched nothing of yours,et nos nihil tuorum attigimus,and have not caused any injury to you,nec fecimus quod te læderet:but with peace we released you,sed cum pace dimisimus auctum benedictione Domini.augmented by the blessing of the Lord.”

²⁹ut non facias nobis quidquam mali,so that you may not do us any kind of harm,sicutjust as we have touched nothing of yours,et nos nihil tuorum attigimus,and have not caused any injury to you,nec fecimus quod te læderet:but with peace we released you,sed cum pace dimisimus auctum benedictione Domini.augmented by the blessing of the Lord.”

³⁰Fecit ergo eis convivium,Therefore,et post cibumhe made them a feast,et potumand after the food and drink,

³⁰Fecit ergo eis convivium,Therefore,et post cibumhe made them a feast,et potumand after the food and drink,

³¹surgentes mane,arising in the morning,juraverunt sibi mutuo:they swore to one another.dimisitque eos Isaac pacifice in locum suum.And Isaac sent them away peacefully to their own place.

³¹surgentes mane,arising in the morning,juraverunt sibi mutuo:they swore to one another.dimisitque eos Isaac pacifice in locum suum.And Isaac sent them away peacefully to their own place.

³²Ecce autem venerunt in ipso die servi Isaac annuntiantes ei de puteo, quem foderant, atque dicentes: Invenimus aquam.Then, behold, on the same day the servants of Isaac came, reporting to him about a well which they had dug, and saying: “We have found water.”

³²Ecce autem venerunt in ipso die servi Isaac annuntiantes ei de puteo, quem foderant, atque dicentes: Invenimus aquam.Then, behold, on the same day the servants of Isaac came, reporting to him about a well which they had dug, and saying: “We have found water.”

³³Unde appellavit eum Abundantiam:Therefore, he called it, ‘Abundance.’et nomen urbi impositum est Bersabee,And the name of the city was established as ‘Beersheba,’usque in præsentem diem.even to the present day.

³³Unde appellavit eum Abundantiam:Therefore, he called it, ‘Abundance.’et nomen urbi impositum est Bersabee,And the name of the city was established as ‘Beersheba,’usque in præsentem diem.even to the present day.

³⁴Esau vero quadragenarius duxit uxores,In truth, at forty years of age, Esau took wives:Judith filiam Beeri Hethæi,Judith, the daughter of Beeri, the Hittite,et Basemath filiam Elon ejusdem loci:and Basemath, the daughter of Elon, of the same place.

³⁴Esau vero quadragenarius duxit uxores,In truth, at forty years of age, Esau took wives:Judith filiam Beeri Hethæi,Judith, the daughter of Beeri, the Hittite,et Basemath filiam Elon ejusdem loci:and Basemath, the daughter of Elon, of the same place.

³⁵quæ ambæ offenderant animum Isaac et Rebeccæ.And they both offended the mind of Isaac and Rebekah.

³⁵quæ ambæ offenderant animum Isaac et Rebeccæ.And they both offended the mind of Isaac and Rebekah.