2. And the Lord appeared to him, and he said: "Do not descend into Egypt, but rest in the land that I will tell you,
3. and sojourn in it, and I will be with you, and I will bless you. For to you and to your offspring I will give all these regions, completing the oath that I promised to Abraham your father.
4. And I will multiply your offspring like the stars of heaven. And I will give to your posterity all these regions. And in your offspring all the nations of the earth will be blessed,
5. because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my precepts and commandments, and observed the ceremonies and the laws."
6. And so Isaac remained in Gerar.
7. And when he was questioned by the men of that place about his wife, he answered, "She is my sister." For he was afraid to confess her to be his mate, thinking that perhaps they would put him to death because of her beauty.
8. And when very many days had passed, and he had remained in the same place, Abimelech, king of the Palestinians, gazing through a window, saw him being playful with Rebekah, his wife.
9. And summoning him, he said: "It is clear that she is your wife. Why did you falsely claim her to be your sister?" He answered, "I was afraid, lest I might die because of her."
10. And Abimelech said: "Why have you burdened us? Someone from the people could have lain with your wife, and you would have brought a great sin upon us." And he instructed all the people, saying,
11. "Whoever will touch the wife of this man will die a death."
12. Then Isaac sowed in that land, and he found, in that same year, one hundredfold. And the Lord blessed him.
13. And the man was enriched, and he continued prospering as well as increasing, until he became very great.
14. Likewise, he had possessions of sheep and of herds, and a very large family. Because of this, the Palestinians envied him,
15. so, at that time, they obstructed all the wells that the servants of his father Abraham had dug, filling them with soil.