7. And when he was asked by the men of that place, concerning his wife, he answered: She is my sister; for he was afraid to confess that she was his wife, thinking lest perhaps they would like him because of her beauty.
8. And when very many days were passed, and he abode there, Abimelech king of the Palestines looking out through a window, saw him playing with Rebecca his wife.
9. And calling for him, he said: It is evident she is thy wife: why didst thou feign her to be thy sister? He answered: I feared lest I should die for her sake.
10. And Abimelech said: Why hadst thou deceived us? Some man of the people might have lain with thy wife, and thou hadst brought upon us a great sin. And he commanded all the people, saying:
11. He that shall touch this man's wife, shall surely be put to death.
12. And Isaac sowed in that land, and he found that same year a hundredfold: and the Lord blessed him.
13. And the man was enriched, and he went on prospering and increasing, till he became exceeding great:
14. And he had possessions of sheep and of herds, and a very great family. Wherefore the Palestines envying him,
15. Stopped up at that time all the wells, that the servants of his father Abraham had digged, filling them up with earth:
16. Insomuch that Abimelech himself said to Isaac: Depart from us, for thou art become much mightier than we.
17. So he departed and came to the torrent of Gerara, to dwell there:
18. And he digged again other wells, which the servants of his father Abraham had digged, and which, after his death, the Palestines had of old stopped up: and he called them by the same names by which his father before had called them.
19. And they digged in the torrent, and found living water.
20. But there also the herdsmen of Gerara strove against the herdsmen of Isaac, saying: It is our water. Wherefore he called the name of the well, on occasion of that which had happened, Calumny.