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Bereshis 26:6-16 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

6. And Yitzchak dwelt in Gerar;

7. And the anshei hamakom asked him about his isha; and he said, She is my achot; for he feared to say, She is my isha; lest, said he, the anshei hamakom should kill me for Rivkah; because she was beautiful to look upon.

8. And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Avimelech Melech Pelishtim (Philistines) looked out at a chalon, and saw, and, hinei, Yitzchak metzachek (was caressing) Rivkah his isha.

9. And Avimelech called Yitzchak, and said, Hinei, of a surety she is thy isha; and why saidst thou, She is my achot? And Yitzchak said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die because of her.

10. And Avimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have slept with thy isha, and thou shouldest have brought asham (guilt) upon us.

11. And Avimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his isha shall surely be put to death.

12. Then Yitzchak sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year a hundredfold; and Hashem blessed him.

13. And the man became very prosperous, and went forward, and grew until he became gadol me'od:

14. For he had possession of tzon, and possession of herds, and many avadim; and the Pelishtim envied him.

15. For all the wells which avdei aviv had dug in the days of Avraham aviv, the Pelishtim had stopped them up, and filled them with dirt.

16. And Avimelech said unto Yitzchak, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.

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