1. And there is a famine in the land, besides the first famine which was in the days of Abraham, and Isaac goeth unto Abimelech king of the Philistines, to Gerar.
2. And Jehovah appeareth unto him, and saith, `Go not down towards Egypt, tabernacle in the land concerning which I speak unto thee,
3. sojourn in this land, and I am with thee, and bless thee, for to thee and to thy seed I give all these lands, and I have established the oath which I have sworn to Abraham thy father;
4. and I have multiplied thy seed as stars of the heavens, and I have given to thy seed all these lands; and blessed themselves in thy seed have all nations of the earth;
5. because that Abraham hath hearkened to My voice, and keepeth My charge, My commands, My statutes, and My laws.'
6. And Isaac dwelleth in Gerar;
7. and men of the place ask him of his wife, and he saith, `She [is] my sister:' for he hath been afraid to say, `My wife--lest the men of the place kill me for Rebekah, for she [is] of good appearance.'
8. And it cometh to pass, when the days have been prolonged to him there, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looketh through the window, and seeth, and lo, Isaac is playing with Rebekah his wife.
9. And Abimelech calleth for Isaac, and saith, `Lo, she [is] surely thy wife; and how hast thou said, She [is] my sister?' and Isaac saith unto him, `Because I said, Lest I die for her.'
10. And Abimelech saith, `What [is] this thou hast done to us? as a little thing one of the people had lain with thy wife, and thou hadst brought upon us guilt;'
11. and Abimelech commandeth all the people, saying, `He who cometh against this man or against his wife, dying doth die.'
12. And Isaac soweth in that land, and findeth in that year a hundredfold, and Jehovah blesseth him;
13. and the man is great, and goeth on, going on and becoming great, till that he hath been very great,
14. and he hath possession of a flock, and possession of a herd, and an abundant service; and the Philistines envy him,
15. and all the wells which his father's servants digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines have stopped them, and fill them with dust.