Liber Genesis, 26

1. orta autem fame super terram post eam sterilitatem quæ acciderat in diebus Abraham abiit Isaac ad Abimelech regem Palestinorum in Gerara

1. And when a famine came in the land, after that barrenness which had happened in the days of Abraham, Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Palestines to Gerara.

2. apparuitque ei Dominus et ait ne descendas in Ægyptum sed quiesce in terra quam dixero tibi

2. And the Lord appeared to him and said: Go not down into Egypt, but stay in the land that I shall tell thee.

3. et peregrinare in ea eroque tecum et benedicam tibi tibi enim et semini tuo dabo universas regiones has conplens juramentum quod spopondi Abraham patri tuo

3. And sojourn in it, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee: for to thee and to thy seed I will give all these countries, to fulfill the oath which I swore to Abraham thy father.

4. et multiplicabo semen tuum sicut stellas cæli daboque posteris tuis universas regiones has et benedicentur in semine tuo omnes gentes terræ

4. And I will multiply thy seed like the stars of heaven: and I will give to thy posterity all these countries: and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.

5. eo quod obœdierit Abraham voci meæ et custodierit præcepta et mandata mea et cærimonias legesque servaverit

5. Because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my precepts and commandments, and observed my ceremonies and laws.

6. mansit itaque Isaac in Geraris

6. So Isaac abode in Gerara.

7. qui cum interrogaretur a viris loci illius super uxore sua respondit soror mea est timuerat enim confiteri quod sibi esset sociata coniugio reputans ne forte interficerent eum propter illius pulchritudinem

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. cumque pertransissent dies plurimi et ibi demoraretur prospiciens Abimelech Palestinorum rex per fenestram vidit eum jocantem cum Rebecca uxore sua

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. et accersito ait perspicuum est quod uxor tua sit cur mentitus es sororem tuam esse respondit timui ne morerer propter eam

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. dixitque Abimelech quare inposuisti nobis potuit coire quispiam de populo cum uxore tua et induxeras super nos grande peccatum præcepitque omni populo dicens

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. qui tetigerit hominis hujus uxorem morte morietur

11. He that shall touch this man's wife, shall surely be put to death.

12. seruit autem Isaac in terra illa et invenit in ipso anno centuplum benedixitque ei Dominus

12. And Isaac sowed in that land, and he found that same year a hundredfold: and the Lord blessed him.

13. et locupletatus est homo et ibat proficiens atque succrescens donec magnus vehementer effectus est

13. And the man was enriched, and he went on prospering and increasing, till he became exceeding great:

14. habuit quoque possessionem ovium et armentorum et familiæ plurimum ob hæc invidentes ei Palestini

14. And he had possessions of sheep and of herds, and a very great family. Wherefore the Palestines envying him,

15. omnes puteos quos foderant servi patris illius Abraham illo tempore obstruxerunt implentes humo

15. Stopped up at that time all the wells, that the servants of his father Abraham had digged, filling them up with earth:

16. in tantum ut ipse Abimelech diceret ad Isaac recede a nobis quoniam potentior nostri factus es valde

16. Insomuch that Abimelech himself said to Isaac: Depart from us, for thou art become much mightier than we.

17. et ille discedens veniret ad torrentem Geraræ habitaretque ibi

17. So he departed and came to the torrent of Gerara, to dwell there:

18. rursum fodit alios puteos quos foderant servi patris sui Abraham et quos illo mortuo olim obstruxerant Philisthim appellavitque eos hisdem nominibus quibus ante pater vocaverat

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. foderunt in torrente et reppererunt aquam vivam

19. And they digged in the torrent, and found living water.

20. sed et ibi jurgium fuit pastorum Geraræ adversum pastores Isaac dicentium nostra est aqua quam ob rem nomen putei ex eo quod acciderat vocavit Calumniam

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.

21. foderunt et alium et pro illo quoque rixati sunt appellavitque eum Inimicitias

21. And they digged also another; and for that they quarreled likewise, and he called the name of it, Enmity.

22. profectus inde fodit alium puteum pro quo non contenderunt itaque vocavit nomen illius Latitudo dicens nunc dilatavit nos Dominus et fecit crescere super terram

22. Going forward from thence, he digged another well, for which they contended not: therefore he called the name thereof, Latitude, saying: Now hath the Lord given us room, and made us to increase upon the earth.

23. ascendit autem ex illo loco in Bersabee

23. And he went up from that place to Bersabee,

24. ubi apparuit ei Dominus in ipsa nocte dicens ego sum Deus Abraham patris tui noli metuere quia tecum sum benedicam tibi et multiplicabo semen tuum propter servum meum Abraham

24. Where the Lord appeared to him that same might, saying: I am the God of Abraham thy father; do not fear, for I am with thee: I will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake.

25. itaque ædificavit ibi altare et invocato nomine Domini extendit tabernaculum præcepitque servis suis ut foderent puteum

25. And he built there an altar: and called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent: and commanded his servants to dig a well.

26. ad quem locum cum venissent de Geraris Abimelech et Ochozath amicus illius et Fichol dux militum

26. To which place when Abimelech, and Ochozath his friend, and Phicol chief captain of his soldiers came from Gerara,

27. locutus est eis Isaac quid venistis ad me hominem quem odistis et expulistis a vobis

27. Isaac said to them: Why are ye come to me, a man whom you hate, and have thrust out from you?

28. qui responderunt vidimus tecum esse Dominum et idcirco nunc diximus sit juramentum inter nos et ineamus fœdus

28. And they answered: We saw that the Lord is with thee, and therefore we said: Let there be an oath between us, and let us make a covenant,

29. ut non facias nobis quicquam mali sicut et nos nihil tuorum adtigimus nec fecimus quod te læderet sed cum pace dimisimus auctum benedictione Domini

29. That thou do us no harm, as we on our part have touched nothing of thine, nor have done any thing to hurt thee: but with peace have sent thee away increased with the blessing of the Lord.

30. fecit ergo eis convivium et post cibum et potum

30. And he made them a feast, and after they had eaten and drunk:

31. surgentes mane juraverunt sibi mutuo dimisitque eos Isaac pacifice in locum suum

31. Arising in the morning, they swore one to another: and Isaac sent them away peaceably to their own home.

32. ecce autem venerunt in ipso die servi Isaac adnuntiantes ei de puteo quem foderant atque dicentes invenimus aquam

32. And behold the same day the servants of Isaac came, telling him of a well which they had digged, and saying: We have found water.

33. unde appellavit eum Abundantiam et nomen urbi inpositum est Bersabee usque in præsentem diem

33. Whereupon he called it Abundance: and the name of the city was called Bersabee, even to this day.

34. Esau vero quadragenarius duxit uxores Judith filiam Beeri Hetthei et Basemath filiam Helon ejusdem loci

34. And Esau being forty years old, married wives, Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hethite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon of the same place.

35. quæ ambæ offenderant animum Isaac et Rebeccæ

35. And they both offended the mind of Isaac and Rebecca.