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| 1 وَكَانَ فِي الأَرْضِ جُوعٌ غَيْرُ الْجُوعِ الأَوَّلِ الَّذِي كَانَ فِي أَيَّامِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، فَذَهَبَ إِسْحَاقُ إِلَى أَبِيمَالِكَ مَلِكِ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ، إِلَى جَرَارَ. | 1 And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar. |
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| 2 وَظَهَرَ لَهُ الرَّبُّ وَقَالَ: «لاَ تَنْزِلْ إِلَى مِصْرَ. اسْكُنْ فِي الأَرْضِ الَّتِي أَقُولُ لَكَ. | 2 And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: |
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| 3 تَغَرَّبْ فِي هذِهِ الأَرْضِ فَأَكُونَ مَعَكَ وَأُبَارِكَكَ، لأَنِّي لَكَ وَلِنَسْلِكَ أُعْطِي جَمِيعَ هذِهِ الْبِلاَدِ، وَأَفِي بِالْقَسَمِ الَّذِي أَقْسَمْتُ لإِبْرَاهِيمَ أَبِيكَ. | 3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father; |
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| 4 وَأُكَثِّرُ نَسْلَكَ كَنُجُومِ السَّمَاءِ، وَأُعْطِي نَسْلَكَ جَمِيعَ هذِهِ الْبِلاَدِ، وَتَتَبَارَكُ فِي نَسْلِكَ جَمِيعُ أُمَمِ الأَرْضِ، | 4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; |
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| 5 مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ سَمِعَ لِقَوْلِي وَحَفِظَ مَا يُحْفَظُ لِي: أَوَامِرِي وَفَرَائِضِي وَشَرَائِعِي». | 5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. |
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| 6 فَأَقَامَ إِسْحَاقُ فِي جَرَارَ. | 6 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar: |
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| 7 وَسَأَلَهُ أَهْلُ الْمَكَانِ عَنِ امْرَأَتِهِ، فَقَالَ: «هِيَ أُخْتِي». لأَنَّهُ خَافَ أَنْ يَقُولَ: «امْرَأَتِي» لَعَلَّ أَهْلَ الْمَكَانِ: «يَقْتُلُونَنِي مِنْ أَجْلِ رِفْقَةَ» لأَنَّهَا كَانَتْ حَسَنَةَ الْمَنْظَرِ. | 7 And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon. |
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8 وَحَدَثَ إِذْ طَالَتْ لَهُ الأَيَّامُ هُنَاكَ أَنَّ أَبِيمَالِكَ مَلِكَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ أَشْرَفَ مِنَ الْكُوَّةِ وَنَظَرَ، وَإِذَا إِسْحَاقُ يُلاَعِبُ رِفْقَةَ امْرَأَتَهُ.  | 8 And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife. |
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| 9 فَدَعَا أَبِيمَالِكُ إِسْحَاقَ وَقَالَ: «إِنَّمَا هِيَ امْرَأَتُكَ! فَكَيْفَ قُلْتَ: هِيَ أُخْتِي؟» فَقَالَ لَهُ إِسْحَاقُ: «لأَنِّي قُلْتُ: لَعَلِّي أَمُوتُ بِسَبَبِهَا». | 9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife; and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her. |
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| 10 فَقَالَ أَبِيمَالِكُ: «مَا هذَا الَّذِي صَنَعْتَ بِنَا؟ لَوْلاَ قَلِيلٌ لاضْطَجَعَ أَحَدُ الشَّعْبِ مَعَ امْرَأَتِكَ فَجَلَبْتَ عَلَيْنَا ذَنْبًا». | 10 And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us. |
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| 11 فَأَوْصَى أَبِيمَالِكُ جَمِيعَ الشَّعْبِ قَائِلاً: «الَّذِي يَمَسُّ هذَا الرَّجُلَ أَوِ امْرَأَتَهُ مَوْتًا يَمُوتُ». | 11 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death. |
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| 12 وَزَرَعَ إِسْحَاقُ فِي تِلْكَ الأَرْضِ فَأَصَابَ فِي تِلْكَ السَّنَةِ مِئَةَ ضِعْفٍ، وَبَارَكَهُ الرَّبُّ. | 12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him. |
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| 13 فَتَعَاظَمَ الرَّجُلُ وَكَانَ يَتَزَايَدُ فِي التَّعَاظُمِ حَتَّى صَارَ عَظِيمًا جِدًّا. | 13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great: |
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| 14 فَكَانَ لَهُ مَوَاشٍ مِنَ الْغَنَمِ وَمَوَاشٍ مِنَ الْبَقَرِ وَعَبِيدٌ كَثِيرُونَ. فَحَسَدَهُ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ. | 14 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him. |
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| 15 وَجَمِيعُ الآبَارِ، الَّتِي حَفَرَهَا عَبِيدُ أَبِيهِ فِي أَيَّامِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَبِيهِ، طَمَّهَا الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ وَمَلأُوهَا تُرَابًا. | 15 For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth. |
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| 16 وَقَالَ أَبِيمَالِكُ لإِسْحَاقَ: «اذْهَبْ مِنْ عِنْدِنَا لأَنَّكَ صِرْتَ أَقْوَى مِنَّا جِدًّا». | 16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we. |
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| 17 فَمَضَى إِسْحَاقُ مِنْ هُنَاكَ، وَنَزَلَ فِي وَادِي جَرَارَ وَأَقَامَ هُنَاكَ. | 17 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. |
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| 18 فَعَادَ إِسْحَاقُ وَنَبَشَ آبَارَ الْمَاءِ الَّتِي حَفَرُوهَا فِي أَيَّامِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَبِيهِ، وَطَمَّهَا الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِ أَبِيهِ، وَدَعَاهَا بِأَسْمَاءٍ كَالأَسْمَاءِ الَّتِي دَعَاهَا بِهَا أَبُوهُ. | 18 And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them. |
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| 19 وَحَفَرَ عَبِيدُ إِسْحَاقَ فِي الْوَادِي فَوَجَدُوا هُنَاكَ بِئْرَ مَاءٍ حَيٍّ. | 19 And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water. |
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| 20 فَخَاصَمَ رُعَاةُ جَرَارَ رُعَاةَ إِسْحَاقَ قَائِلِينَ: «لَنَا الْمَاءُ». فَدَعَا اسْمَ الْبِئْرِ «عِسِقَ» لأَنَّهُمْ نَازَعُوهُ. | 20 And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him. |
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| 21 ثُمَّ حَفَرُوا بِئْرًا أُخْرَى وَتَخَاصَمُوا عَلَيْهَا أَيْضًا، فَدَعَا اسْمَهَا «سِطْنَةَ». | 21 And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah. |
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| 22 ثُمَّ نَقَلَ مِنْ هُنَاكَ وَحَفَرَ بِئْرًا أُخْرَى وَلَمْ يَتَخَاصَمُوا عَلَيْهَا، فَدَعَا اسْمَهَا «رَحُوبُوتَ»، وَقَالَ: «إِنَّهُ الآنَ قَدْ أَرْحَبَ لَنَا الرَّبُّ وَأَثْمَرْنَا فِي الأَرْضِ». | 22 And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land. |
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| 23 ثُمَّ صَعِدَ مِنْ هُنَاكَ إِلَى بِئْرِ سَبْعٍ. | 23 And he went up from thence to Beersheba. |
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| 24 فَظَهَرَ لَهُ الرَّبُّ فِي تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةِ وَقَالَ: «أَنَا إِلهُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَبِيكَ. لاَ تَخَفْ لأَنِّي مَعَكَ، وَأُبَارِكُكَ وَأُكَثِّرُ نَسْلَكَ مِنْ أَجْلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَبْدِي». | 24 And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake. |
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| 25 فَبَنَى هُنَاكَ مَذْبَحًا وَدَعَا بِاسْمِ الرَّبِّ. وَنَصَبَ هُنَاكَ خَيْمَتَهُ، وَحَفَرَ هُنَاكَ عَبِيدُ إِسْحَاقَ بِئْرًا. | 25 And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well. |
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| 26 وَذَهَبَ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ جَرَارَ أَبِيمَالِكُ وَأَحُزَّاتُ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ وَفِيكُولُ رَئِيسُ جَيْشِهِ. | 26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army. |
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| 27 فَقَالَ لَهُمْ إِسْحَاقُ: «مَا بَالُكُمْ أَتَيْتُمْ إِلَيَّ وَأَنْتُمْ قَدْ أَبْغَضْتُمُونِي وَصَرَفْتُمُونِي مِنْ عِنْدِكُمْ؟» | 27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you? |
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| 28 فَقَالُوا: «إِنَّنَا قَدْ رَأَيْنَا أَنَّ الرَّبَّ كَانَ مَعَكَ، فَقُلْنَا: لِيَكُنْ بَيْنَنَا حَلْفٌ، بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكَ، وَنَقْطَعُ مَعَكَ عَهْدًا: | 28 And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee; |
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| 29 أَنْ لاَ تَصْنَعَ بِنَا شَرًّا، كَمَا لَمْ نَمَسَّكَ وَكَمَا لَمْ نَصْنَعْ بِكَ إِلاَّ خَيْرًا وَصَرَفْنَاكَ بِسَلاَمٍ. أَنْتَ الآنَ مُبَارَكُ الرَّبِّ». | 29 That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the LORD. |
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| 30 فَصَنَعَ لَهُمْ ضِيَافَةً، فَأَكَلُوا وَشَرِبُوا. | 30 And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink. |
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| 31 ثُمَّ بَكَّرُوا فِي الْغَدِ وَحَلَفُوا بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ، وَصَرَفَهُمْ إِسْحَاقُ. فَمَضَوْا مِنْ عِنْدِهِ بِسَلاَمٍ. | 31 And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace. |
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| 32 وَحَدَثَ فِي ذلِكَ الْيَوْمِ أَنَّ عَبِيدَ إِسْحَاقَ جَاءُوا وَأَخْبَرُوهُ عَنِ الْبِئْرِ الَّتِي حَفَرُوا، وَقَالُوا لَهُ: «قَدْ وَجَدْنَا مَاءً». | 32 And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water. |
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| 33 فَدَعَاهَا «شِبْعَةَ»، لِذلِكَ اسْمُ الْمَدِينَةِ بِئْرُ سَبْعٍ إِلَى هذَا الْيَوْمِ. | 33 And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day. |
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| 34 وَلَمَّا كَانَ عِيسُو ابْنَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً اتَّخَذَ زَوْجَةً: يَهُودِيتَ ابْنَةَ بِيرِي الْحِثِّيِّ، وَبَسْمَةَ ابْنَةَ إِيلُونَ الْحِثِّيِّ. | 34 And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite: |
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| 35 فَكَانَتَا مَرَارَةَ نَفْسٍ لإِسْحَاقَ وَرِفْقَةَ. | 35 Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah. |
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