There was a famine in the land—aside from the previous famine that had occurred in the days of Abraham—and Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, in Gerar.
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ויהי
31
רעב
272
בארץ
293
מלבד
76
הרעב
277
הראשון
562
אשר
501
היה
20
בימי
62
אברהם
248
וילך
66
יצחק
208
אלאבימלך
134
מלךפלשתים
950
גררה
408
Genesis 26:2
Gematria: 3033
ויראאליויהוהויאמראלתרדמצרימהשכןבארץאשראמראליך
יהוה had appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; stay in the land which I point out to you.
Reside in this land, and I will be with you and bless you; I will assign all these lands to you and to your heirs, fulfilling the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.
I will make your heirs as numerous as the stars of heaven, and assign to your heirs all these lands, so that all the nations of the earth shall bless themselves by your heirs—
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והרביתי
633
אתזרעך
698
ככוכבי
78
השמים
395
ונתתי
866
לזרעך
327
את
401
כלהארצת
746
האל
36
והתברכו
639
בזרעך
299
כל
50
גויי
29
הארץ
296
Genesis 26:5
Gematria: 5111
עקבאשרשמעאברהםבקליוישמרמשמרתימצותיחקותיותורתי
inasmuch as Abraham obeyed Me and kept My charge: My commandments, My laws, and My teachings.”
When the local leaders local leaders Or “locals.” Heb. ’anshe ha-maqom; NJPS “the men of the place.” Cf., e.g., Gen. 34.20; Judg. 8.15–17. See the Dictionary under ’ish. asked him about his wife, he said, “She is my sister,” for he was afraid to say “my wife,” thinking, “The local leaders might kill me on account of Rebekah, for she is beautiful.”
Abimelech sent for Isaac and said, “So she is your wife! Why then did you say: ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac said to him, “Because I thought I might lose my life on account of her.”
Abimelech said, “What have you done to us! One of the men men NJPS “people.” See the Dictionary under ‘am. might have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.”
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ויאמר
257
אבימלך
103
מהזאת
453
עשית
780
לנו
86
כמעט
139
שכב
322
אחד
13
העם
115
אתאשתך
1122
והבאת
414
עלינו
166
אשם
341
Genesis 26:11
Gematria: 3127
ויצואבימלךאתכלהעםלאמרהנגעבאישהזהובאשתומותיומת
Abimelech then charged all the people, saying, “Anyone who molests this man or his wife shall be put to death.”
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ויצו
112
אבימלך
103
אתכלהעם
566
לאמר
271
הנגע
128
באיש
313
הזה
17
ובאשתו
715
מות
446
יומת
456
Genesis 26:12
Gematria: 2273
ויזרעיצחקבארץההואוימצאבשנהההואמאהשעריםויברכהויהוה
Isaac sowed in that land and reaped a hundredfold the same year. יהוה blessed him,
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ויזרע
293
יצחק
208
בארץ
293
ההוא
17
וימצא
147
בשנה
357
ההוא
17
מאה
46
שערים
620
ויברכהו
249
יהוה
26
Genesis 26:13
Gematria: 725
ויגדלהאישוילךהלוךוגדלעדכיגדלמאד
and the man grew richer and richer until he was very wealthy:
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ויגדל
53
האיש
316
וילך
66
הלוך
61
וגדל
43
עד
74
כיגדל
67
מאד
45
Genesis 26:14
Gematria: 2640
ויהילומקנהצאןומקנהבקרועבדהרבהויקנאואתופלשתים
he acquired flocks and herds, and a large household, so that the Philistines envied him.
Isaac dug anew the wells which had been dug in the days of his father Abraham and which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham’s death; and he gave them the same names that his father had given them.
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וישב
318
יצחק
208
ויחפר
304
אתבארת
1004
המים
95
אשר
501
חפרו
294
בימי
62
אברהם
248
אביו
19
ויסתמום
562
פלשתים
860
אחרי
219
מות
446
אברהם
248
ויקרא
317
להן
85
שמות
746
כשמת
760
אשרקרא
802
להן
85
אביו
19
Genesis 26:19
Gematria: 1548
ויחפרועבדייצחקבנחלוימצאושםבארמיםחיים
But when Isaac’s servants, digging in the wadi, found there a well of spring water,
the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, “The water is ours.” He named that well Esek, Esek I.e., “contention.” because they contended with him.
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ויריבו
234
רעי
280
גרר
403
עםרעי
390
יצחק
208
לאמר
271
לנו
86
המים
95
ויקרא
317
שםהבאר
548
עשק
470
כי
30
התעשקו
881
עמו
116
Genesis 26:21
Gematria: 2540
ויחפרובאראחרתויריבוגםעליהויקראשמהשטנה
And when they dug another well, they disputed over that one also; so he named it Sitnah. Sitnah I.e., “harassment.”
He moved from there and dug yet another well, and they did not quarrel over it; so he called it Rehoboth, saying, “Now at last יהוה has granted us ample space ample space Heb. hirḥib, connected with “Rehoboth.” to increase in the land.”
That night יהוה appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham’s [house]. Fear not, for I am with you, and I will bless you and increase your offspring for the sake of My servant Abraham.”
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וירא
217
אליו
47
יהוה
26
בלילה
77
ההוא
17
ויאמר
257
אנכי
81
אלהי
46
אברהם
248
אביך
33
אלתירא
642
כיאתך
451
אנכי
81
וברכתיך
658
והרביתי
633
אתזרעך
698
בעבור
280
אברהם
248
עבדי
86
Genesis 26:25
Gematria: 2636
ויבןשםמזבחויקראבשםיהוהויטשםאהלוויכרושםעבדייצחקבאר
So he built an altar there and invoked יהוה by name. Isaac pitched his tent there and his servants started digging a well.
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ויבן
68
שם
340
מזבח
57
ויקרא
317
בשם
342
יהוה
26
ויטשם
365
אהלו
42
ויכרושם
582
עבדייצחק
294
באר
203
Genesis 26:26
Gematria: 2142
ואבימלךהלךאליומגררואחזתמרעהוופיכלשרצבאו
And Abimelech came to him from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his councilor and Phicol chief of his troops.
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ואבימלך
109
הלך
55
אליו
47
מגרר
443
ואחזת
422
מרעהו
321
ופיכל
146
שרצבאו
599
Genesis 26:27
Gematria: 4105
ויאמראלהםיצחקמדועבאתםאליואתםשנאתםאתיותשלחונימאתכם
Isaac said to them, “Why have you come to me, seeing that you have been hostile to me and have driven me away from you?”
And they said, “We now see plainly that יהוה has been with you, and we thought: Let there be a sworn treaty between our two parties, between you and us. Let us make a pact with you
that you will not do us harm, just as we have not molested you but have always dealt kindly with you and sent you away in peace. From now on, be you blessed of יהוה!”
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אםתעשה
816
עמנו
166
רעה
275
כאשר
521
לא
31
נגענוך
199
וכאשר
527
עשינו
436
עמך
130
רקטוב
317
ונשלחך
414
בשלום
378
אתה
406
עתה
475
ברוך
228
יהוה
26
Genesis 26:30
Gematria: 2001
ויעשלהםמשתהויאכלווישתו
Then he made for them a feast, and they ate and drank.
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ויעש
386
להם
75
משתה
745
ויאכלו
73
וישתו
722
Genesis 26:31
Gematria: 2955
וישכימובבקרוישבעואישלאחיווישלחםיצחקוילכומאתובשלום
Early in the morning, they exchanged oaths. Isaac then bade them farewell, and they departed from him in peace.