Jubilees 24

After Abraham's death, the LORD blessed his son Isaac. He departed from Hebron and settled at the Well of Vision in the first year of the third week of this jubilee, for seven years.

REF And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that the Lord blessed Isaac his son, and he arose from Hebron and went and dwelt at the Well of the Vision in the first year of the third week of this jubilee, seven years.

In the first year of the fourth week, a famine began in the land — separate from the earlier famine in Abraham's days.

REF And in the first year of the fourth week a famine began in the land, besides the first famine, which had been in the days of Abraham.

Isaac set out toward Egypt in the second year of that week, and went to the king of the Philistines — to Abimelech in Gerar.

REF And Isaac departed to go into Egypt in the second year of this week, and Isaac went to the king of the Philistines to Gerar, unto Abimelech.

The LORD appeared to him and said, 'Do not go down to Egypt. Live in the land I will tell you about. Remain in this land, and I will be with you and bless you.

REF And the Lord appeared unto him and said unto him: 'Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land that I shall tell thee of, and sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee and will bless thee.

For to you and your descendants I will give all these lands. I will fulfill the oath I swore to your father Abraham. I will multiply your offspring like the stars of heaven and give your descendants all these lands.

REF For to thee and to thy seed will I give all these lands, and I will establish My oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father, and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these lands.

In your offspring all the nations of the earth will be blessed, because your father Abraham obeyed my voice and kept my charge, my commandments, my laws, my ordinances, and my covenant. Now obey my voice and dwell in this land.'

REF And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; Because Abraham thy father obeyed My voice, And kept My charge, and My commandments, and My laws, and My ordinances, and My covenant; And now obey My voice and dwell in this land.'

Isaac lived in Gerar for three weeks of years.

REF And Isaac dwelt in Gerar three weeks of years.

The Philistines envied Isaac because of all his flocks, herds, and possessions that he had acquired in their land. Isaac had become exceedingly wealthy — acquiring sheep, cattle, donkeys, horses, a large household, and abundant grain — for the LORD blessed him.

REF And the Philistines envied Isaac because of all his flocks, and herds, and possessions which he had acquired in their land, because Isaac had become exceeding rich; and he had acquired sheep, and cattle, and asses, and horses, and a great establishment, and much grain; for the Lord blessed him.

The Philistines stopped up all the wells that Abraham's servants had dug during Abraham's lifetime, filling them with earth.

REF And the Philistines stopped up all the wells which the servants of Abraham had dug during the life of Abraham, and filled them with earth.

Abimelech said to Isaac, 'Go away from us, for you have become much more powerful than we are.' Isaac departed from there in the first year of the seventh week and settled in the valley of Gerar.

REF And Abimelech said unto Isaac: 'Go from us, for thou art much mightier than we'; and Isaac departed thence in the first year of the seventh week, and sojourned in the valleys of Gerar.

They redug the water wells that Abraham's servants had dug and that the Philistines had blocked after Abraham's death. He called them by the same names Abraham had given them.

REF And they digged again the wells of water which the servants of Abraham, his father, had digged, and which the Philistines had closed after the death of Abraham his father, and he called their names as Abraham his father had named them.

Isaac's servants dug a well in the valley and found flowing water. The shepherds of Gerar quarreled with Isaac's shepherds, saying, 'The water is ours.' Isaac named the well Esek, meaning 'Contention,' because they contended with him.

REF And the servants of Isaac dug a well in the valley, and found living water, and the shepherds of Gerar strove with the shepherds of Isaac, saying: 'The water is ours'; and Isaac called the name of the well 'Perversity,' because they had been perverse with him.

They dug a second well, and the shepherds of Gerar also quarreled over it. He named it Sitnah, meaning 'Hostility.' He moved on from there and dug another well, and over this one they did not quarrel. He named it Rehoboth, saying, 'Now the LORD has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.'

REF And they dug a second well, and the shepherds of Gerar strove with them likewise, and he called its name 'Enmity,' and he departed from thence and they dug another well, and for that they strove not, and he called the name of it 'Room,' and Isaac said: 'Now the Lord hath made room for us, and we have increased in the land.'

He went up from there to the Well of the Oath in the first year of the first week of the forty-fourth jubilee.

REF And he went up from thence to the Well of the Oath in the first year of the first week in the forty-fourth jubilee.

The LORD appeared to him that night, on the new moon of the first month, and said, 'I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and certainly multiply your descendants like the sand of the earth, for the sake of my servant Abraham.'

REF And the Lord appeared to him that night, on the new moon of the first month, and said unto him: 'I am the God of Abraham thy father; fear not, for I am with thee, and shall bless thee, and shall surely multiply thy seed as the sand of the earth, for the sake of Abraham My servant.'

He built an altar there — one that his father Abraham had originally built — and called on the name of the LORD. He offered sacrifice to the God of his father Abraham.

REF And he built an altar there, which Abraham his father had first built, and he called upon the name of the Lord, and he offered sacrifice to the God of Abraham his father.

They dug a well and found flowing water.

REF And they digged a well and they found living water.

Isaac's servants dug another well but found no water. They went and told Isaac, who said, 'I have sworn an oath this day to the Philistines, and this matter has been declared to us.'

REF And the servants of Isaac dug another well and did not find water, and they went and told Isaac that they had not found water, and Isaac said: 'I have sworn this day to the Philistines and this thing hath been announced to us.'

He named that place the Well of the Oath, because there he swore an oath to Abimelech, his advisor Ahuzzath, and Phicol the commander of his army.

REF And he called the name of that place the Well of the Oath; because there he had sworn to Abimelech and Ahuzzath his friend and Phicol the prefect of his host.

Isaac realized that day that he had sworn to them under pressure to make peace.

REF And Isaac knew that day that under constraint he had sworn to them to make peace with them.

That day Isaac cursed the Philistines and said, 'Cursed be the Philistines until the day of wrath and fury from among all nations. May God make them an object of mockery and cursing and wrath and fury at the hands of the sinful nations and at the hands of the Kittim.'

REF And Isaac on that day cursed the Philistines and said: 'Cursed be the Philistines unto the day of wrath and indignation from the midst of all nations; may God make them a derision and a curse and an object of wrath and indignation in the hands of the sinners the Gentiles and in the hands of the Kittim.'

Whoever escapes the enemy's sword and the Kittim — may the righteous nation uproot them in judgment from under heaven, for they will be enemies and foes of my children throughout their generations on the earth.

REF And whoever escapeth the sword of the enemy and the Kittim, may the righteous nation root out in judgment from under heaven; for they shall be the enemies and foes of my children throughout their generations upon the earth.

No remnant will be left to them, nor anyone saved on the day of the wrath of judgment. The entire offspring of the Philistines is destined for destruction, uprooting, and expulsion from the earth. For these Caphtorim there will no longer remain a name or descendants on the earth.

REF And no remnant shall be left to them, Nor one that shall be saved on the day of the wrath of judgment; For for destruction and rooting out and expulsion from the earth is the whole seed of the Philistines (reserved), And there shall no longer be left for these Caphtorim a name or a seed on the earth.

Even if he ascends to heaven, from there he will be brought down. Even if he makes himself strong on earth, from there he will be dragged out. Even if he hides among the nations, from there he will be uprooted. Even if he descends to Sheol, there too his condemnation will be great, and there too he will have no peace.

REF For though he ascend unto heaven, Thence shall he be brought down, And though he make himself strong on earth, Thence shall he be dragged forth, And though he hide himself amongst the nations, Even from thence shall he be rooted out; And though he descend into Sheol, There also shall his condemnation be great, And there also he shall have no peace.

And if you go in peace, may you depart in peace from every person, and have no fear of your brother Esau.'

REF And if thou goest in peace, mayest thou go forth in peace from every man, And not be afraid of Esau thy brother.'

A conflict arose between the herders of Gerar and Isaac's herders. The men of Gerar attacked Isaac's herders, killed them, and seized their livestock.

REF And there arose a strife between the herdmen of Gerar and the herdmen of Isaac. And the men of Gerar fought against Isaac's herdmen, and slew them and took their cattle.

Despite this, Isaac continued to sow seed in the land of Gerar.

REF And Isaac continued sowing seed in the land of Gerar.

He reaped a hundredfold, and Isaac became very powerful, and the Philistines were jealous of him.

REF And he got a hundredfold, and Isaac became very powerful, and the Philistines were jealous of him.

Abimelech said to Isaac, 'Leave us, for you have become much more powerful than we are.' So Isaac departed from there.

REF And Abimelech said unto Isaac, 'Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we'; and Isaac departed thence.

He settled in the valleys of the Gerar riverbed.

REF And he dwelt in the valleys of the river of Gerar.

Abimelech king of the Philistines came to Isaac with Ahuzzath his advisor and Phicol the commander of his army.

REF And Abimelech, king of the Philistines, came to Isaac with Ahuzzath, his friend, and Phicol, the captain of his host.

Isaac said to them, 'Why have you come to me? You hated me and sent me away.' They said, 'We clearly saw that the LORD was with you, and we said, Let there be an oath between us — between us and you — and let us make a covenant with you.'

REF And Isaac said unto them, 'Wherefore are ye come unto me, seeing ye hated me and sent me away from you?' And they said, 'We saw plainly that the Lord was with thee; and we said, Let there be an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee.'

He made a feast for them. They ate and drank, and he sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.

REF And he made a feast for them, and they ate and drank, and he sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.