Sojourn in thisland, and I will be withthee, and willblessthee; for untothee, and unto thy seed, I willgive all thesecountries, and I willperform the oathwhich I swareuntoAbraham thy father;
And I willmake thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and willgiveunto thy seed all thesecountries; and in thy seedshall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
And the men of the placeasked 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 placeshouldkill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to lookupon.
And it came to pass, when he had beenthere a longtime, thatAbimelechking of the Philistineslooked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sportingwithRebekah his wife.
And AbimelechcalledIsaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidstthou, She is my sister? And Isaacsaidunto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.
And Isaacdiggedagain the wells of water, whichthey had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stoppedthemafter the death of Abraham: and he calledtheirnamesafter the names by which his father had calledthem.
And he removedfromthence, and diggedanotherwell; and for thattheystrove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORDhathmaderoom for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
And the LORDappearedunto him the samenight, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am withthee, and willblessthee, and multiply thy seed for my servantAbraham’ssake.
And theysaid, We saw certainlythat the LORD was withthee: and we said, Let there be now an oathbetwixt us, evenbetwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenantwiththee;
Thatthouwilt do us no hurt, as we have not touchedthee, and as we havedoneuntotheenothing but good, and havesenttheeaway in peace: thou art now the blessed of the LORD.