¹And there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine which had been in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech the king of the Philistines, to Gerar.

¹Zvino kwakava nenzara panyika; tisingaverengi nzara yekutanga yaivapo mazuva aAbhurahamu. Isaka ndokuenda kuna Abhimereki mambo wevaFirisitia, kuGerari.

²And Jehovah appeared to him and said, Go not down to Egypt: dwell in the land that I shall tell thee of.

²Jehovha ndokuonekera kwaari, ndokuti: Usaburukira kuEgipita, gara munyika yandichakuudza;

³Sojourn in this land; and I will be with thee and bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries; and I will perform the oath which I swore unto Abraham thy father.

³gara semweni munyika ino; uye ndichava newe, ndigokuropafadza; nekuti kwauri nekumbeu yako ndichapa nyika idzi dzose; uye ndichasimbisa mhiko yandakapika kuna Abhurahamu baba vako.

⁴And I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and unto thy seed will I give all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves --

⁴Zvino ndichawanza mbeu yako senyeredzi dzedenga; uye ndichapa kumbeu yako nyika idzi dzose; uye mumbeu yako marudzi ose enyika acharopafadzwa;

⁵because that Abraham hearkened to my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

⁵nekuti Abhurahamu waka­teerera inzwi rangu, akachengeta kuraira kwangu, mirairo yangu, zvimiso zvangu nemitemo yangu.

⁶And Isaac dwelt at Gerar.

⁶Isaka ndokugara muGerari.

⁷And the men of the place asked about his wife. And he said, She is my sister; for he feared to say, my wife, [saying to himself,] Lest the men of the place slay me on account of Rebecca -- because she was fair in countenance.

⁷Vanhu venyika iyoyo ndokumu­bvunza zvemukadzi wake. Iye ndokuti: Ihanzvadzi yangu; nekuti wakatya kuti: Mukadzi wangu. Zvimwe varume venyika ino vangandiu­raya nekuda kwaRabheka, nekuti waka­nge akanaka pakutarisika.

⁸And it came to pass when he had been there some time, that Abimelech the king of the Philistines looked out of the window, and saw, and behold, Isaac was dallying with Rebecca his wife.

⁸Zvino zvakaitika paakavapo nguva refu, kuti Abhimereki mambo wevaFirisitia, wakatarira nepahwindo, akaona, zvino tarira, Isaka achitamba naRabheka mu­kadzi wake.

⁹Then Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, she is certainly thy wife; and how saidst thou, She is my sister? and Isaac said to him, Because I said, Lest I die on account of her.

⁹Abhimereki ndokudana Isaka ndokuti: Tarira, zvirokwazvo muka­dzi wako; zvino wakataura sei uchiti: Iha­nzvadzi yangu? Isaka ndokuti kwaari: Nekuti ndakati, zvimwe ndingafa nekuda kwake.

¹⁰And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done to us? But a little and one of the people might have lain with thy wife, and thou wouldest have brought a trespass on us.

¹⁰Abhimereki ndokuti: Chii ichi chawaita kwatiri? Umwe wevanhu vedu zvanga zvakareruka kuti arare nemukadzi wako, newe ungadai wauisa mhosva pamusoro pedu.

¹¹And Abimelech charged all the people, saying, He that touches this man or his wife shall certainly be put to death.

¹¹Abhimereki ndokuraira vanhu vose, achiti: Unobata munhu uyu kana mukadzi wake, achauraiwa zvirokwazvo.

¹²And Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year a hundredfold; and Jehovah blessed him.

¹²Zvino Isaka akadzvara munyika iyoyo, ndokuwana mugore iro zvine zana; Jehovha ndokumuropafadza.

¹³And the man became great, and he became continually greater, until he was very great.

¹³Zvino munhu uyu wakava mukuru, akaindirira mberi akakura kusvikira ava mukuru zvikuru.

¹⁴And he had possessions of flocks, and possessions of herds, and a great number of servants; and the Philistines envied him.

¹⁴Uye waiva nefuma yemakwai nefuma yemombe nevaranda vazhinji; naizvozvo vaFirisitia vakamugodora.

¹⁵And all the wells that his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines stopped them and filled them with earth.

¹⁵Zvino matsime ose varanda vababa vake avakange vachera pamazuva aAbhurahamu baba vake, vaFirisitia vakaadzivira, vakaafusira nevhu.

¹⁶And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go from us; for thou art become much mightier than we.

¹⁶Abhimereki ndokuti kuna Isaka: Ibva kwatiri, nekuti une simba kwazvo kupfuura isu.

¹⁷And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his camp in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.

¹⁷Isaka ndokubvapo, ndokudzika musasa wake mumupata weGerari, ndokugarapo.

¹⁸And Isaac dug again the wells of water that they had dug in the days of Abraham his father, and that the Philistines had stopped after the death of Abraham; and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.

¹⁸Isaka ndokucherazve matsime emvura, avakange vachera pamazuva aAbhurahamu baba vake, nekuti vaFirisitia vakange vaadzivira shure kwekufa kwaAbhura­hamu. Ndokuatumidza mazita achitevera mazita baba vake avakange vaatumidza.

¹⁹And Isaac's servants dug in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.

¹⁹Varanda vaIsaka ndokuchera mu­mupata, ndokuwanapo tsime remvura ino­tubuka.

²⁰But the shepherds of Gerar strove with Isaac's shepherds, saying, The water is ours. And he called the name of the well Esek, because they had quarrelled with him.

²⁰Vafudzi veGerari ndokukonana nevafudzi vaIsaka, vachiti: Mvura ndeyedu. Zvino akatumidza zita retsime kuti Eseki, nekuti vakakonana naye.

²¹And they dug another well, and they strove for that also; and he called the name of it Sitnah.

²¹Zvino vakachera rimwe tsime, vakakonaniranarozve; akatumidza zita raro Sitina.

²²And he removed thence and dug another well; and they did not strive for that. And he called the name of it Rehoboth, and said, For now Jehovah has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.

²²Zvino akabvapo, ndokuchera rimwe tsime, iroro havana kurikonanirana. Ndokutumidza zita raro Rehobhoti, akati: Nekuti ikozvino Jehovha watiitira nzvimbo, uye tichabereka panyika.

²³And he went up thence to Beer-sheba.

²³Zvino wakakwira kubvapo kuenda Bheerishebha.

²⁴And Jehovah appeared to 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.

²⁴Jehovha ndokuonekera kwaari usiku ihwohwo ndokuti: Ndini Mwari waAbhu­rahamu baba vako. Usatya nekuti ndi­newe, uye ndichakuropafadza, nekuwanza mbeu yako nekuda kwaAbhurahamu muranda wangu.

²⁵And he built an altar there, and called upon the name of Jehovah. And he pitched his tent there; and there Isaac's servants dug a well.

²⁵Zvino wakavaka aritari ipapo, ndokudana muzita raJehovha, ndokudzika tende rake ipapo, zvino ipapo varanda vaIsaka vakachera tsime.

²⁶And Abimelech, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phichol the captain of his host, went to him from Gerar.

²⁶Zvino Abhimereki wakaenda kwaari achibva Gerari neshamwari yake Ahuzati naPikori mukuru wehondo yake.

²⁷And Isaac said to them, Why are ye come to me, seeing ye hate me, and have driven me away from you?

²⁷Isaka ndokuti kwavari: Mauyirei kwandiri, zvamunondivenga, uye makandidzi­nga kwamuri?

²⁸And they said, We saw certainly that Jehovah is with thee; and we said, Let there be then an oath between us -- between us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee,

²⁸Ivo ndokuti: Taona zvirokwazvo kuti Jehovha unewe. Naizvozvo tati: Zvino ngapave nemhiko pakati pedu, isu newe, uye ngatiite sungano newe,

²⁹that thou wilt do us no wrong, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done to thee nothing but good, and have let thee go in peace; thou art now blessed of Jehovah.

²⁹chokuti usatiitira zvakaipa, sezvo tisina kukubata, uye se­zvo takakuitira zvakanaka chete, uye takue­ndesa murugare; iwe ikozvino uri muropafadzwa waJehovha.

³⁰And he made them a feast, and they ate and drank.

³⁰Iye ndokuvaitira mabiko, ndokudya ndokumwa.

³¹And they rose early in the morning, and swore one to another; and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.

³¹Zvino vakamuka mangwanani-ngwanani, vakapikirana; Isaka ndokuvarega vachienda, zvino vaka­bva kwaari nerugare.

³²And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well that they had dug, and said to him, We have found water.

³²Zvino zvakaitika nemusi iwoyo, kuti varanda vaIsaka vakauya, ndokumuudza pamusoro petsime ravakange vachera, ndokuti kwaari: Tawana mvura.

³³And he called it Shebah; therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba to this day.

³³Zvino akaritumidza kuti Shebha; naizvozvo zita reguta ndiBheerishebha kusvi­kira zuva ranhasi.

³⁴And Esau was forty years old, when he took as wives Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basmath the daughter of Elon the Hittite.

³⁴Zvino Esau wakati ava nemakore makumi mana akazvitorera kuva mukadzi Judhisi muku­nda waBheeri muHeti naBhasimati mukunda waEroni muHeti.

³⁵And they were a grief of mind to Isaac and to Rebecca.

³⁵Ivavo vakava chishungurudzo chemoyo walsaka naRabheka.