¹[Ny nivahinian'Isaka tany Gerara] Ary nisy mosary indray teo amin'ny tany afa-tsy ilay mosary voalohany fony fahavelon'i Abrahama. Ary Isaka nankany amin'i Abimeleka mpanjakan'ny Filistina, tany Gerara.

¹There was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines, to Gerar.

²Ary Jehovah niseho taminy ka nanao hoe: Aza midina any Egypta ianao; mitoera eo amin'ny tany izay holazaiko aminao.

²Yahweh appeared to him, and said, “Don’t go down into Egypt. Live in the land I will tell you about.

³Miva­hinia eto amin'ity tany ity ianao, dia homba anao sy hitahy anao Aho; fa ianao sy ny taranakao no homeko ireto tany rehetra ireto, ka hotoviko ny fianianana izay nataoko tamin'i Abrahama rainao;

³Live in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you. For to you, and to your seed, I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.

⁴dia hahamaro ny taranakao ho tahaka ny kintana eny amin'ny lanitra Aho, ka homeko ny taranakao ireto tany rehetra ireto, ary amin'ny taranakao no hitahiana ny firenena rehetra ambonin'ny tany;

⁴I will multiply your seed as the stars of the sky, and will give to your seed all these lands. In your seed will all the nations of the earth be blessed,

⁵satria efa nihaino ny feoko Abrahama ka nitandrina izay nasaiko notandremany, dia ny didiko sy ny teniko ary ny lalàko.

⁵because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my requirements, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.”

⁶Ary Isaka dia nitoetra tany Gerara.

⁶Isaac lived in Gerar.

⁷Ary ny lehilahy tompon-tany nanontany ny amin'ny vadiny; ary hoy kosa izy: Anabaviko izy; fa natahotra hilaza hoe: Vadiko izy, fandrao, hoy izy, hamono ahy ny lehilahy tompon-tany noho Rebeka, satria tsara tarehy izy.

⁷The men of the place asked him about his wife. He said, “She is my sister,” for he was afraid to say, “My wife,” lest, he thought, “the men of the place might kill me for Rebekah, because she is beautiful to look at.”

⁸Ary rehefa nitoetra ela teo izy, dia nitsirika teo am-baravarankely Abimeleka, mpanjakan'ny Filistina, ka nahita fa, indro, Isaka nisangy tamin-dRebeka vadiny.

⁸It happened, 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 caressing Rebekah, his wife.

⁹Ary Abimeleka dia niantso an'Isaka ka nanao hoe: Efa hita mihi­tsy fa vadinao izy, ka nahoana no nolazainao hoe: Anabaviko izy? Ary hoy Isaka taminy: Satria hoy izaho anakampo: Fandrao maty aho noho ny aminy.

⁹Abimelech called Isaac, and said, “Behold, surely she is your wife. Why did you say, ‘She is my sister?’” Isaac said to him, “Because I said, ‘Lest I die because of her.’”

¹⁰Ary hoy Abimeleka: Inona izao nataonao taminay izao? Saiky nisy nandry tamin'ny vadinao ny olona, dia ho nahatonga heloka taminay ianao.

¹⁰Abimelech said, “What is this you have done to us? One of the people might easily have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt on us!”

¹¹Dia nandidy ny vahoakany rehetra Abimeleka ka nanao hoe: Izay manendry io lehilahy io na ny vadiny dia hatao maty tokoa.

¹¹Abimelech commanded all the people, saying, “He who touches this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”

¹²Dia namafy tamin'izany tany izany Isaka ka nahazo zato heny tamin'izay taona izay, satria efa notahin'i Jehovah izy.

¹²Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year one hundred times what he planted. Yahweh blessed him.

¹³Ary nanan-karena ralehilahy ka nandroso sy nitombo ambara-pahatongany ho mpanjatobe indrindra;

¹³The man grew great, and grew more and more until he became very great.

¹⁴fa nanana fananana be izy, dia ondry aman'osy sy omby ary andevo maro; ka dia nialona azy ny Filistina.

¹⁴He had possessions of flocks, possessions of herds, and a great household. The Philistines envied him.

¹⁵Ary ny lavaka fantsakana rehetra, izay efa nohadin'ny mpanompon-drainy fony fahavelon'i Abrahama rainy, dia efa novonoin'ny Filistina sy nototofany tany avokoa.

¹⁵Now all the wells which his father’s servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped, and filled with earth.

¹⁶Ary hoy Abimeleka tamin'Isaka: Miala atỳ aminay; fa ianao mahery lavitra noho izahay.

¹⁶Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go from us, for you are much mightier than we.”

¹⁷Ary lasa niala teo Isaka, dia nanorina ny lainy teo an-dohasahan'i Gerara ka nonina teo.

¹⁷Isaac departed from there, encamped in the valley of Gerar, and lived there.

¹⁸Dia noloaran'Isaka indray ny lavaka fantsakana izay voahady fony fahavelon'i Abrahama rainy, fa efa novonoin'ny Filistina ireny, rehefa maty Abrahama; ary dia nasiany anarana ireny araka ny anarana izay efa nanaovan-drainy azy ihany.

¹⁸Isaac dug again the wells of water, which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father. For the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham. He called their names after the names by which his father had called them.

¹⁹Dia nihady teo amin'ny lohasaha ny mpanompon'Isaka ka nahita loharano velona teo.

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

²⁰Ary niady tamin'ny mpiandry ombin'Isaka ny mpiandry omby tao Gerara ka nanao hoe: Anay ny rano; ary ny anaran'ny lavaka fantsakana dia nataon'Isaka hoe Eseka, satria nifanditra taminy izy ireo.

²⁰The herdsmen of Gerar argued with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, “The water is ours.” He called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him.

²¹Dia nihady lavaka fantsakana hafa koa izy, ka niadiany indray io; ary ny anarany dia nataony hoe Sitna.

²¹They dug another well, and they argued over that, also. He called its name Sitnah.

²²Dia nifindra niala teo izy ka nihady lavaka fantsakana hafa koa indray; fa io kosa tsy mba niadiany; koa ny anarany dia nataony hoe Rehobota; fa hoy izy: Efa nomen'i Jehovah toerana malalaka isika ankehitriny, dia hihamaro eo amin'ny tany.

²²He left that place, and dug another well. They didn’t argue over that one. He called it Rehoboth. He said, “For now Yahweh has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”

²³[Ny nifindran'Isaka nankany Beri-sheba, sy ny nanaovany fanekena tamin'i Abimeleka] Dia niakatra niala teo izy ka nankany Beri-sheba.

²³He went up from there to Beersheba.

²⁴Ary Jehovah niseho taminy tamin'iny alina iny ka nanao hoe: Izaho no Andriamanitr'i Abrahama rainao; aza matahotra, fa momba anao Aho ka hitahy anao sy hahamaro ny taranakao noho ny amin'i Abrahama mpanompoko.

²⁴Yahweh appeared to him the same night, and said, “I am the God of Abraham your father. Don’t be afraid, for I am with you, and will bless you, and multiply your seed for my servant Abraham’s sake.”

²⁵Ary nanorina alitara teo izy, dia niantso ny anaran'i Jehovah sady nanorina ny lainy teo koa; ary nihady lavaka fantsakana teo ny mpanompon'Isaka.

²⁵He built an altar there, and called on the name of Yahweh, and pitched his tent there. There Isaac’s servants dug a well.

²⁶Ary Abimeleka mbamin'i Ahozata sakaizany sy Pikola, komandin'ny miaramilany, dia niala tao Gerara hankany amin'Isaka.

²⁶Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol the captain of his army.

²⁷Fa hoy Isaka taminy: Nahoana ianareo no mankaty amiko, kanefa nankahala ahy ianareo ka nandroaka ahy niala teo aminareo?

²⁷Isaac said to them, “Why have you come to me, since you hate me, and have sent me away from you?”

²⁸Ary hoy izy ireo: Efa hitanay marimarina fa momba anao Jehovah, ka dia hoy izahay: Aoka samy hanao fianianana isika, dia izahay sy ianao, ary aoka izahay hanao fanekena aminao,

²⁸They said, “We saw plainly that Yahweh was with you. We said, ‘Let there now be an oath between us, even between us and you, and let us make a covenant with you,

²⁹fa tsy hanisy ratsy anay ianao, tahaka ny tsy nanendrenay anao akory, sy tahaka ny tsy nanaovanay na inona na inona taminao afa-tsy ny soa ihany, fa efa nampandehaninay soa aman-tsara ianao. Fa ianao ankehitriny efa notahin'i Jehovah.

²⁹that you will do us no harm, as we have not touched you, and as we have done to you nothing but good, and have sent you away in peace.’ You are now the blessed of Yahweh.”

³⁰Dia nanao fanasana ho azy Isaka, ka dia nihinana sy nisotro izy.

³⁰He made them a feast, and they ate and drank.

³¹Dia nifoha maraina koa izy, ka samy nanao fianianana; dia nampandehanin'Isaka ireo, ka dia lasa nody soa aman-tsara izy.

³¹They rose up some time in the morning, and swore one to another. Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.

³²Ary tamin'izany andro izany dia avy ny mpanompon'Isaka ka nanambara taminy ny amin'ny lavaka fantsakana izay efa nohadiny ka nanao taminy hoe: Efa nahita rano izahay.

³²It happened the same day, that Isaac’s servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had dug, and said to him, “We have found water.”

³³Dia nanao ny anarany hoe Sheba izy; izany no nanaovana ny anaran'ny tanàna hoe Beri-sheba mandraka androany.

³³He called it Shibah. Shibah means “oath” or “seven.” Therefore the name of the city is Beersheba Beersheba means “well of the oath” or “well of the seven” to this day.

³⁴[Ny nampakaran'i Esao vehivavy Kananita ho vadiny] Ary rehefa efa-polo taona Esao, dia nampakatra an'i Jodita, zanakavavin'i Bery Hetita, sy Basemata, zanakavavin'i Elona Hetita, izy.Dia nangidy tamin'ny fanahin'Isaka sy Rebeka indrindra ireny.

³⁴When Esau was forty years old, he took as wife Judith, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon the Hittite.

³⁵Dia nangidy tamin'ny fanahin'Isaka sy Rebeka indrindra ireny.

³⁵They grieved Isaac’s and Rebekah’s spirits.