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.

¹Huan, huai gamah, Abraham damlaia kial ke masapen chih louh, kial a hong ke nawna. Huchiin, Isaak bel Philistinte kumpipa Abimelek kiangah Gerar khua ah a vahoh suka.

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

²Huan, Toupa a kiangah a hong kilaka, Aigupta gamah hohsuk ken; kon gam hilh dingah om in.

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.

³Hiai gamah om tadih inla huchiin na kiangah ka om dinga, honvualjawl ding ka hi; hiai gam tengteng na kiangah leh na suante kiangah pia in, na pa Abraham kianga ka kichiamna ka hihkip ding hi;

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,

⁴Huan, van a aksi zahin na suante ka pungsak dinga, hiai gam tengteng na suante kiangah ka pe lai ding; huan, na suan ah khovela chi chih a hong navak ding uh;

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

⁵Abrahamin ka thu a manga, ka thuhilhte Ka thupiakte, ka thusehte, ka dante leng a zuih bangin, achia.

⁶Isaac lived in Gerar.

⁶Huchiin, Isaak Gerar khuaah tenna a bawlta:

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.”

⁷Huan, huai khua a miten a ji tungtang a dong ua; huan aman, kasanggamnu ahi, achia: a mel a hoih jiakin, hiai khua a miten Rebek jiakin a honthat kha ding uh, chiin, ka ji ahi, chi ngam lou hi.

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.

⁸Huan, hichi ahia, huailaia sawtpi a om nungin, Philistinte kumpipa Abimelek tohleta kipanin a ena, huan, ngaiin, Isaakin a ji Rebeka a thoh lai a muta hi.

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.’”

⁹Huchiin, Abimelekin Isaak a sama, ngaiin, na ji a hina hi: bangdia, ka sanggamnu ahi, chi maimah na hia? achia. Huan, Isaakin a kiangah, Amah jiakin ka si kha ding, ka chih jiak ahi, achia.

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!”

¹⁰Huan, Abimelekin, Ka tung ua na thilhih bangchidan ahia? mite laka mi kuapeuh in na ji luppih kha thei uh a kei maw, huchiin, ka tunguah siamlouhna na hontungsak ahi ding hi, achia.

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

¹¹Huan, Abimelek mahin, Kuapeuh hiai mi hiam, a ji hiam, khoih hihlup ngeingei ding ahi, chiin mi tengteng thu a pia hi.

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

¹²Huan, Isaak huai gamah buh a ching sama, huai kumin amun ja a neia: Toupan lah a vualjawla,

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

¹³Huchiin amah a hong thupi mahmaha, nakpitaka mi thupi hongsuak hialin a honglian huaihuai hi:

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

¹⁴Belam honte leh, bawnghonte a neia, inkuan leng tampi a nei hi: huchiin Philistinten a haja uh.

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.

¹⁵Huan, a pa Abraham damlaia, a pa sikhaten tuileh a toh tengteng uh Philistinten ahudim ua, leiin a hihdim vekta uhi

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

¹⁶Huan, Abimelekin, Isaak kiangah, ka kiang ua kipanin pai mangin, kou sangin lah na hatzo ngala, a chi hi.

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

¹⁷Huchiin, Isaak huaia kipanin a pawta, Gerar guamah a puanin a kaia, huailaiah a tengta.

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.

¹⁸Huan, Isaakin apa Abraham damlaia a tuileh tohte uh a tou nawna; Abraham sih nungin Philistinten la a nahudim vek ngal ua: huan, a pan a min a nasak bangbangin a min a sa chiat hi.

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

¹⁹Huan, Isaak sikhaten guamah a tou ua, huailaiah tuileh naknei a mu uhi.

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.

²⁰Huchiin, Gerar khuaa ganputen, Kou tui ahi, chiin, Isaak ganpute toh a kisel uh: huchiin amah toh a kisel jiak un tuileh min din Esek a sata hi.

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

²¹Huan, tuileh dang a tou nawn ua; huai leng tuh tumin a kisel nawn ua; huchiin a min din Sitna a sa nawn hi.

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.”

²²Huailaia kipanin a kisuana, tuileh dang a tou nawna; huaijaw tuh tumin a kiselta kei uh: huchiin, tun Toupan mun lianpi a honbawlsak ta a, hiai gamah chi tampi i suangta ding hi, chiin, a min din Rehoboth a sa hi.

²³He went up from there to Beersheba.

²³Huan, huai akipanin Beer-sebaah a hohtou a.

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.”

²⁴Huai jan mahin Toupa a kiangah a hong kilak a, Kei na pa Abraham Pathian ka hi: lau ken, na kiangah ka om hi, kon vualjawl ding a, ka sikha Abraham jiakin na suante pungsak ding ka hi, achia.

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

²⁵Huchiin, huailaiah maitam a doh a, Toupa min a loua, huailaiah a puanin leng a kai hi: huan, Isaak sikhaten huailaiah tuileh a tou nawn uh.

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

²⁶Huan, Gerar khau akipanin Abimelek a lawm Ahuzaath toh, sepaih pawl heutu Phikol toh, a kiangah a hoh ua.

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

²⁷Huan, Isaakin, a kiangah, Non ngai kei ua, na kiangua kipanin non pai mang sak ngal ua, bangchidan in ahia ka kianga na hong uh? A chia.

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,

²⁸Huan, amau, Toupa na kiangah a om chih chiantakin ka thei ua, huchiin I kikal uah, kou leh nangmah kal ngei ah, thu I khung ding;

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.”

²⁹Na jakdah ka hih ngeilouh bang ua, thil hoih kia loungal na tung himhim a ka hih louh ua, hoih taka ka honpai mangsak bang un, kou leng ka siatna dingin; tuin nang jaw Toupa vualjawl na hita hi, a chi ua.

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

³⁰Huan, aman amau adingin ankuang a luisak a, huchiin a ne ua a dawn uhi.

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

³¹Huan, jingsangin beltakin a thou ua, a kichiam tuah ua: huan, Isaakin amau a paisaka, huchiin a kianga kipanin hoihtakin a pawtta uh.

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.”

³²Huan, hichi ahia, huai ni mahin Isaak sikhate a hong ua, tuileh toh thu a honghilh ua, a kiangah, Tui ka muta uh, a chi uh.

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.

³³Huchiin, huai tuileh Seba a chi uh: Huaijiakin huai tuileh Seba a chi uh: Huaijiakin huai kho min tutanin Beer-seba ahi laia hi.

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.

³⁴Huan, Esau kum sawm li a upa a hihin, Hit mi Beeri tanu Judith leh, Hit mi Elon tanu Basemath ji in a neia:Huaite Isaak leh Rebeka lungtang hih gentheite ahi uh.

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

³⁵Huaite Isaak leh Rebeka lungtang hih gentheite ahi uh.