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Genesis 26 Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
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- Exodus 36–39 follow the Septuagint's order; the digital source has no verse divisions there, so Exodus 36:8–end and chapters 37, 38 and 39 each appear as one block.
- Not shown: the lectionary pericope numbers (зача́ло) and the marginal glosses of the digital source. The Prayer of Manasseh stands at the end of 2 Chronicles (36:24), as in the Slavonic Bible; the prologue of Sirach and the opening verse of Lamentations are joined to verse 1.
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1 Бы́сть же гла́дъ на землѝ, кромѣ̀ гла́да бы́вшагѡ пре́жде во вре́мѧ а҆враа́мле. Ѿи́де же і҆саа́къ ко а҆вїмеле́хꙋ царю̀ фѷлїсті́мскꙋ въ гера́рꙋ:
1 There was a famine in the land, in addition to the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines, to Gerar.
2 ꙗ҆ви́сѧ же є҆мꙋ̀ гдⷭ҇ь и҆ речѐ: не ходѝ во є҆гѵ́петъ, всели́сѧ же въ землѝ, въ не́йже тѝ рекꙋ̀,
2 Yahweh appeared to him, and said, “Don’t go down into Egypt. Live in the land I will tell you about.
3 и҆ ѡ҆бита́й въ землѝ то́й, и҆ бꙋ́дꙋ съ тобо́ю, и҆ блгⷭ҇влю́ тѧ: тебѣ́ бо и҆ сѣ́мени твоемꙋ̀ да́мъ всю̀ зе́млю сїю̀, и҆ поста́влю клѧ́твꙋ мою̀, є҆́юже клѧ́хсѧ а҆враа́мꙋ ѻ҆тцꙋ̀ твоемꙋ̀:
3 Live in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you. For I will give to you, and to your offspring, all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.
4 и҆ ᲂу҆мно́жꙋ сѣ́мѧ твоѐ, ꙗ҆́кѡ ѕвѣ́зды небє́сныѧ, и҆ да́мъ сѣ́мени твоемꙋ̀ всю̀ зе́млю сїю̀: и҆ блгⷭ҇вѧ́тсѧ ѡ҆ сѣ́мени твое́мъ всѝ ꙗ҆зы́цы земні́и:
4 I will multiply your offspring as the stars of the sky, and will give all these lands to your offspring. In your offspring all the nations of the earth will be blessed,
5 поне́же послꙋ́ша ѻ҆те́цъ тво́й а҆враа́мъ моегѡ̀ гла́са и҆ соблюдѐ за́пѡвѣди моѧ̑ и҆ повелѣ̑нїѧ моѧ̑, и҆ ѡ҆правда̑нїѧ моѧ̑ и҆ зако́ны моѧ̑.
5 because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my requirements, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.”
6 Всели́сѧ же і҆саа́къ въ гера́рѣхъ.
6 Isaac lived in Gerar.
7 Вопроси́ша же мꙋ́жїе мѣ́ста тогѡ̀ ѡ҆ реве́кцѣ женѣ̀ є҆гѡ̀, и҆ речѐ: сестра́ ми є҆́сть. Оу҆боѧ́сѧ бо рещѝ, ꙗ҆́кѡ жена́ ми є҆́сть, да не когда̀ ᲂу҆бїю́тъ є҆го̀ мꙋ́жїе мѣ́ста тогѡ̀ реве́кки ра́ди, поне́же бѣ̀ доброзра́чна.
7 The 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.”
8 Бы́сть же мно́го вре́мѧ та́мѡ: и҆ прини́кнꙋвъ а҆вїмеле́хъ ца́рь гера́рскїй ѻ҆кно́мъ, ви́дѣ і҆саа́ка и҆гра́юща съ реве́ккою жено́ю свое́ю.
8 When he had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was caressing Rebekah, his wife.
9 Призва́ же а҆вїмеле́хъ і҆саа́ка и҆ речѐ є҆мꙋ̀: ᲂу҆̀бо жена̀ твоѧ̀ є҆́сть; почто̀ ре́клъ є҆сѝ, ꙗ҆́кѡ сестра́ ми є҆́сть; Рече́ же є҆мꙋ̀ і҆саа́къ: рѣ́хъ бо, да не ᲂу҆мрꙋ̀ є҆ѧ̀ ра́ди.
9 Abimelech 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.’”
10 Рече́ же є҆мꙋ̀ а҆вїмеле́хъ: что̀ сїѐ сотвори́лъ є҆сѝ на́мъ; вма́лѣ не бы́сть нѣ́кто ѿ ро́да моегѡ̀ съ жено́ю твое́ю, и҆ наве́лъ бы є҆сѝ на ны̀ невѣ́дѣнїе.
10 Abimelech 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!”
11 Заповѣ́да же а҆вїмеле́хъ всѣ̑мъ лю́демъ свои̑мъ, глаго́лѧ: всѧ́къ, и҆́же прико́снетсѧ мꙋ́жꙋ семꙋ̀, и҆лѝ женѣ̀ є҆гѡ̀, сме́рти пови́ненъ бꙋ́детъ.
11 Abimelech commanded all the people, saying, “He who touches this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”
12 Сѣ́ѧ же і҆саа́къ въ землѝ то́й, и҆ приѡбрѣ́те въ то̀ лѣ́то стокра́тный пло́дъ ꙗ҆чме́нѧ: блгⷭ҇ви́ же є҆го̀ гдⷭ҇ь.
12 Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year one hundred times what he planted. Yahweh blessed him.
13 И҆ возвы́сисѧ человѣ́къ, и҆ преꙋспѣва́ѧ бо́льшїй быва́ше, до́ндеже вели́къ бы́сть ѕѣлѡ̀.
13 The man grew great, and grew more and more until he became very great.
14 Бы́ша же є҆мꙋ̀ ско́ти ѻ҆ве́цъ и҆ ско́ти волѡ́въ и҆ земледѣ̑лїѧ мнѡ́га. Позави́дѣша же є҆мꙋ̀ фѷлїсті́млѧне:
14 He had possessions of flocks, possessions of herds, and a great household. The Philistines envied him.
15 и҆ всѧ̑ кла̑дѧзи, ꙗ҆̀же и҆скопа́ша рабѝ ѻ҆тца̀ є҆гѡ̀, во вре́мѧ ѻ҆тца̀ є҆гѡ̀, загради́ша ѧ҆̀ фѷлїсті́млѧне и҆ напо́лниша ты̑ѧ земле́ю.
15 Now 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.
16 Рече́ же а҆вїмеле́хъ ко і҆саа́кꙋ: ѿидѝ ѿ на́съ, ꙗ҆́кѡ си́льнѣйшїй сотвори́лсѧ є҆сѝ ѿ на́съ ѕѣлѡ̀.
16 Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go away from us, for you are much mightier than we.”
17 И҆ ѿи́де ѿтꙋ́дꙋ і҆саа́къ и҆ ѡ҆бита̀ въ де́бри гера́рстѣй, и҆ всели́сѧ та́мѡ.
17 Isaac departed from there, encamped in the valley of Gerar, and lived there.
18 И҆ па́ки і҆саа́къ и҆скопа̀ кла̑дѧзи вѡдны́ѧ, ꙗ҆̀же и҆скопа́ша рабѝ а҆враа́ма ѻ҆тца̀ є҆гѡ̀, и҆ загради́ша ты̑ѧ фѷлїсті́млѧне, по ᲂу҆ме́ртвїи а҆враа́ма ѻ҆тца̀ є҆гѡ̀: и҆ прозва̀ и҆̀мъ и҆мена̀, по и҆мена́мъ, и҆́миже прозва̀ а҆враа́мъ ѻ҆те́цъ є҆гѡ̀.
18 Isaac 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.
19 И҆ и҆скопа́ша рабѝ і҆саа́кѡвы въ де́бри гера́рстѣй, и҆ ѡ҆брѣто́ша та́мѡ кла́дѧзь воды̀ жи́вы.
19 Isaac’s servants dug in the valley, and found there a well of flowing water.
20 И҆ прѧ́хꙋсѧ па́стырїе гера́рстїи съ па́стырьми і҆саа́ковыми, глаго́люще: на́ша є҆́сть вода̀. И҆ прозва̀ и҆́мѧ кла́дѧзю томꙋ̀ ѡ҆би́да: ѡ҆би́дѧхꙋ бо є҆го̀.
20 The herdsmen of Gerar argued with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, “The water is ours.” So he called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him.
21 Ѿше́дъ же ѿтꙋ́дꙋ і҆саа́къ, и҆скопа̀ кла́дѧзь дрꙋгі́й. Прѧ́хꙋсѧ же и҆ ѡ҆ то́мъ: и҆ прозва̀ и҆́мѧ є҆мꙋ̀ вражда̀.
21 They dug another well, and they argued over that, also. So he called its name Sitnah.
22 Ѿше́дъ же ѿтꙋ́дꙋ, и҆скопа̀ кла́дѧзь дрꙋгі́й. И҆ не прѧ́хꙋсѧ ѡ҆ то́мъ, и҆ прозва̀ и҆́мѧ є҆мꙋ̀ простра́нство, глаго́лѧ: ꙗ҆́кѡ нн҃ѣ распространѝ гдⷭ҇ь на́мъ и҆ возрастѝ на́съ на землѝ.
22 He left that place, and dug another well. They didn’t argue over that one. So he called it Rehoboth. He said, “For now Yahweh has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”
23 Взы́де же ѿтꙋ́дꙋ ко кла́дѧзю клѧ́твенномꙋ:
23 He went up from there to Beersheba.
24 и҆ ꙗ҆ви́сѧ є҆мꙋ̀ гдⷭ҇ь въ тꙋ̀ но́щь и҆ речѐ: а҆́зъ є҆́смь бг҃ъ а҆враа́ма ѻ҆тца̀ твоегѡ̀, не бо́йсѧ, съ тобо́ю бо є҆́смь: и҆ блгⷭ҇влю́ тѧ, и҆ ᲂу҆мно́жꙋ сѣ́мѧ твоѐ а҆враа́ма ра́ди ѻ҆тца̀ твоегѡ̀.
24 Yahweh 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 offspring for my servant Abraham’s sake.”
25 И҆ созда̀ та́мѡ же́ртвенникъ, и҆ призва̀ и҆́мѧ гдⷭ҇не: и҆ поста́ви та́мѡ ски́нїю свою̀: и҆скопа́ша же та́мѡ рабѝ і҆саа́кѡвы кла́дѧзь въ де́бри гера́рстѣй.
25 He built an altar there, and called on Yahweh’s name, and pitched his tent there. There Isaac’s servants dug a well.
26 И҆ а҆вїмеле́хъ прїи́де къ немꙋ̀ ѿ гера́ръ, и҆ ѻ҆хоза́ѳъ невѣстоводи́тель є҆гѡ̀, и҆ фїхо́лъ воево́да си́лъ є҆гѡ̀.
26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar with Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol the captain of his army.
27 И҆ речѐ и҆̀мъ і҆саа́къ: вскꙋ́ю прїидо́сте ко мнѣ̀; вы́ же возненави́дѣсте менѐ и҆ ѿсла́сте мѧ̀ ѿ себє̀.
27 Isaac said to them, “Why have you come to me, since you hate me, and have sent me away from you?”
28 Ѻ҆ни́ же рѣ́ша: ви́дѣвше ᲂу҆зрѣ́хомъ, ꙗ҆́кѡ бѣ̀ гдⷭ҇ь съ тобо́ю, и҆ рѣ́хомъ: бꙋ́ди клѧ́тва междꙋ̀ на́ми и҆ междꙋ̀ тобо́ю, и҆ завѣща́имъ съ тобо́ю завѣ́тъ,
28 They 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’s make a covenant with you,
29 да не сотвори́ши съ на́ми ѕла̀, ꙗ҆́коже не возгнꙋша́хомсѧ тобо́ю мы̀, и҆ ꙗ҆́коже сотвори́хомъ тебѣ̀ добро̀, и҆ ѿпꙋсти́хомъ тѧ̀ съ ми́ромъ: и҆ нн҃ѣ блгⷭ҇ве́нъ ты̀ ѿ гдⷭ҇а.
29 that 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.”
30 И҆ сотворѝ и҆̀мъ пи́ръ, и҆ ꙗ҆до́ша и҆ пи́ша.
30 He made them a feast, and they ate and drank.
31 И҆ воста́вше заꙋ́тра, клѧ́тсѧ кі́йждо бли́жнемꙋ: и҆ ѿпꙋстѝ ѧ҆̀ і҆саа́къ, и҆ ѿидо́ша ѿ негѡ̀ здра̑вы.
31 They rose up some time in the morning, and swore an oath to one another. Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
32 Бы́сть же въ то́й де́нь, и҆ прише́дше рабѝ і҆саа́кѡвы повѣ́даша є҆мꙋ̀ ѡ҆ кла́дѧзѣ, є҆го́же и҆скопа́ша, и҆ реко́ша: не ѡ҆брѣто́хомъ воды̀.
32 The same day, Isaac’s servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had dug, and said to him, “We have found water.”
33 И҆ прозва̀ є҆го̀ клѧ́тва. Сегѡ̀ ра́ди прозва̀ и҆́мѧ гра́дꙋ ѻ҆́номꙋ кла́дѧзь клѧ́твенный, да́же до дне́шнѧгѡ днѐ.
33 He called it “Shibah”. Therefore the name of the city is “Beersheba” to this day.
34 Бѧ́ше же и҆са́ѵъ лѣ́тъ четы́редесѧти: и҆ поѧ̀ женꙋ̀ і҆ꙋді́ѳꙋ, дще́рь веѡ́ха хетте́ина, и҆ васема́ѳꙋ, дще́рь є҆лѡ́на хетте́ина.
34 When Esau was forty years old, he took as wife Judith, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon the Hittite.
35 И҆ бы́ша проти́вѧщесѧ і҆саа́кови и҆ реве́кцѣ.
35 They grieved Isaac’s and Rebekah’s spirits.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Abimelech
King of Gerar who took Sarah, was warned by God in a dream and returned her to Abraham, and made a covenant with Abraham at Beersheba; an Abimelech king of the Philistines at…
Cited in the guide: Genesis 20:2–3; Genesis 21:22–27; Genesis 26:1
Ahuzzath
Adviser of Abimelech who came with him and Phicol to Isaac at Beersheba to ask for a covenant.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 26:26
Basemath
Daughter of Elon the Hittite, whom Esau took as a wife at age forty; she and Judith brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah, while Genesis 36:2 calls Elon the Hittite's daughter,…
Cited in the guide: Genesis 26:34–35
Beeri
A Hittite named only as the father of Esau's wife Judith.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 26:34
Elon
A Hittite named as the father of Esau's wife Basemath in Genesis 26:34 and of Esau's wife Adah in Genesis 36:2.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 26:34; Genesis 36:2
Esau
Isaac's elder son, who traded his birthright for a bowl of stew.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 25–27; 36
Isaac
The long-promised son, nearly offered on Moriah, through whom the covenant continued.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 21–27
Jacob
He wrestled with God through the night and rose as Israel, father of twelve tribes.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 25–35; 46–49
Judith
Daughter of Beeri the Hittite, whom Esau took as a wife at age forty; she and Basemath brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 26:34–35
Phicol
Commander of Abimelech's army, who stood with him in the covenant at Beersheba with Abraham and again in the covenant with Isaac.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 21:22; Genesis 21:32; Genesis 26:26
Rebekah
Wife of Isaac and mother of the twins Jacob and Esau.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 24-27
Places
Beersheba
The southern frontier of Israel ('from Dan to Beersheba'). Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob all dug wells and worshiped here at the gateway to the Negev.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 21:31; Genesis 26:23; 1 Samuel 8:2
Cross references (33)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Genesis 12:10; Genesis 25:11; Genesis 21:22–32; Genesis 20:1–2
- 2 Genesis 12:7; Genesis 18:1; Genesis 17:1; Genesis 12:1; Psalm 37:3
- 3 Genesis 28:15; Psalm 105:9; Genesis 22:16–18; Hebrews 11:9; Genesis 17:8
- 4 Acts 3:25; Genesis 15:5; Genesis 12:2–3; Galatians 3:8; Genesis 22:17–18
- 5 Matthew 7:24; Genesis 22:18; Genesis 22:16; James 2:21; Psalm 112:1–2
- 6 Genesis 20:1
- 7 Proverbs 29:25; Genesis 20:2; Genesis 12:13; Genesis 24:16; Genesis 20:12–13
- 8 Isaiah 62:5; Proverbs 5:18–19; Proverbs 7:6; Song of Songs 2:9; Judges 5:28
- 10 Genesis 12:18–19; Genesis 20:9–10
- 11 Psalm 105:15; Genesis 20:6; Proverbs 6:29; Zechariah 2:8
- 12 Mark 4:8; Genesis 26:3; Zechariah 8:12; 2 Corinthians 9:10–11; Genesis 24:1
- 13 Proverbs 10:22; Psalm 112:3; Genesis 24:35
- 14 Genesis 37:11; Job 1:3; Job 5:2; Proverbs 27:4; Proverbs 10:22
- 15 Genesis 21:30; Genesis 21:25
- 16 Exodus 1:9
- 18 Zechariah 13:2; Psalm 16:4; Genesis 21:31; Hosea 2:17; Numbers 32:38
- 19 John 4:10–11; John 7:38; Song of Songs 4:15
- 20 Genesis 21:25
- 21 Ezra 4:6
- 22 Genesis 17:6; Exodus 1:7; Psalm 118:5; Genesis 41:52; Genesis 28:3
- 23 Genesis 46:1; Judges 20:1; Genesis 21:31
- 24 Genesis 15:1; Exodus 3:6; Genesis 17:7; Acts 7:32; Genesis 24:12
- 25 Genesis 13:18; Psalm 116:17; Genesis 12:7–8; Genesis 35:1; Genesis 33:20
- 26 Genesis 21:22–32; Genesis 20:3
- 27 Genesis 26:16; Judges 11:7; Acts 7:35; Acts 7:9; Acts 7:27
- 28 Genesis 21:22–23; Isaiah 45:14; Isaiah 61:9; Genesis 21:31–32; Joshua 3:7
- 29 Genesis 24:31; Genesis 21:22; Genesis 12:2; Psalm 115:15; Genesis 22:17
- 30 Genesis 19:3; Hebrews 12:14; Romans 12:18; Genesis 31:54; 1 Peter 4:9
- 31 1 Samuel 30:15; Genesis 25:33; Genesis 21:31–32; 1 Samuel 20:16–17; Genesis 31:44
- 32 Proverbs 10:4; Matthew 7:7; Proverbs 13:4; Genesis 26:25; Proverbs 2:4–5
- 33 Genesis 21:31; Genesis 26:28
- 34 Genesis 36:2; Genesis 36:13; Exodus 34:16; Genesis 24:3; Genesis 28:9
- 35 Genesis 27:46–28:2; Genesis 28:8; Genesis 6:2
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… the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all this land: and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because that Abraham thy father obeyed my voice, and kept my precepts, my commandments, my righteousness, and my laws." This patriarch neither had another wife, nor any concubine, but was content with the twin-children …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
… kept my precepts, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws." And again in another oracle He says, "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." So that we must understand how chastely Abraham acted, because imprudent men, who seek some …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
That which He promised to Abraham, saying, "In thy seed shall all nations be blessed." What is the faithfulness of God?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)