Genesis 26

26 ¹Now hunger catch di land, apart from di first hunger wey happen for Abraham time. So Isaac go meet Abimelech, di king of di Philistines, for Gerar.

²Our Papa show imsef give am, e sey, "No go down go Egypt; stay for di land wey I go tell you about. ³Stay for dis land, and I go dey with you, I go bless you, because I go give all dis land dem to you and your pikin dem, and I go do wetin I swear to Abraham your papa. ⁴I go make your pikin dem plenty like di stars for sky, and I go give your pikin dem all dis land dem, and through your pikin dem all di nations for di earth go blessed, ⁵because Abraham obey my voice, and e keep my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws."

⁶So Isaac stay for Gerar. ⁷Di men for dat place ask am about im wife, and e answer, "Na my sister"—because fear catch am to sey "my wife," e dey think sey, "Di men here fit kill me because of Rebekah, since she fine." ⁸When Isaac don stay dia tay, Abimelech di king of di Philistines look down troway window and see Isaac dey romance im wife Rebekah. ⁹So Abimelech call Isaac, e sey, "For sure na your wife she be! How you take fit sey, 'Na my sister she be'?" Isaac tell am, "Because I think sey I fit die because of am."

¹⁰Abimelech sey, "Wetin be dis wey you do us? One of di people for don easily sleep with your wife, and you for don bring guilt come on top us." ¹¹Abimelech command all di people, e sey, "Anybody wey touch dis man or im wife, dem go surely kill am."

¹²Isaac plant seed for dat land, and dat year e reap hundred times wetin e plant, because our Papa bless am. ¹³Di man come rich, and e continue dey rich more and more until e come rich well well. ¹⁴E get plenty sheep and cow and plenty servant for im house, so di Philistines dem come dey envy am. ¹⁵Di Philistines dem don block up every well wey im papa servant dem dig for di days of im papa Abraham. ¹⁶Abimelech tell Isaac, "Comot for us—you don too strong pass us."

¹⁷So Isaac comot for dia and camp for di Valley of Gerar, and e stay dia. ¹⁸Isaac dig again di water well dem wey dem dig for di days of im papa Abraham, wey di Philistines dem block after Abraham die, and e call dem by di same names wey im papa bin call dem. ¹⁹But when Isaac servant dem dig for di valley and find one well of fresh spring water dia, ²⁰di herders for Gerar quarrel with Isaac im herders, dem sey, "Di water na our own." So e name di well Esek, because dem quarrel with am. ^a a v20 Di name Esek mean "quarrel." ²¹Then dem dig anoda well, and dem still quarrel over dat one too, so e name am Sitnah. ^b b v21 Di name Sitnah mean "opposition." ²²From dia e comot go dig anoda well; dem no quarrel over am, so e name am Rehoboth, e sey, "Now our Papa don make room for us; we go plenty for di land." ^c c v22 Di name Rehoboth mean "room" or "wide places."

²³From dia e go up go Beersheba.

²⁴Dat night our Papa show imsef give am, e sey, "Na me be di God of your papa Abraham. No fear, because I dey with you. I go bless you and make your pikin dem plenty, because of my servant Abraham."

²⁵For dia e build one altar and call on di name of our Papa, e pitch im tent, and for dia Isaac servant dem dig one well.

²⁶Abimelech come meet am from Gerar with Ahuzzath im adviser and Phicol, di head of im army. ²⁷Isaac tell dem, "Why una come meet me, since una hate me and send me comot from una?"

²⁸Dem sey, "We see am clear-clear sey God dey with you, so we sey, 'Make oath dey between us—between you and us—and make we cut Covenant with you, ²⁹sey you no go do us any harm—just as we no touch you but we do you only good—and we send you comot with peace. Now na person wey God don bless you be.'"

³⁰So Isaac make feast give dem, and dem chop and drink. ³¹Early di next morning dem swear oath to each oda; Isaac send dem go, and dem comot for am with peace. ³²Dat same day Isaac servant dem come tell am about di well wey dem dig, dem sey, "We don find water!" ³³So e name am Shibah; na why di name of di city na Beersheba till today. ^d d v33 Shibah mean 'oath'; Beersheba mean 'well of di oath.'

³⁴For forty years, Esau marry Judith, di pikin of Beeri di Hittite, and Basemath, di pikin of Elon di Hittite. ³⁵And dem bring plenty sorrow give Isaac and Rebekah.