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|And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.

|And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.

|Famine struck the land, a different event from the former famine that had happened in the days of [[Abraham]]. [[Isaac]] went to [[Abimelech]] king of the Invaders, toward [[Gerar]].

|Famine struck the land, a different event from the former famine that had happened in the days of [[Abraham]]. [[Isaac]] went to [[Abimelech]] king of the Avvites, toward [[Gerar]].

|Traditionally translated as "king of the [[Philistines]]." Deuteronomy 2:23 says that a people called the Avvites lived in the Gaza Strip until a later Cretan or "Caphthorite" invasion drove them out; the Cretans or "Sea Peoples" continued as the "Philistines" that contended with [[Judge (biblical)|Judges]] [[Shamgar]], [[Jephthah]], and [[Samson]], and Kings [[Saul]] and [[David]]. In fact, the name ''Philistine'' ([[Hebrew]] '''פלישתי''' or ''philisth'') means "one who invades or overruns or makes inroads into a territory"—which is what these Cretans (or whoever they were) did.

|Traditionally translated as "king of the [[Philistines]]." Deuteronomy 2:23 says that the Avvites lived in the Gaza Strip until a later "Caphthorite" or Mycenaean invasion (probably from Crete) drove them out; the Cretans or "Sea Peoples" continued as the "Philistines" that contended with [[Judge (biblical)|Judges]] [[Shamgar]], [[Jephthah]], and [[Samson]], and Kings [[Saul]] and [[David]]. In fact, the name ''Philistine'' ([[Hebrew]] '''פלישתי''' or ''philisth'') means "one who invades or overruns or makes inroads into a territory", hence an "immigrant."

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|And it came to pass, 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 sporting with Rebekah his wife.

|And it came to pass, 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 sporting with Rebekah his wife.

|And it happened, when he had been there many days, Abimelech king of the Invaders looked through the window of his palace, and saw something strange: Isaac making sport with his wife Rebekah.

|And it happened, when he had been there many days, Abimelech king of the Avvites looked through the window of his palace, and saw something strange: Isaac making sport with his wife Rebekah.

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|And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.

|And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.

|Abimelech called Isaac, and said, "Look here: this woman has got to be your wife. Now why did you say, 'She is my sister'?" And Isaac said, "I was afraid I might die on her account."

|Abimelech called Isaac, and said, "Wait a minute: this woman is your wife, isn't she? So why did you say, 'She is my sister'?" And Isaac said, "I was afraid I might die on her account."

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|For he had possession of flocks, and possessions of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.

|For he had possession of flocks, and possessions of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.

|He acquired flocks, and herds, and a great many servants, and the Invaders were jealous of him.

|He acquired flocks, and herds, and a great many servants, and the Avvites were jealous of him.

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|For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.

|For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.

|All the wells that his father's servants had delved in the days of his father Abraham, the Invaders had stopped up and filled with soil.

|All the wells that his father's servants had delved in the days of his father Abraham, the Avvites had stopped up and filled with soil.

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|And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.

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

|Then Isaac re-delved the water wells that they had delved in the days of his father Abraham (the Invaders had stopped them up after the death of Abraham), and he gave them the same names that his father had given them.

|Then Isaac re-delved the water wells that they had delved in the days of his father Abraham (the Avvites had stopped them up after the death of Abraham), and he gave them the same names that his father had given them.

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