And Isaac dwelled in Gerar. And y^e m? of the place asked hi of his wife/ & he sayde y^t she was his sister: for he feared to calle her his wife lest the m? of the place shulde haue kylled hym for hir sake/ because she was bewtyfull to y^e eye. And it happened after he had bene there longe tyme/ y^t Abimelech kinge of y^e PhilistiÃs loked out at a wyndow & sawe Isaac sportinge with Rebecca his wife. And Abimelech sende for Isaac & sayde: se/ she is of a suertie thi wife/ and why saydest thou y^t she was thi sister? And Isaac saide vnto hi: I thought y^t I mighte peradventure haue dyed for hir sake. Th? sayde Abimelech: whi hast thou done this vnto vs? one of y^e people myght lightely haue lyne by thy wife & so shuldest thou haue broughte synne vpon vs Thà Abimelech charged all his people saynge: he y^t toucheth this man or his wife/ shall surely dye for it.

And Isaac sowed in y^e lÃde/ & founde in y^e same yere an hudred bushels: for y^e LORde blessed hi/ & the man waxed mightye/ & w?t forth & grewe till he was exceadinge great/ y^t he had possessiÕ of shepe/ of ox? & a myghtie housholde: so y^t the Philestians had envy at him: In so moch y^t they stopped & fylled vp with erth/ all the welles which his fathers servauntes dygged in his father Abrahams tyme. Than sayde Abimelech vnto Isaac: gett the frÕ me/ for thou art myghtier then we a greate deale.

Than Isaac departed thense & pitched his tente in the valey Gerar & dwelt there. And Isaac digged agayne/ the welles of water which they dygged in the dayes of Abrahà his father which the PhilestiÃs had stoppe after y^e deth of AbrahÃ/ & gaue th? the same names which hys father gaue th?. As Isaacs seruautes dygged in the valey/ they founde a well of springynge water. And the herdm? of Gerar dyd stryue with Isaacs herdm? saynge: the water is oures Than called he the well Eseck because they stroue with hym.

Than dygged they another well/ & they stroue for y^t also. Therfore called he it Sitena. And than he departed th?se & dygged a nother well for the which they stroue not: therfore called he it Rehoboth saige: y^e LORde hath now made vs rowme & we are encreased vpÕ the erth. Afterward departed he th?ce & came to Berseba

And the LORde apered vnto hi the same nyghte & sayde. I am the God of Abrahà thy father/ feare not for I am with the & will blesse the & multiplye thy sede for my seruaute Abrahams sake. And than he buylded an aulter there and called vpÕ the name of the LORde/ & there pitched his tente. And there Isaacs servauntes dygged a well.

Than came Abimelech to him frÕ Gerar & Ahusath his frende and Phicol his chefe captayne. And Isaac sayde vnto th?: wherfore come ye to me/ seige ye hate me & haue put me awaye frÕ you? Than sayde they: we sawe that the LORde was with the/ and therfore we sayde that there shulde be an oothe betwixte vs Ãd the/ & that we wolde make a bonde with the: y^t thou shuldeste do vs no hurte/ as we haue not touched the and haue done vnto the nothinge but good/ and s?d the awaye in peace: for thou art now the blessed of the LORde. And he made th? a feast/ and they ate Ãd drÕke. And they rose vp by tymes in the mornynge and sware one to another. And Isaac sent th? awaye. And they departed from him in peace.

And y^t same daye came Isaacs servautes & tolde hi of a well which they had dygged: & sayde vnto hi/ that thei had founde water. And he called it Seba/ wherfore the name of the cyte is called Berseba vnto this daye.