And Isaac dwelled in Gerar. And y^e mẽ of the place asked hĩ of his wife/ & he sayde y^t she was his sister: for he feared to calle her his wife lest the mẽ 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 hĩ: I thought y^t I mighte peradventure haue dyed for hir sake. Thẽ 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 Thã 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 hũdred bushels: for y^e LORde blessed hĩ/ & the man waxed mightye/ & wẽt forth & grewe till he was exceadinge great/ y^t he had possessiõ of shepe/ of oxẽ & 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 Abrahã his father which the Philestiãs had stoppe after y^e deth of Abrahã/ & gaue thẽ the same names which hys father gaue thẽ. As Isaacs seruaũtes dygged in the valey/ they founde a well of springynge water. And the herdmẽ of Gerar dyd stryue with Isaacs herdmẽ 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 thẽse & dygged a nother well for the which they stroue not: therfore called he it Rehoboth saĩge: y^e LORde hath now made vs rowme & we are encreased vpõ the erth. Afterward departed he thẽce & came to Berseba And the LORde apered vnto hĩ the same nyghte & sayde. I am the God of Abrahã thy father/ feare not for I am with the & will blesse the & multiplye thy sede for my seruaũte 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.