And there came to be a famine in the land, besides the first famine which happened in the days of Abraham,—so Isaac went his way unto Abimelech, king of the Philistines towards Gerar;
for that ye acted unfaithfully against me in the midst of the sons of Israel, regarding the waters of Meribah-Kadesh in the desert of Zin,—for that ye hallowed me not in the midst of the sons of Israel.
And when we brake up from Horeb, we came through all that great and terrible desert which ye saw, by way of the hill-country of the Amorites, as Yahweh our God commanded us,—and we entered in as far as Kadesh-barnea.
and we made outcry unto Yahweh, and he heard our voice, and sent a messenger, and brought us forth out of Egypt,—lo! then, we, are in Kadesh, a city at the extremity of thy boundary,
So they took their journey, and came in unto Moses and unto Aaron and unto all the assembly of the sons of Israel into the wilderness of Paran, towards Kadesh,—and brought back word—unto them and unto all the assembly, and showed them the fruit of the land.
And the herdmen of Gerar disputed with the herdmen of Isaac saying, Ours, is thee, water! So he called the name of the well Esek, because they had stirred up a quarrel with him.
And it came to pass that the boundary of the Canaanite was from Zidon, as thou enterest in towards Gerar unto Gaza,—as thou enterest in towards Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboim, as far as Lasha.
So they returned and came in unto En-mishpat, the same, is Kadish, and smote all the field of the Amalekites,—and the Amorites also that dwelt in Hazazon-tamar,
And they stretched their habitations from Havilah as far as to Shur, which is over against Egypt, as thou goest in towards Assyria,—over against all his brethren, he settled down.
And Moses caused Israel to break up from the Red Sea, and they went out into the desert of Shur,—and journeyed three days in the desert and found no water;