Genesis 26:23-35 ▼

23 Later on, he left there and went to Beer-sheba,

24 where one night the LORD appeared to him. |I am the God of your father Abraham,| he told him. |Don't be afraid, because I'm with you. I'm going to bless you and multiply your descendants on account of my servant Abraham.|

25 In response, Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD. He also pitched his tents there and his servants dug a well.

26 Later, Abimelech traveled from Gerar to visit Isaac . He arrived with Ahuzzath, his staff advisor, and Phicol, the commanding officer of his army.

27 |Why have you come to see me,| Isaac asked them, |since you hate me so much that you sent me away from you?|

28 |We've seen that the LORD is with you,| they responded, |so we're proposing an agreement between us—between us and you. Allow us to make a treaty with you

29 by which you'll agree not to do us any harm, just as we haven't harmed you, since we've done nothing but good for you after we sent you away in peace. As a result, you've been tremendously blessed by the LORD.|

30 So Isaac held a festival for them, and they ate and drank.

31 They woke up early the next morning and made the treaty. After this, Isaac sent them off and they left on peaceful terms.

32 That very same day, Isaac's servants arrived and reported to him about a well that they had just completed digging. |We've found water!| they said.

33 So Isaac named the well Shebah, which is why the city is named Beer-sheba to this day.

34 When Esau was 40 years old, he married Judith, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath, the daughter of Elon the Hittite.

35 This brought extreme grief to Isaac and Rebekah.