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 21:1  And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD
did unto Sarah as he had spoken.
 21:2  For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old
age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
 21:3  And Abraham called the name of his son that was born
unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
 21:4  And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days
old, as God had commanded him.
 21:5  And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac
was born unto him.
 21:6  And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, [so that] all
that hear will laugh with me.
 21:7  And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that
Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born [him] a
son in his old age.
 21:8  And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a
great feast the [same] day that Isaac was weaned.
 21:9  And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she
had born unto Abraham, mocking.
 21:10  Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this
bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not
be heir with my son, [even] with Isaac.
 21:11  And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight
because of his son.
 21:12  And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in
thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in
all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for
in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
 21:13  And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a
nation, because he [is] thy seed.
 21:14  And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took
bread, and a bottle of water, and gave [it] unto Hagar, putting
[it] on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she
departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.
 21:15  And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the
child under one of the shrubs.
 21:16  And she went, and sat her down over against [him] a
good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not
see the death of the child. And she sat over against [him], and
lift up her voice, and wept.
 21:17  And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of
God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What
aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of
the lad where he [is].
 21:18  Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for
I will make him a great nation.
 21:19  And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water;
and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the
lad drink.
 21:20  And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the
wilderness, and became an archer.
 21:21  And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother
took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
 21:22  And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and
Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham,
saying, God [is] with thee in all that thou doest:
 21:23  Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt
not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's
son: [but] according to the kindness that I have done unto
thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast
sojourned.
 21:24  And Abraham said, I will swear.
 21:25  And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of
water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
 21:26  And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing:
neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I [of it], but to
day.
 21:27  And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto
Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
 21:28  And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by
themselves.
 21:29  And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What [mean] these
seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
 21:30  And he said, For [these] seven ewe lambs shalt thou
take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I
have digged this well.
 21:31  Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there
they sware both of them.
 21:32  Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech
rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they
returned into the land of the Philistines.
 21:33  And [Abraham] planted a grove in Beersheba, and called
there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.
 21:34  And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many
days.
 22:1  And it came to pass after these things, that God did
tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold,
[here] I [am].
 22:2  And he said, Take now thy son, thine only [son] Isaac,
whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and
offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains
which I will tell thee of.
 22:3  And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled
his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his
son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up,
and went unto the place of which God had told him.
 22:4  Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and
saw the place afar off.
 22:5  And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with
the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come
again to you.
 22:6  And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and
laid [it] upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand,
and a knife; and they went both of them together.
 22:7  And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My
father: and he said, Here [am] I, my son. And he said, Behold
the fire and the wood: but where [is] the lamb for a burnt
offering?
 22:8  And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a
lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
 22:9  And they came to the place which God had told him of;
and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order,
and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the
wood.
 22:10  And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the
knife to slay his son.
 22:11  And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of
heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here [am] I.
 22:12  And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither
do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest
God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only [son]
from me.
 22:13  And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold
behind [him] a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and
Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt
offering in the stead of his son.
 22:14  And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh:
as it is said [to] this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall
be seen.
 22:15  And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of
heaven the second time,
 22:16  And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for
because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy
son, thine only [son]:
 22:17  That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying
I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the
sand which [is] upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess
the gate of his enemies;
 22:18  And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be
blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
 22:19  So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose
up and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at
Beersheba.
 22:20  And it came to pass after these things, that it was
told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born
children unto thy brother Nahor;
 22:21  Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the
father of Aram,
 22:22  And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and
Bethuel.
 22:23  And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear
to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
 22:24  And his concubine, whose name [was] Reumah, she bare
also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.
 23:1  And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old:
[these were] the years of the life of Sarah.
 23:2  And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same [is] Hebron in
the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to
weep for her.
 23:3  And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake
unto the sons of Heth, saying,
 23:4  I [am] a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a
possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead
out of my sight.
 23:5  And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto
him,
 23:6  Hear us, my lord: thou [art] a mighty prince among us:
in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall
withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy
dead.
 23:7  And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of
the land, [even] to the children of Heth.
 23:8  And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind
that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and
entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
 23:9  That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he
hath, which [is] in the end of his field; for as much money as
it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a
buryingplace amongst you.
 23:10  And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron
the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of
Heth, [even] of all that went in at the gate of his city,
saying,
 23:11  Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the
cave that [is] therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the
sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.
 23:12  And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the
land.
 23:13  And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people
of the land, saying, But if thou [wilt give it], I pray thee,
hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take [it] of me,
and I will bury my dead there.
 23:14  And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,
 23:15  My lord, hearken unto me: the land [is worth] four
hundred shekels of silver; what [is] that betwixt me and thee?
bury therefore thy dead.
 23:16  And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed
to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the
sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current [money]
with the merchant.
 23:17  And the field of Ephron, which [was] in Machpelah,
which [was] before Mamre, the field, and the cave which [was]
therein, and all the trees that [were] in the field, that
[were] in all the borders round about, were made sure
 23:18  Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the
children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his
city.
 23:19  And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the
cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same [is]
Hebron in the land of Canaan.
 23:20  And the field, and the cave that [is] therein, were
made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by
the sons of Heth.
 24:1  And Abraham was old, [and] well stricken in age: and the
LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.
 24:2  And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house,
that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand
under my thigh:
 24:3  And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of
heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a
wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom
I dwell:
 24:4  But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred,
and take a wife unto my son Isaac.
 24:5  And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman
will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs
bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?
 24:6  And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring
not my son thither again.
 24:7  The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's
house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto
me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give
this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt
take a wife unto my son from thence.
 24:8  And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee,
then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my
son thither again.
 24:9  And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham
his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.
 24:10  And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his
master, and departed; for all the goods of his master [were] in
his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city
of Nahor.
 24:11  And he made his camels to kneel down without the city
by a well of water at the time of the evening, [even] the time
that women go out to draw [water].
 24:12  And he said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray
thee, send me good speed this day, and show kindness unto my
master Abraham.
 24:13  Behold, I stand [here] by the well of water; and the
daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:
 24:14  And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I
shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink;
and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink
also: [let the same be] she [that] thou hast appointed for thy
servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast showed
kindness unto my master.
 24:15  And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that,
behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of
Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher
upon her shoulder.
 24:16  And the damsel [was] very fair to look upon, a virgin,
neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well,
and filled her pitcher, and came up.
 24:17  And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I
pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.
 24:18  And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let
down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.
 24:19  And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I
will draw [water] for thy camels also, until they have done
drinking.
 24:20  And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the
trough, and ran again unto the well to draw [water], and drew
for all his camels.
 24:21  And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit
whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not.
 24:22  And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking,
that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and
two bracelets for her hands of ten [shekels] weight of gold;
 24:23  And said, Whose daughter [art] thou? tell me, I pray
thee: is there room [in] thy father's house for us to lodge in?
 24:24  And she said unto him, I [am] the daughter of Bethuel
the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.
 24:25  She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and
provender enough, and room to lodge in.
 24:26  And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the
LORD.
 24:27  And he said, Blessed [be] the LORD God of my master
Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and
his truth: I [being] in the way, the LORD led me to the house
of my master's brethren.
 24:28  And the damsel ran, and told [them of] her mother's
house these things.
 24:29  And Rebekah had a brother, and his name [was] Laban:
and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well.
 24:30  And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and
bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words
of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that
he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at
the well.
 24:31  And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD;
wherefore standest thou without? for I have prepared the house,
and room for the camels.
 24:32  And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his
camels, and gave straw and provender for the camels, and water
to wash his feet, and the men's feet that [were] with him.
 24:33  And there was set [meat] before him to eat: but he
said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he
said, Speak on.
 24:34  And he said, I [am] Abraham's servant.
 24:35  And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is
become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and
silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and
camels, and asses.
 24:36  And Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my master when
she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.
 24:37  And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not
take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in
whose land I dwell:
 24:38  But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my
kindred, and take a wife unto my son.
 24:39  And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will
not follow me.
 24:40  And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will
send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt
take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father's house:
 24:41  Then shalt thou be clear from [this] my oath, when thou
comest to my kindred; and if they give not thee [one], thou
shalt be clear from my oath.
 24:42  And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God
of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go:
 24:43  Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come
to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw [water], and
I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy
pitcher to drink;
 24:44  And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also
draw for thy camels: [let] the same [be] the woman whom the
LORD hath appointed out for my master's son.
 24:45  And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold,
Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she
went down unto the well, and drew [water]: and I said unto her,
Let me drink, I pray thee.
 24:46  And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her
[shoulder], and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink
also: so I drank, and she made the camels drink also.
 24:47  And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter [art] thou?
And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah
bare unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the
bracelets upon her hands.
 24:48  And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and
blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham, which had led me in
the right way to take my master's brother's daughter unto his
son.
 24:49  And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my
master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the
right hand, or to the left.
 24:50  Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing
proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or
good.
 24:51  Behold, Rebekah [is] before thee, take [her], and go,
and let her be thy master's son's wife, as the LORD hath
spoken.
 24:52  And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard
their words, he worshipped the LORD, [bowing himself] to the
earth.
 24:53  And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and
jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave [them] to Rebekah: he
gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.
 24:54  And they did eat and drink, he and the men that [were]
with him, and tarried all night; and they rose up in the
morning, and he said, Send me away unto my master.
 24:55  And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel
abide with us [a few] days, at the least ten; after that she
shall go.
 24:56  And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD
hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.
 24:57  And they said, We will call the damsel, and inquire at
her mouth.
 24:58  And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou
go with this man? And she said, I will go.
 24:59  And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse,
and Abraham's servant, and his men.
 24:60  And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou [art]
our sister, be thou [the mother] of thousands of millions, and
let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.
 24:61  And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon
the camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah,
and went his way.
 24:62  And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for
he dwelt in the south country.
 24:63  And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the
eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the
camels [were] coming.
 24:64  And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac,
she lighted off the camel.
 24:65  For she [had] said unto the servant, What man [is] this
that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant [had]
said, It [is] my master: therefore she took a veil, and covered
herself.
 24:66  And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done.
 24:67  And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and
took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and
Isaac was comforted after his mother's [death].
 25:1  Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name [was]
Keturah.
 25:2  And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and
Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
 25:3  And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of
Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.
 25:4  And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch,
and Abidah, and Eldaah. All these [were] the children of
Keturah.
 25:5  And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.
 25:6  But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had,
Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son,
while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.
 25:7  And these [are] the days of the years of Abraham's life
which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.
 25:8  Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old
age, an old man, and full [of years]; and was gathered to his
people.
 25:9  And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of
Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite,
which [is] before Mamre;
 25:10  The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth:
there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.
 25:11  And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that
God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well
Lahairoi.
 25:12  Now these [are] the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's
son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto
Abraham:
 25:13  And these [are] the names of the sons of Ishmael, by
their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of
Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
 25:14  And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,
 25:15  Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:
 25:16  These [are] the sons of Ishmael, and these [are] their
names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes
according to their nations.
 25:17  And these [are] the years of the life of Ishmael, an
hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost
and died; and was gathered unto his people.
 25:18  And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that [is] before
Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: [and] he died in the
presence of all his brethren.
 25:19  And these [are] the generations of Isaac, Abraham's
son: Abraham begat Isaac:
 25:20  And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to
wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the
sister to Laban the Syrian.
 25:21  And Isaac entreated the LORD for his wife, because she
[was] barren: and the LORD was entreated of him, and Rebekah
his wife conceived.
 25:22  And the children struggled together within her; and she
said, If [it be] so, why [am] I thus? And she went to inquire
of the LORD.
 25:23  And the LORD said unto her, Two nations [are] in thy
womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy
bowels; and [the one] people shall be stronger than [the other]
people; and the elder shall serve the younger.
 25:24  And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled,
behold, [there were] twins in her womb.
 25:25  And the first came out red, all over like an hairy
garment; and they called his name Esau.
 25:26  And after that came his brother out, and his hand took
hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac
[was] threescore years old when she bare them.
 25:27  And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man
of the field; and Jacob [was] a plain man, dwelling in tents.
 25:28  And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of [his]
venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.
 25:29  And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field,
and he [was] faint:
 25:30  And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that
same red [pottage]; for I [am] faint: therefore was his name
called Edom.
 25:31  And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
 25:32  And Esau said, Behold, I [am] at the point to die: and
what profit shall this birthright do to me?
 25:33  And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto
him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
 25:34  Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and
he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau
despised [his] birthright.
 26:1  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.
 26:2  And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down
into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:
 26:3  Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will
bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all
these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto
Abraham thy father;
 26:4  And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of
heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in
thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
 26:5  Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my
charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
 26:6  And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:
 26:7  And the men of the place asked [him] of his wife; and he
said, She [is] my sister: for he feared to say, [She is] my
wife; lest, [said he], the men of the place should kill me for
Rebekah; because she [was] fair to look upon.
 26:8  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.
 26:9  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.
 26:10  And Abimelech said, What [is] this thou hast done unto
us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife,
and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.
 26:11  And Abimelech charged all [his] people, saying, He that
toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
 26:12  Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same
year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.
 26:13  And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew
until he became very great:
 26:14  For he had possession of flocks, and possession of
herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied
him.
 26:15  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.
 26:16  And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art
much mightier than we.
 26:17  And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the
valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
 26:18  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.
 26:19  And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found
there a well of springing water.
 26:20  And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's
herdmen, saying, The water [is] ours: and he called the name of
the well Esek; because they strove with him.
 26:21  And they digged another well, and strove for that also:
and he called the name of it Sitnah.
 26:22  And he removed from thence, and digged another well;
and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it
Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us,
and we shall be fruitful in the land.
 26:23  And he went up from thence to Beersheba.
 26:24  And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and
said, I [am] the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I
[am] with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for
my servant Abraham's sake.
 26:25  And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name
of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's
servants digged a well.
 26:26  Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one
of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.
 26:27  And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me,
seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?
 26:28  And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with
thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, [even]
betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;
 26:29  That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched
thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have
sent thee away in peace: thou [art] now the blessed of the
LORD.
 26:30  And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.
 26:31  And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one
to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from
him in peace.
 26:32  And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants
came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged,
and said unto him, We have found water.
 26:33  And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city
[is] Beersheba unto this day.
 26:34  And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife
Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the
daughter of Elon the Hittite:
 26:35  Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.