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Genesis - ch 26 v 21 - 35
- Then they made another water-hole, and there was a fight about that, so he gave it the name of Sitnah.
- Then he went away from there, and made another water-hole, about which there was no fighting: so he gave it the name of Rehoboth, for he said, Now the Lord has made room for us, and we will have fruit in this land.
- And from there he went on to Beer-sheba.
- That night the Lord came to him in a vision, and said, I am the God of your father Abraham: have no fear for I am with you, blessing you, and your seed will be increased because of my servant Abraham.
- Then he made an altar there, and gave worship to the name of the Lord, and he put up his tents there, and there his servants made a water-hole.
- And Abimelech had come to him from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his friend and Phicol, the captain of his army.
- And Isaac said to them, Why have you come to me, seeing that in your hate for me you sent me away from you?
- And they said, We saw clearly that the Lord was with you: so we said, Let there be an oath between us and you, and let us make an agreement with you;
- That you will do us no damage, even as we put no hand on you, and did you nothing but good, and sent you away in peace: and now the blessing of the Lord is on you.
- Then he made a feast for them, and they all had food and drink.
- And early in the morning they took an oath one to the other: then Isaac sent them away and they went on their way in peace.
- And that day Isaac's servants came to him and gave him word of the water-hole which they had made, and said to him, We have come to water.
- And he gave it the name of Shibah: so the name of that town is Beer-sheba to this day.
- And when Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
- And Isaac and Rebekah had grief of mind because of them.
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