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English: Basic English Bible |
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Genesis 26 [Context] [Commentary] [Map] 
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And from there he went on to Beer-sheba. |
| 24. |
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. |
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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. |
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And Abimelech had come to him from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his friend and Phicol, the captain of his army. |
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And Isaac said to them, Why have you come to me, seeing that in your hate for me you sent me away from you? |
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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; |
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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. |
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Then he made a feast for them, and they all had food and drink. |
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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. |
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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. |
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And he gave it the name of Shibah: so the name of that town is Beer-sheba to this day. |
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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: |
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And Isaac and Rebekah had grief of mind because of them. |
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