026:018 Isaac dug again the wells of water, which they had dug in the days
of Abraham his father. For the Philistines had stopped them
after the death of Abraham. He called their names after
the names by which his father had called them.
026:019 Isaac's servants dug in the valley, and found there a well
of springing water.
026:020 The herdsmen of Gerar argued with Isaac's herdsmen, saying,
"The water is ours." He called the name of the well Esek,
because they contended with him.
026:021 They dug another well, and they argued over that, also.
He called the name of it Sitnah.
026:022 He left that place, and dug another well. They didn't
argue over that one. He called it Rehoboth. He said,
"For now Yahweh has made room for us, and we will be fruitful
in the land."
026:023 He went up from there to Beersheba.
026:024 Yahweh appeared to him the same night, and said, "I am
the God of Abraham your father. Don't be afraid, for I am
with you, and will bless you, and multiply your seed for my
servant Abraham's sake."
026:025 He built an altar there, and called on the name of Yahweh,
and pitched his tent there. There Isaac's servants dug a well.
026:026 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend,
and Phicol the captain of his army.
026:027 Isaac said to them, "Why have you come to me, since you hate me,
and have sent me away from you?"
026:028 They said, "We saw plainly that Yahweh was with you.
We said, 'Let there now be an oath between us, even between us
and you, and let us make a covenant with you,
026:029 that you will do us no harm, as we have not touched you,