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## Genesis 26:26-31 in Context (Verses 23–34 KJV)
 
 [23 ](/kjv/genesis/26/23) And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba.
 
 [24 ](/kjv/genesis/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.
 
 [25 ](/kjv/genesis/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 ](/kjv/genesis/26/26) ¶ Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.
 
 [27 ](/kjv/genesis/26/27) And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?
 
 [28 ](/kjv/genesis/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;*
 
 [29 ](/kjv/genesis/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.*
 
 [30 ](/kjv/genesis/26/30) And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.
 
 [31 ](/kjv/genesis/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.
 
 [32 ](/kjv/genesis/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.
 
 [33 ](/kjv/genesis/26/33) And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city *is* Beer-sheba unto this day.**
 
 [34 ](/kjv/genesis/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:
 
[Genesis 25](/kjv/genesis/25) [Genesis 27](/kjv/genesis/27)

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