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Genesis 26:25

Isaac
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23 From there Isaac went up to Beersheba,

24 and that night the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of My servant Abraham.”

So Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD, and he pitched his tent there. His servants also dug a well there.

26 Later, Abimelech came to Isaac from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army.

27 “Why have you come to me?” Isaac asked them. “You hated me and sent me away.”

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BSB
So Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD, and he pitched his tent there. His servants also dug a well there.
KJV
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.
WEB
He built an altar there, and called on the LORD’s name, and pitched his tent there. There Isaac’s servants dug a well.
ASV
And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of Jehovah, and pitched his tent there. And there Isaac`s servants digged a well.
DARBY
And he built an altar there, and called upon the name of Jehovah. And he pitched his tent there; and there Isaac's servants dug a well.
BLB
And he built there an altar and called on the name of YHWH. And he pitched there his tent, and there the servants of Isaac dug a well.
ÅB
Der bygget han et alter og påkalte Herrens navn; og han slo opp sitt telt der; og Isaks tjenere gravde der en brønn.
OTB
Isak bygde et alter der og påkalte Herrens navn. Der slo han opp sitt telt, og der gravde hans tjenere en brønn.
B1930
Der bygget han et alter og påkalte Herrens navn; og han slo op sitt telt der; og Isaks tjenere gravde der en brønn.

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Cross references

  • Genesis 13:18

    So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the Oaks of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD.

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  • Psalms 116:17

    I will offer to You a sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the LORD.

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  • Genesis 12:7–8

    Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

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  • Genesis 35:1

    Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”

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  • Genesis 33:20

    There he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.

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  • Exodus 17:15

    And Moses built an altar and named it The LORD Is My Banner.

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  • Genesis 8:20

    Then Noah built an altar to the LORD. And taking from every kind of clean animal and clean bird, he offered burnt offerings on the altar.

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  • Genesis 22:9

    When they arrived at the place God had designated, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood. He bound his son Isaac and placed him on the altar, atop the wood.

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