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Genesis 27:8
who touches this man or his wife will be put the commander of his forces. 27 Isaac said to to death!"
him, "Why have you come after me? You re
sented me and sent me away from you." Isaac's treaty with the Philistines
28 They said, “We now see that the LORD ? Isaac planted grain in that land and was with you. We propose that there be a reaped one hundred shearimthat year be- formal agreement between us and that we cause the Lord had blessed him. 13 Isaac draw up a treaty with you: 29you must not grew richer and richer until he was ex- treat us badly since we haven't harmed you tremely wealthy. “He had livestock, both and since we have treated you well at all flocks and cattle, and many servants. As times. Then we will send you away peacea result, the Philistines envied him. The fully, for you are now blessed by the LORD.” Philistines closed up and filled with dirt all 30 Isaac prepared a banquet for them, and of the wells that his father's servants had they ate and drank. 31They got up early dug during his father Abraham's lifetime. in the morning, and they gave each other 16 Abimelech said to Isaac, “Move away from their word. Isaac sent them off, and they us because you have become too powerful left peacefully. among us."
32 That day Isaac's servants informed him 17So Isaac moved away from there, about the well that they had been digging camped in the valley of Gerar, and lived and said to him, “We found water.” 33 He there. 18 Isaac dug out again the wells that called it Shibah;h therefore, the city's name were dug during the lifetime of his fa- has been Beer-sheba' until today. ther Abraham. The Philistines had closed them up after Abraham's death. Isaac Esau's wives gave them the same names his father had 34When Esau was 40 years old, he margiven them. "'Isaac's servants dug wells in ried Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite, the valley and found a well there with fresh and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite. water. 20 Isaac's shepherds argued with Ger- 35 They made life very difficult for Isaac and ar's shepherds, each claiming, “This is our Rebekah. water.” So Isaac named the well Esekd because they quarreled with him. They dug Jacob acquires his father's blessing another well and argued about it too, so he 7When Isaac had grown old and his named it Sitnah. 2? He left there and dug L eyesight was failing, he summoned his another well, but they didn't argue about it, older son Esau and said to him, “My son?" so he named it Rehoboth and said, “Now And Esau said, “I'm here." the LORD has made an open space for us ? He said, “I'm old and don't know when and has made us fertile in the land." I will die. 'So now, take your hunting gear,
23 Then he went up from Gerar to Beer- your bow and quiver of arrows, go out to the sheba. 24 The LORD appeared to him that field, and hunt game for me. “Make me the night and said, “I am the God of your fa- delicious food that I love and bring it to me so ther Abraham. Don't be afraid because I I can eat. Then I can bless you before I die.” am with you. I will bless you, and I will give Rebekah was listening when Isaac spoke you many children for my servant Abra- to his son Esau. When Esau went out to the ham's sake." 25So Isaac built an altar there field to hunt game to bring back, Rebekah and worshipped in the LORD's name. Isaac said to her son Jacob, "I just heard your fapitched his tent there, and his servants dug ther saying to your brother Esau, ''Bring a well.
me some game and make me some delicious 26 But Abimelech set out toward him from food so I can eat, and I will bless you in the Gerar, with Ahuzzath his ally and Phicol LORD's presence before I die.' *Now, my
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