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33 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba and called there on the name of the Lord, the Eternal God.

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33 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree(A) in Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the Lord,(B) the Eternal God.(C)

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23 Now he went up from there to Beersheba.

24 And the Lord appeared to him the same night and said, I am the God of Abraham your father. Fear not, for I am with you and will favor you with blessings and multiply your descendants for the sake of My servant Abraham.

25 And [Isaac] [a]built an altar there and called on the name of the Lord and pitched his tent there; and there Isaac’s servants were digging a well.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 26:25 With Isaac God came first. Before doing anything else in the new place, he built an altar and then waited there to call upon the Lord. Second came his home; he pitched his tent. Third came his business; his servants dug a well.

23 From there he went up to Beersheba.(A) 24 That night the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham.(B) Do not be afraid,(C) for I am with you;(D) I will bless you and will increase the number of your descendants(E) for the sake of my servant Abraham.”(F)

25 Isaac built an altar(G) there and called on the name of the Lord.(H) There he pitched his tent, and there his servants dug a well.(I)

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