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

26 Meanwhile, Abimelek had come to him from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his personal adviser and Phicol the commander of his forces.(D) 27 Isaac asked them, “Why have you come to me, since you were hostile to me and sent me away?(E)

28 They answered, “We saw clearly that the Lord was with you;(F) so we said, ‘There ought to be a sworn agreement between us’—between us and you. Let us make a treaty(G) with you 29 that you will do us no harm,(H) just as we did not harm you but always treated you well and sent you away peacefully. And now you are blessed by the Lord.”(I)

30 Isaac then made a feast(J) for them, and they ate and drank. 31 Early the next morning the men swore an oath(K) to each other. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they went away peacefully.

32 That day Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well(L) they had dug. They said, “We’ve found water!”

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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 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.

27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?

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 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 And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.

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 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.

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