22. Going forward from thence, he digged another well, for which they contended not: therefore he called the name thereof, Latitude, saying: Now hath the Lord given us room, and made us to increase upon the earth.
23. And he went up from that place to Bersabee,
24. Where the Lord appeared to him that same might, saying: I am the God of Abraham thy father; do not fear, for I am with thee: I will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake.
25. And he built there an altar: and called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent: and commanded his servants to dig a well.
26. To which place when Abimelech, and Ochozath his friend, and Phicol chief captain of his soldiers came from Gerara,
27. Isaac said to them: Why are ye come to me, a man whom you hate, and have thrust out from you?
28. And they answered: We saw that the Lord is with thee, and therefore we said: Let there be an oath between us, and let us make a covenant,
29. That thou do us no harm, as we on our part have touched nothing of thine, nor have done any thing to hurt thee: but with peace have sent thee away increased with the blessing of the Lord.