24. That night the Lord appeared to Isaac, and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Don’t be afraid, because I am with you. I will bless you and increase the number of your descendants for my servant Abraham’s sake.”
25. So Isaac built an altar there and worshiped the Lord. He also pitched his tent in that place, and his servants dug a well there.
26. Abimelech, his friend Ahuzzath, and Phicol, the commander of his army, came from Gerar to see Isaac.
27. Isaac asked them, “Why have you come to me, since you hate me and sent me away from you?”
28. They answered, “We have seen that the Lord is with you. So we thought, ‘There should be a solemn agreement between us.’ We’d like to make an agreement with you
29. that you will not harm us, since we have not touched you. We have done only good to you and let you go in peace. Now you are blessed by the Lord.”
30. Isaac prepared a special dinner for them, and they ate and drank.
31. Early the next morning they exchanged oaths. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they left peacefully.
32. That same day Isaac’s servants came and told him about a well they had dug. They said to him, “We’ve found water.”
33. So he named it Shibah [Oath]. That is why the name of the city is still Beersheba today.
34. When Esau was 40 years old, he married Judith, daughter of Beeri the Hittite. He also married Basemath, daughter of Elon the Hittite.
35. These women brought Isaac and Rebekah a lot of grief.