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Genesis 26:28-35 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

28. They replied, “We have clearly seen how the Lord has been with you. We think there should be an oath between two parties — between us and you. Let us make a covenant with you:

29. You will not harm us, just as we have not harmed you but have only done what was good to you, sending you away in peace. You are now blessed by the Lord.”

30. So he prepared a banquet for them, and they ate and drank.

31. They got up early in the morning and swore an oath to each other. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they left him in peace.

32. On that same day Isaac’s slaves came to tell him about the well they had dug, saying to him, “We have found water! ”

33. He called it Sheba. Therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba to this day.

34. When Esau was 40 years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.

35. They made life bitter for Isaac and Rebekah.

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