And he went up from thence to Beersheba. ] From the place he last, removed unto Beersheba; the famine being over, he returns to the place where he and his rather formerly lived, ( Genesis 21:33 ) ( 22:19 ) .
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And they digged also another; and for that they quarrelled likewise, and he called the name of it, Enmity.
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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.
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Where the Lord appeared to him that same night, 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.
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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.