Genesis 26:23

23 From there he went up to Beer-sheba.

Genesis 26:23 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 26:23

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 ) .

Genesis 26:23 In-Context

21 Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over that one also; so he called it Sitnah.

22 He moved from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it; so he called it Rehoboth, saying, "Now the Lord has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land."

23 From there he went up to Beer-sheba.

24 And that very night the Lord appeared to him and said, "I am the God of your father Abraham; do not be afraid, for I am with you and will bless you and make your offspring numerous for my servant Abraham's sake."

25 So he built an altar there, called on the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent there. And there Isaac's servants dug a well.