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 also; so he called its name Sitnah.

22 And he moved from there and dug another well, and over that they did not quarrel; so he called its name Reho'both, saying, "For 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 the LORD appeared to him the same night and said, "I am the God of Abraham your father; fear not, for I am with you and will bless you and multiply your descendants for my servant Abraham's sake."

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