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Genesis 26:25
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.
Genesis 26:25 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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Genesis 26:25 in other translations
And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well.
So Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD, and he pitched his tent there. His servants also dug a well there.
He built an altar there, and called on the LORD’s name, and pitched his tent there. There Isaac’s servants dug a well.
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In context
22 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.
23 And he went up from that place to Bersabee,
24 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.
25 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.
26 To which place when Abimelech, and Ochozath his friend, and Phicol chief captain of his soldiers, came from Gerara,
27 Isaac said to them: Why are ye come to me, a man whom you hate, and have thrust out from you?
28 And they answered: We saw that the Lord is with thee, and therefore we said: Let there be an oath between us, and let us make a covenant,
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