Contemporary English Version Anglicised

Genesis 26:28-35 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

28. They answered, “We now know for certain that the Lord is with you, and we have decided there needs to be a peace treaty between you and us. So let's make a solemn agreement

29. not to harm each other. Remember, we have never hurt you, and when we sent you away, we let you go in peace. The Lord has truly blessed you.”

30. Isaac gave a big feast for them, and everyone ate and drank.

31. Early the next morning Isaac and the others made a solemn agreement, then he let them go in peace.

32. Later that same day Isaac's servants came and said, “We've struck water!”

33. So Isaac named the well Shibah, and the town is still called Beersheba.

34. When Esau was forty, he married Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite.

35. But these two women brought a lot of grief to his parents Isaac and Rebekah.