26:23 From there Isaac 2 went up to Beer Sheba.
1 tn Heb “and he camped in the valley of Gerar and he lived there.”
sn This valley was actually a wadi (a dry river bed where the water would flow in the rainy season, but this would have been rare in the Negev). The water table under it would have been higher than in the desert because of water soaking in during the torrents, making it easier to find water when digging wells. However, this does not minimize the blessing of the
2 tn Heb “and he went up from there”; the referent (Isaac) has been specified in the translation for clarity.