Genesis 26:23

26:23 From there Isaac 1  went up to Beer Sheba.

Genesis 26:25

26:25 Then Isaac built an altar there and worshiped 2  the Lord. He pitched his tent there, and his servants dug a well. 3 

1 tn Heb “and he went up from there”; the referent (Isaac) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

2 tn Heb “called in the name of.” The expression refers to worshiping the Lord through prayer and sacrifice (see Gen 4:26; 12:8; 13:4; 21:33). See G. J. Wenham, Genesis (WBC), 1:116.

3 tn Heb “and they dug there, the servants of Isaac, a well.”