Graphic Bible · Scene 3 of 5

Isaac, in pale linen with an olive wrap and dark beard graying at temples, beside a simple newly built stone altar at Beersheba; his tents and servants digging a well behind him. Quiet night-to-dawn light, no visible deity.
Artwork is an interpretation. Scripture is quoted from the People's Open Bible.

Genesis 26:23-25

Isaac at Beersheba

Wells in Gerar · Genesis 26

Story guide: Yahweh appears to Isaac at Beersheba, and Isaac builds an altar there.

Open this scene in the reader →

23From there he went up to Beersheba.

24And Yahweh appeared to him that night and said, “I am the God of Abraham your father. Do not fear, for I am with you, and I will bless you and multiply your offspring for the sake of Abraham my servant.”

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

Step through the story beside the Scripture itself. About the People’s Open Bible