創世記26:23-35

26:23 以撒從那裡上別是巴去。
26:24 當夜耶和華向他顯現，說：「我是你父親亞伯拉罕的上帝，不要懼怕！因為我與你同在，要賜福給你，並要為我僕人亞伯拉罕的緣故，使你的後裔繁多。」
26:25 以撒就在那裡築了一座壇，求告耶和華的名，並且支搭帳棚；他的僕人便在那裡挖了一口井。
26:26 亞比米勒，同他的朋友亞戶撒和他的軍長非各，從基拉耳來見以撒。
26:27 以撒對他們說：「你們既然恨我，打發我走了，為甚麼到我這裡來呢？」
26:28 他們說：「我們明明地看見耶和華與你同在，便說，不如我們兩下彼此起誓，彼此立約，
26:29 使你不害我們，正如我們未曾害你，一味地厚待你，並且打發你平平安安地走。你是蒙耶和華賜福的了。」
26:30 以撒就為他們設擺筵席，他們便吃了喝了。
26:31 他們清早起來彼此起誓。以撒打發他們走，他們就平平安安地離開他走了。
26:32 那一天，以撒的僕人來，將挖井的事告訴他說：「我們得了水了。」
26:33 他就給那井起名叫示巴；因此那城叫做別是巴，直到今日。
26:34 以掃四十歲的時候娶了赫人比利的女兒猶滴，與赫人以倫的女兒巴實抹為妻。
26:35 她們常使以撒和利百加心裡愁煩。

²³ From there he went up to Beersheba. ²⁴ That night the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bless you and will increase the number of your descendants for the sake of my servant Abraham.”
²⁵ Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the Lord. There he pitched his tent, and there his servants dug a well.
²⁶ Meanwhile, Abimelek had come to him from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his personal adviser and Phicol the commander of his forces. ²⁷ Isaac asked them, “Why have you come to me, since you were hostile to me and sent me away?”
²⁸ They answered, “We saw clearly that the Lord was with you; so we said, ‘There ought to be a sworn agreement between us’—between us and you. Let us make a treaty with you ²⁹ that you will do us no harm, just as we did not harm you but always treated you well and sent you away peacefully. And now you are blessed by the Lord.”
³⁰ Isaac then made a feast for them, and they ate and drank. ³¹ Early the next morning the men swore an oath to each other. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they went away peacefully.
³² That day Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. They said, “We’ve found water!” ³³ He called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the town has been Beersheba.
³⁴ When Esau was forty years old, he married Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and also Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite. ³⁵ They were a source of grief to Isaac and Rebekah.

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    「別是巴」的意思是「七倍誓的井」，因為以撒在這裡鑿井的時候，亞比米勒，同他的朋友亞戶撒和他的軍長非各，從基拉耳來見以撒。他們來的目的，是建立和平的約，彼此發誓要遵守條約。

    而立約的原因是什麼呢？是這一群人所說的：「我們明明地看見耶和華與你同在，便說，不如我們兩下彼此起誓，彼此立約，使你不害我們，正如我們未曾害你，一味地厚待你，並且打發你平平安安地走。你是蒙耶和華賜福的了。」

    這有點讓人覺得「惡人先告狀」的感覺，因為是這些人與以撒不和，不是以撒與他們不合！但是，這是以撒那天晚上夢境的憑據，上帝在夢中對他說：「我是你父親亞伯拉罕的上帝，不要懼怕！因為我與你同在，要賜福給你，並要為我僕人亞伯拉罕的緣故，使你的後裔繁多。」

    上帝的同在是屬上帝的人重要的記號，在今日這個記號就是聖靈，有聖靈的人就是稱耶穌基督為主、為上帝的人！因為，沒有聖靈的人，認為耶穌基督只不過是人。而有聖靈的人必定認出耶穌基督就是主，就是上帝！而耶穌基督之所以能拯救我們，是因為祂是完全的人，也是完全的上帝！