Genesis 26:25

“And he builded an altar there, etc.] At Beersheba, where his father Abraham had planted a grove before, and very probably had built an altar also, though it might not be now standing, (<012133>Genesis 21:33); and called upon the name of the Lord; and gave him thanks for all his mercies to him; for the care he had taken of him, and provision he had made for him and his during the time of famine; and for the protection and preservation of him in Gerar; and for his deliverance of him out of the hands of envious, malicious, and unreasonable men; as well as prayed unto him for present and future mercies, for providential care of him and his; and for communications of special grace, and for…”