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Sforno on Genesis 26:25/ספורנו על בראשית כ״ו:כ״ה

אוַיִּקְרָא בְּשֵׁם ה'. וַיִּכְרוּ שָׁם.
1ויקרא בשם ה'...ויכרו שם עבדי יצחק באר—ואבימלך הלך אליו. After Yitzchok had roused himself to proclaim the name of the Lord publicly, his servants started digging a successful well without encountering opposition. Not only this, but Avimelech now came to him in order to make a treaty with him, and not to interfere with him anymore. [I wonder whether the word הלך “he walked on foot,” somewhat unusual for the mode a king travels is meant to convey to us that he humiliated himself. Ed.]