Genesis 21:22-33
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22Now it happened at that time, that aAbimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, spoke to Abraham, saying, “bGod is with you in all that you do; 23so now, aswear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me or with my offspring or with my posterity, but according to the lovingkindness that I have shown you, you shall show me and the land in which you have sojourned.” 24And Abraham said, “I swear it.” 25But Abraham reproved Abimelech about the well of water which the servants of Abimelech ahad seized. 26And Abimelech said, “I do not know who has done this thing; you did not tell me, nor did I hear of it 1until today.”
27So Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and athe two of them cut a covenant. 28Then Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves. 29And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What do these seven ewe lambs mean, which you have set by themselves?” 30He said, “You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand so that it may be a awitness to me, that I dug this well.” 31Therefore he called that place aBeersheba, because there the two of them swore an oath. 32So they cut a covenant at Beersheba; and Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, arose and returned to the land of the Philistines. 33And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree at Beersheba, and there ahe called upon the name of Yahweh, the bEverlasting God.