30 And he answered, Because thou shalt receive of mine hand these seven lambs, that it may be a witness unto me, that I have dug this well.

31 Wherefore the place is called [a]Beersheba, because there they both swear.

32 Thus made they a [b]covenant at Beersheba: afterward Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain rose up, and turned again unto the land of the Philistines.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 21:31 Or, well of the oath, or of seven, meaning lambs.
  2. Genesis 21:32 Thus we see that the godly, as touching outward things may make peace with the wicked that know not the true God.

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