31 So that place was called Beersheba,[a](A) because the two men swore an oath(B) there.

32 After the treaty(C) had been made at Beersheba,(D) Abimelek and Phicol the commander of his forces(E) returned to the land of the Philistines.(F) 33 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree(G) in Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the Lord,(H) the Eternal God.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 21:31 Beersheba can mean well of seven and well of the oath.

19 Then Abraham returned to his servants, and they set off together for Beersheba.(A) And Abraham stayed in Beersheba.

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