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Genesis 21:31

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Wherefore he called that place Beer–sheba; because there they sware both of them.

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  1. Genesis 21:29

    And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?

  2. Genesis 21:30

    And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.

  3. Genesis 21:32

    Thus they made a covenant at Beer–sheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.

  4. Genesis 21:33

    And Abraham planted a grove in Beer–sheba, and called there on the name of the Lord, the everlasting God.

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