World English Bible
Genesis 21:31
“Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because they both swore there.”
Verse in context — Genesis 21
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Abimelech said to Abraham, "What do these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves mean?
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He said, "You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand, that it may be a witness to me, that I have dug this well.
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Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because they both swore there.
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So they made a covenant at Beersheba. Abimelech rose up with Phicol, the captain of his army, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
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Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and called there on the name of Yahweh, the Everlasting God.
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