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Genesis - ch 21 v 21 - 34
- And while he was in the waste land of Paran, his mother got him a wife from the land of Egypt.
- Now at that time, Abimelech and Phicol, the captain of his army, said to Abraham, I see that God is with you in all you do.
- Now, then, give me your oath, in the name of God, that you will not be false to me or to my sons after me, but that as I have been good to you, so you will be to me and to this land where you have been living.
- And Abraham said, I will give you my oath.
- But Abraham made a protest to Abimelech because of a water-hole which Abimelech's servants had taken by force.
- But Abimelech said, I have no idea who has done this thing; you never gave me word of it, and I had no knowledge of it till this day.
- And Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them made an agreement together.
- And Abraham put seven young lambs of the flock on one side by themselves.
- Then Abimelech said, What are these seven lambs which you have put on one side?
- And he said, Take these seven lambs from me as a witness that I have made this water-hole.
- So he gave that place the name Beer-sheba, because there the two of them had given their oaths.
- So they made an agreement at Beer-sheba, and Abimelech and Phicol, the captain of his army, went back to the land of the Philistines.
- And Abraham, after planting a holy tree in Beer-sheba, gave worship to the name of the Lord, the Eternal God.
- And Abraham went on living in the land of the Philistines as in a strange country.
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