Genesis 21:25-34 ▼

25 But Abraham lodged a complaint against Abimelech concerning a well that Abimelech's servants had seized.

26 I do not know who has done this thing,| Abimelech replied. |Moreover, you did not tell me. I did not hear about it until today.|

27 Abraham took some sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech. The two of them made a treaty.

28 Then Abraham set seven ewe lambs apart from the flock by themselves.

29 Abimelech asked Abraham, |What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs that you have set apart?|

30 He replied, |You must take these seven ewe lambs from my hand as legal proof that I dug this well.|

31 That is why he named that place Beer Sheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.

32 So they made a treaty at Beer Sheba. Then Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, returned to the land of the Philistines.

33 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer Sheba. There he worshiped the LORD, the eternal God.

34 So Abraham stayed in the land of the Philistines for quite some time.