Genesis 21:27-34 ▼

27 So Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two men made a covenant.

28 Abraham set apart seven ewe lambs of the flock.

29 And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs that you have set apart?”

30 He said, “These seven ewe lambs you shall accept from my hand, in order that you may be a witness for me that I dug this well.”

31 Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba; because there both of them swore an oath.

32 When they had made a covenant at Beer-sheba, Abimelech, with Phicol the commander of his army, left and returned to the land of the Philistines.

33 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the Everlasting God.

34 And Abraham resided as an alien many days in the land of the Philistines.