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Genesis 21:29-31
New International Version - UK
Genesis 21:29-31
New International Version - UK
29 and Abimelek asked Abraham, ‘What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs you have set apart by themselves?’
30 He replied, ‘Accept these seven lambs from my hand as a witness that I dug this well.’
31 So that place was called Beersheba,[a] because the two men swore an oath there.
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- Genesis 21:31 Beersheba can mean well of seven or well of the oath.
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