Genesis 21:25-34

New King James Version

²⁵ Then Abraham rebuked Abimelech because of a well of water which Abimelech’s servants ^(A)had seized. ²⁶ And Abimelech said, “I do not know who has done this thing; you did not tell me, nor had I heard of it until today.” ²⁷ So Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them ^(B)made a ^[a]covenant. ²⁸ And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.

²⁹ Then Abimelech asked Abraham, ^(C)“What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves?”

³⁰ And he said, “You will take these seven ewe lambs from my hand, that ^(D)they may be my witness that I have dug this well.” ³¹ Therefore he ^(E)called that place ^[b]Beersheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.

³² Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba. So Abimelech rose with Phichol, the commander of his army, and they returned to the land of the Philistines. ³³ Then Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and ^(F)there called on the name of the Lord, ^(G)the Everlasting God. ³⁴ And Abraham stayed in the land of the Philistines many days.