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30 Abraham answered, “Accept these lambs from me to prove that you believe I dug this well.”

31 So that place was called Beersheba[a] because they made a promise to each other there.

32 After Abraham and Abimelech made the agreement at Beersheba, Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, went back to the land of the Philistines.

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  1. 21:31 Beersheba This name means “well of the promise” or “well of seven.”

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