Genesis 21:23-32

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

²³ Swear therefore by God, that thou wilt not hurt me, nor my posterity, nor my stock: but according to the kindness that I have done to thee, thou shalt do to me, and to the land wherein thou hast lived a stranger.

²⁴ And Abraham said: I will swear.

²⁵ And he reproved Abimelech for a well of water, which his servants had taken away by force.

²⁶ And Abimelech answered: I knew not who did this thing: and thou didst not tell me, and I heard not of it till to day.

²⁷ And Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech: and both of them made a league.

²⁸ And Abraham set apart seven ewe lambs of the flock.

²⁹ And Abimelech said to him: What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set apart?

³⁰ But he said: Thou shalt take seven ewe lambs at my hand: that they may be a testimony for me, that I dug this well.

³¹ Therefore that place was called Bersabee: because there both of them did swear.

³² And they made a league for the well of oath.