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31 Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba;[a] 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[b] planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the Lord, the Everlasting God.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 21:31 That is Well of seven or Well of the oath
  2. Genesis 21:33 Heb He
  3. Genesis 21:33 Or the Lord, El Olam

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