²² And it came to pass at that time that Abimelech and Phichol, the chief captain of his host, spoke unto Abraham, saying, “God is with thee in all that thou doest.

²³ Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son; but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.”

²⁴ And Abraham said, “I will swear.”

²⁵ And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.

²⁶ And Abimelech said, “I know not who hath done this thing; neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it until today.”

²⁷ And Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them unto Abimelech, and both of them made a covenant.

²⁸ And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.

²⁹ And Abimelech said unto Abraham, “What mean these seven ewe lambs, which thou hast set by themselves?”

³⁰ And he said, “These seven ewe lambs shalt thou take from my hand, that they may be a witness unto me that I have dug this well.”

³¹ Therefore he called that place Beersheba [that is, The well of the oath], because there they swore, both of them.

³² Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba. Then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.

³³ And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the Lord, the Everlasting God.

³⁴ And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines’ land many days.