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And it happened at that time Abimelech and Phicol, the general of his army, spoke to Abraham, saying, God is with you in all that you do.

And now swear to me here by God, that you will not lie to me, and to my son, and to my heir, according to the kindness which I have sworn to you. Do to me and to the land in which you have lived.

And Abraham said, I will swear.

And Abraham reproved Abimelech on account of a well of water which the slaves of Abimelech had seized.

And Abimelech said, I do not know who has done this thing; and also you have not told me; even I have not heard, except today.

And Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave to Abimelech, and both of them cut a covenant.

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

And Abimelech said to Abraham, What are these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves?

And he said, You shall take the seven ewe lambs from my hand so that it may become for me a witness that I dug this well.

On account of this that place is called The Well of Sheba, because the two of them swore there.

And they cut a covenant in Beer-sheba. And Abimelech and Phicol, the general of his army, rose up; and they returned to the land of the Philistines.

And he planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and there he called on the name of Jehovah the everlasting God.

And Abraham lived in the land of the Philistines many days.