30 He said, “These seven ewe lambs you will take from my hand, that this[a] may be a witness for me that I dug this well.” 31 Therefore (A)that place was called Beersheba,[b] because there both of them swore an oath. 32 So they made a covenant at Beersheba. Then Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army rose up and returned to the land of the Philistines.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 21:30 Or you
  2. Genesis 21:31 Beersheba means well of seven or well of the oath

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