31 Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba[a](A) because it was there that the two of them swore an oath. 32 After they had made a covenant at Beer-sheba, Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, left and returned to the land of the Philistines.

33 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and there he called on the name of Yahweh, the Everlasting God.(B)

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  1. Genesis 21:31 = Well of the Oath, or Seven Wells

31 So that place was called Beersheba,[a](A) because the two men swore an oath(B) there.

32 After the treaty(C) had been made at Beersheba,(D) Abimelek and Phicol the commander of his forces(E) returned to the land of the Philistines.(F) 33 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree(G) in Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the Lord,(H) the Eternal God.(I)

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  1. Genesis 21:31 Beersheba can mean well of seven and well of the oath.