29 Then Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven lambs, which thou hast set by themselves?

30 And he answered, Because thou shalt receive of mine hand these seven lambs, that it may be a witness unto me, that I have dug this well.

31 Wherefore the place is called [a]Beersheba, because there they both swear.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 21:31 Or, well of the oath, or of seven, meaning lambs.

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