Genesis:21:23-31
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Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me ,
nor with my son ,
nor with my sons 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 .
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And Abraham said ,
I will swear .
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And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water ,
which Abimelechs servants had violently taken away .
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And Abimelech said ,
I wot not who hath done this thing :
neither didst thou tell me ,
neither yet heard I of it ,
but to day .
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And Abraham took sheep and oxen ,
and gave them unto Abimelech ;
and both of them made a covenant .
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And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves .
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And Abimelech said unto Abraham ,
What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves ?
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And he said ,
For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand ,
that they may be a witness unto me ,
that I have digged this well @#
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Wherefore he called that place Beersheba B @#
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because there they sware both of them .