Chapter 21
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At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, "God is with you in all that you do."
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Now swear to me by God: If you deceive me or my offspring or my descendants—as the steadfast love that I have shown you, you shall show me and the land in which you have sojourned."
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Abraham said, "I will swear."
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And Abraham rebuked Abimelech about the matter of the well of water that Abimelech's servants had seized.
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Abimelech said, "I did not know who did this thing. You did not tell me, and I did not hear about it until today."
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And Abraham took sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them made a covenant.
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And Abraham set the seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
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And Abimelech said to Abraham, "What are these seven ewe lambs that you have set by themselves?"
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And he said, "Because you will take seven ewe lambs from my hand, so that it will be a witness for me that I dug this well."
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Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because there the two of them swore an oath.
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And they made a covenant at Beersheba. And Abimelech rose with Phicol the commander of his army, and they returned to the land of the Philistines.
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And he planted a tamarisk in Beersheba and called on the name of the LORD, the Eternal God, there.
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And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.