Genesis 21:23-31
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23 Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's 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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24 And Abraham said, I will swear.
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25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
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26 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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27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
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28 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
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29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
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30 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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31 Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.