Genesis 20:2
2And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, a“She is my sister.” And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.Genesis 21:22-32
A Treaty with Abimelech
22At that time bAbimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, c“God is with you in all that you do. 23Now therefore swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me or with my descendants or with my posterity, but das I have dealt kindly with you, so you will deal with me and with the land where you have sojourned.” 24And Abraham said, “I will swear.”25When Abraham reproved Abimelech about a well of water that Abimelech’s servants ehad seized, 26Abimelech said, “I do not know who has done this thing; you did not tell me, and I have not heard of it until today.” 27So Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two men fmade a covenant. 28Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock apart. 29And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs that you have set apart?” 30He said, “These seven ewe lambs you will take from my hand, that this ▼
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may be a witness for me that I dug this well.” 31Therefore hthat place was called Beersheba, ▼▼ Beersheba means well of seven or well of the oath
because there both of them swore an oath. 32So they made a covenant at Beersheba. Then Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army rose up and returned to the land of the Philistines.
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