Therefore he called that place Beersheba,† because they both swore an oath there.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Genesis 21:31 in context
Genesis 21:28–34
28
Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
29
Abimelech said to Abraham, “What do these seven ewe lambs, which you have set by themselves, mean?”
30
He said, “You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand, that it may be a witness to me, that I have dug this well.”
32
So they made a covenant at Beersheba. Abimelech rose up with Phicol, the captain of his army, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
33
Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the LORD, the Everlasting God.
34
Abraham lived as a foreigner in the land of the Philistines many days.
Source notes
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- Beersheba can mean “well of the oath” or “well of seven”.
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