Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the LORD,† the Everlasting God.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Genesis 21:33 in context
Genesis 21:30–34
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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.”
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Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because they both swore an oath there.
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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.
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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
Notes from World English Bible Updated
- LORD or GOD in all caps is from the Hebrew יהוה Yahweh except when otherwise noted as being from the short form יה Yah.
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