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Covenant with Abimelech
Genesis 26:28-33
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They answered, "We saw very clearly that ADONAI has been with you; so we said, 'Let there be an oath between us: let's make a pact between ourselves and you
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that you will not harm us, just as we have not caused you offense but have done you nothing but good and sent you on your way in peace. Now you are blessed by ADONAI.'"
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Yitz'chak prepared a banquet for them, and they ate and drank.
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The next morning, they got up early and swore to each other. Then Yitz'chak sent them on their way, and they left him peacefully.
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That very day Yitz'chak's servants came and told him about the well they had dug, "We have found water."
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So he called it Shiv'ah [oath, seven], and for this reason the name of the city is Be'er-Sheva [well of seven, well of an oath] to this day.
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