The Covenant at Beersheba

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At the same time Abimelech, and Phicol the general of his army, said to Abraham: God is with thee in all that thou dost.

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Swear therefore by God, that thou wilt not hurt me, nor my posterity, nor my stock: but according to the kindness that I have done to thee, thou shalt do to me, and to the land wherein thou hast lived a stranger.

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And Abraham said: I will swear.

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And he reproved Abimelech for a well of water, which his servants had taken away by force.

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And Abimelech answered: I knew not who did this thing: and thou didst not tell me, and I heard not of it till today.

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Then Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them to Abimelech: and both of them made a league.

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And Abraham set apart seven ewelambs of the flock.

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And Abimelech said to him: What mean these seven ewelambs which thou hast set apart?

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But he said: Thou shalt take seven ewelambs at my hand: that they may be a testimony for me, that I dug this well.

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Therefore that place was called Bersabee; because there both of them did swear.

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And they made a league for the well of oath.

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And Abimelech and Phicol, the general of his army, arose and returned to the land of the Palestines. But Abraham planted a grove in Bersabee, and there called upon the name of the Lord God eternal.

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And he was a sojourner in the land of the Palestines many days.

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