Genesis 21:27-31
Genesis 21:27
So Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them made a covenant.
Genesis 21:28
But Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
Genesis 21:29
Then Abimelech said to Abraham, “What do these seven ewe lambs mean, which you have set by themselves?”
Genesis 21:30
He said, “You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand so that it may be a witness for me, that I dug this well.”
Genesis 21:31
Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because there the two of them took an oath.