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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.