20. And God was with the youth, and he developed; and he dwelt in the wilderness and became an archer.
21. He dwelt in the Wilderness of Paran; and his mother took a wife for him out of the land of Egypt.
22. At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, God is with you in everything you do.
23. So now, swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me or with my son or with my posterity; but as I have dealt with you kindly, you will do the same with me and with the land in which you have sojourned.
24. And Abraham said, I will swear.
25. When Abraham complained to and reasoned with Abimelech about a well of water [Abimelech's] servants had violently seized,
26. Abimelech said, I know not who did this thing; you did not tell me, and I did not hear of it until today.
27. So Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two men made a league or covenant.
28. Abraham set apart seven ewe lambs of the flock,
29. And Abimelech said to Abraham, What do these seven ewe lambs which you have set apart mean?
30. He said, You are to accept these seven ewe lambs from me as a witness for me that I dug this well.
31. Therefore that place was called Beersheba [well of the oath], because there both parties swore an oath.
32. Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba; then Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army returned to the land of the Philistines.