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.