Contemporary English Version Anglicised

Genesis 21:29-34 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

29. and Abimelech asked, “Why have you done this?”

30. Abraham told him, “I want you to accept these seven lambs as proof that I dug this well.”

31. So they called the place Beersheba, because they made a treaty there.

32. When the treaty was completed, Abimelech and his army commander Phicol went back to the land of the Philistines.

33. Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba and worshipped the eternal Lord God.

34. Then Abraham lived a long time as a foreigner in the land of the Philistines.