23. And now swear to me here by God that thou wilt not deal deceitfully with me, nor with my son, nor with my grandson. According to the kindness that I have done to thee, thou shalt do to me, and to the land in which thou sojournest.
24. And Abraham said, I will swear.
25. And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water that Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
26. And Abimelech said, I do not know who has done this, neither hast thou told me of it, neither have I heard of it but to-day.
27. And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them to Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
28. And Abraham set seven ewe-lambs of the flock by themselves.
29. And Abimelech said to Abraham, What mean these seven ewe-lambs, these which thou hast set by themselves?
30. And he said, That thou take the seven ewe-lambs of my hand, that they may be a witness to me that I have dug this well.
31. Therefore he called that place Beer-sheba, because there they had sworn, both of them.