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Genesis 21:30-34 Good News Bible (GNB)

30. Abraham answered, “Accept these seven lambs. By doing this, you admit that I am the one who dug this well.”

31. And so the place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them made a vow.

32. After they had made this agreement at Beersheba, Abimelech and Phicol went back to Philistia.

33. Then Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba and worshipped the Lord, the Everlasting God.

34. Abraham lived in Philistia for a long time.