21. And he dwelt in the Wilderness of Paran, and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Mitsrayim.
22. And it came to be at that time that Aḇimeleḵ and Piḵol, the commander of his army, spoke to Aḇraham, saying, “Elohim is with you in all that you do.
23. “And now, swear to me by Elohim, not to be untrue to me, to my offspring, or to my descendants. Do to me according to the kindness that I have done to you and to the land in which you have dwelt.”
24. And Aḇraham said, “I swear.”
25. And Aḇraham reproved Aḇimeleḵ because of a well of water which Aḇimeleḵ’s servants had seized.
26. And Aḇimeleḵ said, “I do not know who has done this deed. Neither did you inform me, nor did I hear until today.”
27. So Aḇraham took sheep and cattle and gave them to Aḇimeleḵ, and the two of them made a covenant.
28. And Aḇraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
29. And Aḇimeleḵ asked Aḇraham, “What are these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves?”
30. And he said, “Take these seven ewe lambs from my hand, to be my witness that I have dug this well.”
31. So he called that place Be’ĕrsheḇa, because the two of them swore an oath there.
32. Thus they made a covenant at Be’ĕrsheḇa. And Aḇimeleḵ rose with Piḵol, the commander of his army, and they returned to the land of the Philistines.
33. And he planted a tamarisk tree in Be’ĕrsheḇa, and there called on the Name of יהוה, the Everlasting Ěl.