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29 And Abimelech said to Abraham, ‘What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs that you have set apart?’ 30 He said, ‘These seven ewe lambs you shall accept from my hand, in order that you may be a witness for me that I dug this well.’ 31 Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba;[a] because there both of them swore an oath.

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  1. Genesis 21:31 That is Well of seven or Well of the oath

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