Genesis 21:30
“I'm giving you these seven female lambs in return for your admission that I dug this well,” Abraham replied.
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In Context
29“What are these seven female lambs for that you've separated from the flock?” Abimelech asked.
31That's why he called the place Beersheba, because the two of them swore an oath to each other.
Cross References
Genesis 26:18He unblocked the wells that had been dug in his father Abraham's time—the ones the Philistines had blocked after the death of Abraham. He gave them the same names his father had.
Genesis 31:52They also act as a witness to our solemn promises to each other: I will not come past them to attack you; and you will not come past them to attack me.
Joshua 24:27Joshua said to the people, “Look at this stone. It stands here as a witness against us for it has heard everything the Lord has told us, and it will be a witness against you if you ever deny what you have promised your God.”
Matthew Henry on Genesis 21:23-33
Abimelech's Covenant with Abraham. ( b. c. 1892.) 22 And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest: 23 Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned. 24 And Abraham said, I will swear. 25 And Abraham… Read the whole commentary →