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29 Abimelech asked him, "What is the meaning of these seven female lambs you have set apart?"
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and Abimelek asked Abraham, “What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs you have set apart by themselves?”
30 Abraham answered, "Accept these lambs from me so that they may be proof that I dug this well."
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He replied, “Accept these seven lambs from my hand as a witness that I dug this well.”
31 This is why that place is called Beersheba, because both of them swore an oath there.
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So that place was called Beersheba, because the two men swore an oath there.
32 After they made the treaty at Beersheba, Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, left and went back to the land of the Philistines.
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After the treaty had been made at Beersheba, Abimelek and Phicol the commander of his forces returned to the land of the Philistines.
33 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree at Beersheba and worshiped the LORD, the Everlasting God, there.
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Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the LORD, the Eternal God.
34 Abraham lived a long time in the land of the Philistines.
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And Abraham stayed in the land of the Philistines for a long time.
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