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Genesis
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English: Basic English Bible |
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Genesis 21 [Context] [Commentary] [Map] 
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Now at that time, Abimelech and Phicol, the captain of his army, said to Abraham, I see that God is with you in all you do. |
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Now, then, give me your oath, in the name of God, that you will not be false to me or to my sons after me, but that as I have been good to you, so you will be to me and to this land where you have been living. |
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And Abraham said, I will give you my oath. |
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But Abraham made a protest to Abimelech because of a water-hole which Abimelech's servants had taken by force. |
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But Abimelech said, I have no idea who has done this thing; you never gave me word of it, and I had no knowledge of it till this day. |
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And Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them made an agreement together. |
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And Abraham put seven young lambs of the flock on one side by themselves. |
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Then Abimelech said, What are these seven lambs which you have put on one side? |
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And he said, Take these seven lambs from me as a witness that I have made this water-hole. |
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So he gave that place the name Beer-sheba, because there the two of them had given their oaths. |
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So they made an agreement at Beer-sheba, and Abimelech and Phicol, the captain of his army, went back to the land of the Philistines. |
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And Abraham, after planting a holy tree in Beer-sheba, gave worship to the name of the Lord, the Eternal God. |
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And Abraham went on living in the land of the Philistines as in a strange country. |
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