24. And Abraham said, I will swear.
25. And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
26. And Abimelech said, I know not who has done this thing: neither did you tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but today.
27. And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
28. And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
29. And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves?
30. And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shall you take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have dug this well.
31. Therefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they swore both of them.