20. God was with the boy and he grew. He dwelled in the wilderness and became an archer.
21. He dwelled in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
22. Now it came about at that same time that Abimelech—with Phicol the commander of his army---said to Abraham, “God is with you in all that you do.
23. So now, make a pledge to me here, by God, that you will not violate your word with me or with my descendants or with my offspring. As I have shown loyalty to you, show the same to me, and to the land in which you have lived as an outsider.”
24. Abraham said, “I make a pledge.”
25. Now Abraham had rebuked Abimelech because of the well of water that Abimelech’s servants had seized.
26. So Abimelech said, “I don’t know who did this thing. Nor did you tell me, nor did I hear about it until today.”
27. Then Abraham took a flock of sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them made a covenant.
28. Abraham set seven young ewe-lambs apart from the flock of sheep by themselves.
29. Abimelech said to Abraham, “What do these seven ewe-lambs that you’ve set by themselves mean?”