^{22 (E)} At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, "God is with you in all that you do. ^{23 (E)} Now therefore swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me or with my descendants or with my posterity, but as I have dealt kindly with you, so you will deal with me and with the land where you have sojourned." ^{24 (E)} And Abraham said, "I will swear."

^{25 (E)} When Abraham reproved Abimelech about a well of water that Abimelech's servants had seized, ^{26 (E)} Abimelech said, "I do not know who has done this thing; you did not tell me, and I have not heard of it until today." ^{27 (E)} So Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two men made a covenant. ^{28 (E)} Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock apart. ^{29 (E)} And Abimelech said to Abraham, "What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs that you have set apart?" ^{30 (E)} He said, "These seven ewe lambs you will take from my hand, that this may be a witness for me that I dug this well." ^{31 (E)} Therefore that place was called Beersheba, because there both of them swore an oath. ^{32 (E)} So they made a covenant at Beersheba. Then Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army rose up and returned to the land of the Philistines. ^{33 (E)} Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba and called there on the name of the Lord, the Everlasting God. ^{34 (E)} And Abraham sojourned many days in the land of the Philistines.