29 and Abimelech asked him, “Why have you set apart these seven ewe lambs?” 30 He replied, “You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from my hand as my witness that I dug this well.” 31 So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.
Genesis 21:29–31
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Book of Jubilees 24:25–27
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Genesis 26:32–34
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Genesis 21:24–26
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Genesis 31:47–49
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Genesis 38:16–18
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Genesis 26:20–22
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Genesis 20:9–11
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Book of Jubilees 24:4–6
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