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Genesis 21:29-34 Good News Bible Anglicised (GNBDC)

29. and Abimelech asked him, “Why did you do that?”

30. Abraham answered, “Accept these seven lambs. By doing this, you admit that I am the one who dug this well.”

31. And so the place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them made a vow.

32. After they had made this agreement at Beersheba, Abimelech and Phicol went back to Philistia.

33. Then Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba and worshipped the Lord, the Everlasting God.

34. Abraham lived in Philistia for a long time.

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