Holy Scripture
Genesis 21:30
A church father on this verse
“(Verse 30) And he said, 'You shall take these seven ewes from me, that they may be a witness for me that I have dug this well.' Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because both of them swore an oath there. Where this is read, Beersheba, in Hebrew it is called Beersheba. But there are two reasons why it is so nam…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
30And Abraham said, Thou shalt receive the seven ewe lambs of me, that they may be for me as a witness, that I dug this well.
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28And Abraham set seven ewe lambs by themselves.
29And Abimelech said to Abraham, What are these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set alone?
— Genesis 21:30 —
31Therefore he named the name of that place, The Well of the Oath, for there they both swore.
32And they made a covenant at the well of the oath. And there rose up Abimelech, Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol the commander-in-chief of his army, and they returned to the land of the Philistines.