Genesis 21:30
He said, “You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand, that it may be a witness to me, that I have dug this well.”
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Genesis 21:30
He said, “You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand, that it may be a witness to me, that I have dug this well.”
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Genesis 21:22
At that time, Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his army spoke to Abraham, saying, “God is with you in all that you do.
Genesis 21:23
Now, therefore, swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son. But according to the kindness that I have done to you, you shall do to me, and to the land in which you have lived as a foreigner.”
Genesis 21:24
Abraham said, “I will swear.”
Genesis 21:25
Abraham complained to Abimelech because of a water well, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.
Genesis 21:26
Abimelech said, “I don’t know who has done this thing. You didn’t tell me, and I didn’t hear of it until today.”
Genesis 21:27
Abraham took sheep and cattle, and gave them to Abimelech. Those two made a covenant.
Genesis 21:28
Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
Genesis 21:29
Abimelech said to Abraham, “What do these seven ewe lambs, which you have set by themselves, mean?”
Genesis 21:30
He said, “You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand, that it may be a witness to me, that I have dug this well.”
Genesis 21:31
Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because they both swore an oath there.
Genesis 21:32
So they made a covenant at Beersheba. Abimelech rose up with Phicol, the captain of his army, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
Genesis 26:15
Now all the wells which his father’s servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped, and filled with earth.
John 4:6
Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being tired from his journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
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Genesis 31:44
Now come, let’s make a covenant, you and I. Let it be for a witness between me and you.”
Genesis 31:48
Laban said, “This heap is witness between me and you today.” Therefore it was named Galeed
Genesis 31:52
May this heap be a witness, and the pillar be a witness, that I will not pass over this heap to you, and that you will not pass over this heap and this pillar to me, for harm.
Joshua 22:27
but it will be a witness between us and you, and between our generations after us, that we may perform the service of Yahweh before him with our burnt offerings, with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings;’ that your children may not tell our children in time to come, ‘You have no portion in Yahweh.’
Joshua 24:27
Joshua said to all the people, “Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us, for it has heard all Yahweh’s words which he spoke to us. It shall be therefore a witness against you, lest you deny your God.”
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