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The Book of Genesis, Chapter 21, Verse 25

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And Abraham said, I will swear.
King James Version
And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
American Standard Version
And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
New English Translation
But Abraham lodged a complaint against Abimelech concerning a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized.
World English Bible
Abraham complained to Abimelech because of a water well, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
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And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I [of it], but to day.
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And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
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And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
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And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What [mean] these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
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And he said, For [these] seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.
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Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.
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Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
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And [Abraham] planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.
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And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days.
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And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, [here] I [am].