Genesis 21:30 · KJV
“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.”
— Genesis 21:30
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What {mean} these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them. {Beersheba: that is, The well of the oath}
Genesis 21 — Context
And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
29And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What {mean} these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
30And 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.
31Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them. {Beersheba: that is, The well of the oath}
32Thus 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.
Cross References
Genesis 31:52
This heap {be} witness, and {this} pillar {be} witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.
Joshua 22:27-28
But {that} it {may be} a witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we might do the service of the LORD before him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no part in the LORD.
Joshua 24:27
And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.
Genesis 31:44-48
Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.