Genesis 21
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Genesis 21:31-33

31That is why he named that place Beer Sheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.

32So they made a treaty at Beer Sheba. Then Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, returned to the land of the Philistines.

33Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer Sheba. There he worshiped the Lord, the eternal God.

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