^{31 Ref} Therefore he called that place Beersheba,{Beersheba can mean "well of the oath" or "well of seven."} because they both swore there.

^{32 Ref} So they made a covenant at Beersheba. Abimelech rose up with Phicol, the captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.

^{33 Ref} Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and called there on the name of Yahweh, the Everlasting God.