Genesis 21:30
He replied,“You must take these seven ewe lambs from my hand as legal proof that I dug this well.”
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- Gen 31:52 : 52 “This pile of stones and the pillar are reminders that I will not pass beyond this pile to come to harm you and that you will not pass beyond this pile and this pillar to come to harm me.
- Josh 22:27-28 : 27 but as a reminder to us and you, and to our descendants who follow us, that we will honor the LORD in his very presence with burnt offerings, sacrifices, and tokens of peace. Then in the future your descendants will not be able to say to our descendants,‘You have no right to worship the LORD.’ 28 We said,‘If in the future they say such a thing to us or to our descendants, we will reply,“See the model of the LORD’s altar that our ancestors made, not for burnt offerings or sacrifices, but as a reminder to us and you.”’
- Josh 24:27 : 27 Joshua said to all the people,“Look, this stone will be a witness against us, for it has heard everything the LORD said to us. It will be a witness against you if you deny your God.”
- Gen 31:44-48 : 44 So now, come, let’s make a formal agreement, you and I, and it will be proof that we have made peace.” 45 So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a memorial pillar. 46 Then he said to his relatives,“Gather stones.” So they brought stones and put them in a pile. They ate there by the pile of stones. 47 Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, but Jacob called it Galeed. 48 Laban said,“This pile of stones is a witness of our agreement today.” That is why it was called Galeed.
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- Gen 21:22-298 verses87%
22At that time Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, said to Abraham,“God is with you in all that you do.
23Now swear to me right here in God’s name that you will not deceive me, my children, or my descendants. Show me, and the land where you are staying, the same loyalty that I have shown you.”
24Abraham said,“I swear to do this.”
25But Abraham lodged a complaint against Abimelech concerning a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized.
26“I do not know who has done this thing,” Abimelech replied.“Moreover, you did not tell me. I did not hear about it until today.”
27Abraham took some sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech. The two of them made a treaty.
28Then Abraham set seven ewe lambs apart from the flock by themselves.
29Abimelech asked Abraham,“What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs that you have set apart?”
- Gen 21:31-322 verses79%
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.
- Gen 20:13-153 verses73%
13When God made me wander from my father’s house, I told her,‘This is what you can do to show your loyalty to me: Every place we go, say about me,“He is my brother.”’”
14So Abimelech gave sheep, cattle, and male and female servants to Abraham. He also gave his wife Sarah back to him.
15Then Abimelech said,“Look, my land is before you; live wherever you please.”
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15So the Philistines took dirt and filled up all the wells that his father’s servants had dug back in the days of his father Abraham.
- Gen 29:2-32 verses73%
2He saw in the field a well with three flocks of sheep lying beside it, because the flocks were watered from that well. Now a large stone covered the mouth of the well.
3When all the flocks were gathered there, the shepherds would roll the stone off the mouth of the well and water the sheep. Then they would put the stone back in its place over the well’s mouth.
- Gen 20:9-102 verses72%
9Abimelech summoned Abraham and said to him,“What have you done to us? What sin did I commit against you that would cause you to bring such great guilt on me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done!”
10Then Abimelech asked Abraham,“What prompted you to do this thing?”
- Gen 26:18-225 verses72%
18Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug back in the days of his father Abraham, for the Philistines had stopped them up after Abraham died. Isaac gave these wells the same names his father had given them.
19When Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and discovered a well with fresh flowing water there,
20the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying,“The water belongs to us!” So Isaac named the well Esek because they argued with him about it.
21His servants dug another well, but they quarreled over it too, so Isaac named it Sitnah.
22Then he moved away from there and dug another well. They did not quarrel over it, so Isaac named it Rehoboth, saying,“For now the LORD has made room for us, and we will prosper in the land.”
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14I will say to a young woman,‘Please lower your jar so I may drink.’ May the one you have chosen for your servant Isaac reply,‘Drink, and I’ll give your camels water too.’ In this way I will know that you have been faithful to my master.”
- Gen 26:32-332 verses71%
32That day Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug.“We’ve found water,” they reported.
33So he named it Shibah; that is why the name of the city has been Beer Sheba to this day.
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9So the servant placed his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and gave his solemn promise he would carry out his wishes.
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9In this way God has snatched away your father’s livestock and given them to me.
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25Then Isaac built an altar there and worshiped the LORD. He pitched his tent there, and his servants dug a well.
- Gen 23:8-92 verses71%
8Then he said to them,“If you agree that I may bury my dead, then hear me out. Ask Ephron the son of Zohar
9if he will sell me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him sell it to me publicly for the full price, so that I may own it as a burial site.”
- Gen 24:42-432 verses71%
42When I came to the spring today, I prayed,‘O LORD, God of my master Abraham, if you have decided to make my journey successful, may events unfold as follows:
43Here I am, standing by the spring. When the young woman goes out to draw water, I’ll say,“Please give me a little water to drink from your jug.”
- Gen 24:2-32 verses70%
2Abraham said to his servant, the senior one in his household who was in charge of everything he had,“Put your hand under my thigh
3so that I may make you solemnly promise by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of the earth: You must not acquire a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living.
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52“This pile of stones and the pillar are reminders that I will not pass beyond this pile to come to harm you and that you will not pass beyond this pile and this pillar to come to harm me.
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44So now, come, let’s make a formal agreement, you and I, and it will be proof that we have made peace.”
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20So Abraham secured the field and the cave that was in it as a burial site from the sons of Heth.
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5Did Abraham not say to me,‘She is my sister’? And she herself said,‘He is my brother.’ I have done this with a clear conscience and with innocent hands!”
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19Then Abraham returned to his servants, and they set out together for Beer Sheba where Abraham stayed.
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5The sons of Heth answered Abraham,
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17So Abraham secured Ephron’s field in Machpelah, next to Mamre, including the field, the cave that was in it, and all the trees that were in the field and all around its border,
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14That is why the well was called Beer Lahai Roi.(It is located between Kadesh and Bered.)