So they made a covenant at Beersheba. Then Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army got up and returned to the land of the Philistines.
In context
30He said, “Accept these seven ewe lambs from my hand, that they may be a witness for me that I dug this well.” 31That is why that place was called Beersheba — because there the two of them swore an oath. 32So they made a covenant at Beersheba. Then Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army got up and returned to the land of the Philistines. 33Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called on the name of Yahweh, the Everlasting God. 34And Abraham lived in the land of the Philistines for a long time.
