⁷ Then they went toward the fortress of Tyre^(A) and all the towns of the Hivites^(B) and Canaanites. Finally, they went on to Beersheba^(C) in the Negev^(D) of Judah.

³ to the Canaanites in the east and west; to the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites^(A) and Jebusites in the hill country;^(B) and to the Hivites^(C) below Hermon^(D) in the region of Mizpah.^(E)

² So the king said to Joab^(A) and the army commanders^[a] with him, “Go throughout the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba^(B) and enroll^(C) the fighting men, so that I may know how many there are.”

³ the five^(A) rulers of the Philistines,^(B) all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites^(C) living in the Lebanon mountains from Mount Baal Hermon^(D) to Lebo Hamath.^(E)

The Treaty at Beersheba

²² At that time Abimelek^(A) and Phicol the commander of his forces^(B) said to Abraham, “God is with you in everything you do.^{(C) 23} Now swear^(D) to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me or my children or my descendants.^(E) Show to me and the country where you now reside as a foreigner the same kindness I have shown to you.”^(F)

²⁴ Abraham said, “I swear it.”

²⁵ Then Abraham complained to Abimelek about a well of water that Abimelek’s servants had seized.^{(G) 26} But Abimelek said, “I don’t know who has done this. You did not tell me, and I heard about it only today.”

²⁷ So Abraham brought sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelek, and the two men made a treaty.^{(H) 28} Abraham set apart seven ewe lambs from the flock, ²⁹ and Abimelek asked Abraham, “What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs you have set apart by themselves?”

³⁰ He replied, “Accept these seven lambs from my hand as a witness^(I) that I dug this well.^(J)”

³¹ So that place was called Beersheba,^[a](K) because the two men swore an oath^(L) there.

³² After the treaty^(M) had been made at Beersheba,^(N) Abimelek and Phicol the commander of his forces^(O) returned to the land of the Philistines.^{(P) 33} Abraham planted a tamarisk tree^(Q) in Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the Lord,^(R) the Eternal God.^(S)