וַיַּצֵּב אַבְרָהָם אֶת שֶׁבַע כִּבְשֹׂת הַצֹּאן לְבַדְּהֶן: וַיֹּאמֶר אֲבִימֶלֶךְ אֶל אַבְרָהָם מָה הֵנָּה שֶׁבַע כְּבָשֹׂת הָאֵלֶּה אֲשֶׁר הִצַּבְתָּ לְבַדָּנָה: וַיֹּאמֶר כִּי אֶת שֶׁבַע כְּבָשֹׂת תִּקַּח מִיָּדִי בַּעֲבוּר תִּהְיֶה לִּי לְעֵדָה כִּי חָפַרְתִּי אֶת הַבְּאֵר הַזֹּאת: עַל כֵּן קָרָא לַמָּקוֹם הַהוּא בְּאֵר שָׁבַע כִּי שָׁם נִשְׁבְּעוּ שְׁנֵיהֶם: וַיִּכְרְתוּ בְרִית בִּבְאֵר שָׁבַע וַיָּקָם אֲבִימֶלֶךְ וּפִיכֹל שַׂר צְבָאוֹ וַיָּשֻׁבוּ אֶל אֶרֶץ פְּלִשְׁתִּים: וַיִּטַּע אֶשֶׁל בִּבְאֵר שָׁבַע וַיִּקְרָא שָׁם בְּשֵׁם ה' קֵ-ל עוֹלָם: וַיָּגָר אַבְרָהָם בְּאֶרֶץ פְּלִשְׁתִּים יָמִים רַבִּים:

And Abraham set seven ewe-lambs of the flock by themselves. And Abimelech said unto Abraham: 'What are these seven ewe-lambs that you have set by themselves?' And he said: For these seven ewe-lambs shall you take from my hand, that it may be a witness unto me, that I have dug this well.' Therefore that place was called Be'er Sheva; because there they swore, both of them. So they made a covenant at Be'er Sheva; and Abimelech rose up, and Pichol the captain of his host, and they returned to the land of the Philistines. And Abraham planted a tamarisk-tree in Be'er Sheva, and called there on the name of Hashem, the Everlasting G-d. And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.