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What does Genesis 21:33 mean?
"Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and called there on the name of Yahweh, the Everlasting God."
— Genesis 21:33 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
He said, “You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand, that it may be a witness to me, that I have dug this well.”
Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because they both swore an oath there.
So they made a covenant at Beersheba. Abimelech rose up with Phicol, the captain of his army, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and called there on the name of Yahweh, the Everlasting God.
Abraham lived as a foreigner in the land of the Philistines many days.
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