29 that you will do us no harm, as we have not touched you, and as we have done to you nothing but good, and have sent you away in peace.' You are now the blessed of Yahweh.'
30 He made them a feast, and they ate and drink.
31 They rose up some time in the morning, and swore one to another. Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
32 It happened the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had dug, and said to him, 'We have found water.'
33 He called it Shibah.{Shibah means 'oath' or 'seven.'} Therefore the name of the city is Beersheba{Beersheba means 'well of the oath' or 'well of the seven'} to this day.
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