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25 And Abraham rebuked Abimelech for a well of water which Abimelech servauntes had taken awaye. 26 And Abimelech answered I wyst not who dyd it: Also thou toldest me not nether herde I of it but this daye. 27 And Abraham toke shepe and oxen and gaue them vnto Abimelech. And they made both of them a bonde together. 28 And Abraham sett vij. lambes by them selues. 29 And Abimelech sayde vnto Abraham: what meane these .vij. lamdes which thou hast sett by them selues. 30 And he answered: vij. lambes shalt thou take of my hande that it maye be a wytnesse vnto me that I haue dygged this well: 31 Wherfore the place is called Berseba because they sware both of them. Genesis 21:25-31, Tyndale Bible of 1526. Public domain.
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