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

³² After the treaty^(A) had been made at Beersheba,^(B) Abimelek and Phicol the commander of his forces^(C) returned to the land of the Philistines.^(D)

²⁸ They answered, “We saw clearly that the Lord was with you;^(A) so we said, ‘There ought to be a sworn agreement between us’—between us and you. Let us make a treaty^(B) with you

³¹ Early the next morning the men swore an oath^(A) to each other. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they went away peacefully.

⁴⁴ Come now, let’s make a covenant,^(A) you and I, and let it serve as a witness between us.”^(B)

⁵³ May the God of Abraham^(A) and the God of Nahor,^(B) the God of their father, judge between us.”^(C)

So Jacob took an oath^(D) in the name of the Fear of his father Isaac.^(E)