Read Genesis 21.22-34 Abraham reconciles with Abimelech.
The Canaanite king Abimelech, who Abraham had earlier thought had no "fear of God" (20.11), shows a remarkable reverence toward Abraham's God and a willingness to reconcile a
human conflict with Abraham.
In verse 31 Beer-sheba can mean either "well of the oath" (referring to the loyalty oath between Abraham and Abimelech in vv. 22-24) or "well of seven" (referring to the seven ewe lambs Abraham gave to Abimelech in return for acknowledging that the well belonged to Abraham in vv. 28-30).
In verse 33 the planting of the tamarisk tree establishes the site as a holy place of worship.
Everlasting god ("El Olam") may have been the name of an earlier deity worshiped
at the site that the story now appropriates as an additional title for the LORD.
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