Genesis 21:25 When Abraham reproved Abimelech about a well of water that Abimelech's servants had seized, 26 Abimelech said, “I do not know who has done this thing; you did not tell me, and I have not heard of it until today.” 27 So Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two men made a covenant.
Things were going well for Abraham. His flocks and herds where thriving. People recognized God's blessing on his life. And now he finally had a son. When everything is going well, Satan is sure to send some sort of problem to mess things up. Such it was with water rights in southern Canaan. Some of Abimelech's men had laid claim to a well Abraham and dug. Rather than start a war, the two men worked out an agreement, committed to a covenant, and place became a prominent location - Beersheba or "Land of the Oath." One of the greatest things we can leave behind in this life are promises made and kept.
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