Verse 31
31. Beer-sheba Which means well of the oath, or, well of the seven, in allusion to the seven lambs by which Abraham here confirmed his covenant with Abimelech . In a broad valley, some twelve hours’ travel south of Hebron, Dr . Robinson discovered two deep wells, still called Bir es-Seba, probably the very same as those dug by the servants of Abraham and Isaac . Compare Genesis 26:32. “These wells are some distance apart; they are circular, and stoned up with solid masonry . The larger one is twelve and a half feet in diameter and forty-four and a half feet deep to the surface of the water, sixteen feet of which, at the bottom, is excavated in the solid rock . The other well lies fifty-five rods W . S . W . , and is five feet in diameter and forty-two feet deep . The water in both is pure and sweet, and in great abundance; the finest, indeed, we had found since leaving Sinai . ” ROBINSON, Biblical Researches, vol . i, p . 204 . Such wells would be of the first importance to a great shepherd chief .
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