|And Abraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.
|And Abraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.
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|Abraham planted a tamarisk in Beer-sheba, and there he called on the name of the L<small>ORD</small>, the everlasting God.
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|Abraham planted a stand of tamarisk in Beer-sheba, and there he called on the name of the L<small>ORD</small>, the everlasting God.
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|The tamarisk, or salt cedar (''Tamarix ramosissima''), commonly grows in thick stands on riverbanks. It is native to Eurasia and the [[Middle East]] but was introduced to the American Southwest near the year 1900.<ref name=tamarisk>Stevens LE, "[http://www.cpluhna.nau.edu/Biota/tamarisk.htm Exotic Tamarisk on the Colorado Plateau]," ''Land Use History of North America'', accessed November 18, 2009.