Genesis 21:31
“Wherefore he called that place, Beer-sheba: because there they sware both of them.”
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Genesis 21:31 Context
29And Abimelech said vnto Abraham, What meane these seuen ewe lambes, which thou hast set by themselues? 30And he said, For these seuen ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witnesse vnto me, that I haue digged this well. 31Wherefore he called that place, Beer-sheba: because there they sware both of them. 32Thus they made a couenant at Beeer-sheba: then Abimelech rose vp, and Phichol the chiefe captaine of his hoste, and they returned into the land of the Philistines. 33¶ And Abraham planted a groue in Beer-sheba, and called there on the Name of the LORD, the euerlasting God.
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Other Translations for Genesis 21:31
Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.
- King James Version
Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because there the two of them took an oath.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba. Because there they sware both of them.
- American Standard Version (1901)
So he gave that place the name Beer-sheba, because there the two of them had given their oaths.
- Basic English Bible
Therefore he called that place Beer-sheba, because there they had sworn, both of them.
- Darby Bible
Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba: because there they swore both of them.
- Webster's Bible
Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because they both swore there.
- World English Bible
therefore hath he called that place `Beer-Sheba,' for there have both of them sworn.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wherefore that place was called Beer-sheba; because there they swore both of them.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Genesis 21:31
21:31 Beer - sheba - That is, the well of the oath, in remembrance of the covenant that they sware to, that they might be ever mindful of it.