KJV King James Version
Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.
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Genesis 21:31
Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.
WEB World English Bible
Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because they both swore there.
ASV American Standard Version
Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
therefore hath he called that place ‘Beer-Sheba,’ for there have both of them sworn.
Surrounding context — Genesis 21
28 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What [mean] these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
30 And he said, For [these] seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.
31 Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.
32 Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
33 And [Abraham] planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.
34 And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines’ land many days.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
עַל־H5921 · aluponכֵּ֗ןH3651 · kenrightקָרָ֛אH7121 · qa.rato call: call toלַמָּק֥וֹםH4725 · ma.qomplaceהַה֖וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itבְּאֵ֣רH884 · be.er she.vaBeershebaשָׁ֑בַעH884 · be.er she.vaBeershebaכִּ֛יH3588 · kiforשָׁ֥םH8033 · shamthereנִשְׁבְּע֖וּH7650 · sha.vato swearשְׁנֵיהֶֽם׃H8147 · she.na.yimtwo
Cross-references
Genesis 26:33And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city [is] Beersheba unto this day.Genesis 21:14And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave [it] unto Hagar, putting [it] on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.1 Kings 4:25And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.Genesis 26:23And he went up from thence to Beersheba.Joshua 15:28And Hazarshual, and Beersheba, and Bizjothjah,Judges 20:1Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.2 Samuel 17:11Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that [is] by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.
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