KJV King James Version
And [Abraham] planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.
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Genesis 21:33
And [Abraham] planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called upon the name of the LORD, the Eternal God.
WEB World English Bible
Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and called there on the name of Yahweh, the Everlasting God.
ASV American Standard Version
And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of Jehovah, the Everlasting God.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Abraham planteth a tamarisk in Beer-Sheba, and preacheth there in the name of Jehovah, God age-during;
Surrounding context — Genesis 21
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.
וַיִּטַּ֥עH5193 · na.tato plantאֶ֖שֶׁלH815 · e.sheltamariskבִּבְאֵ֣רH884 · be.er she.vaBeershebaשָׁ֑בַעH884 · be.er she.vaBeershebaוַיִּ֨קְרָא־H7121 · qa.rato call: call toשָׁ֔םH8033 · shamthereבְּשֵׁ֥םH8034 · shemnameיְהוָ֖הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֵ֥לH410 · elGodעוֹלָֽם׃H5769 · o.lamforever: enduring
Cross-references
1 Timothy 1:17Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, [be] honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.Isaiah 40:28Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, [that] the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? [there is] no searching of his understanding.Psalm 90:2Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou [art] God.Jeremiah 10:10But the LORD [is] the true God, he [is] the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.Genesis 4:26And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.Romans 16:26But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:Genesis 12:8And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, [having] Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.Deuteronomy 33:27The eternal God [is thy] refuge, and underneath [are] the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy [them].Genesis 26:25And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac’s servants digged a well.Genesis 26:23And he went up from thence to Beersheba.Genesis 26:33And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city [is] Beersheba unto this day.Amos 8:14They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.Romans 1:20For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, [even] his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:Judges 3:7And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves.Isaiah 57:15For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name [is] Holy; I dwell in the high and holy [place], with him also [that is] of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.Deuteronomy 16:21Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee.
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