Genesis 21:31

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Genesis 21:31

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.

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KJV

King James Version

Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.

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WEB

World English Bible

Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because they both swore an oath there.

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ASV

American Standard Version

Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Genesis 21

²⁹ and Abimelech asked him, “Why have you set apart these seven ewe lambs?”

³⁰ He replied, “You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from my hand as my witness that I dug this well.”

³¹ So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.

³² After they had made the covenant at Beersheba, Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army got up and returned to the land of the Philistines.

³³ And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called upon the name of the LORD, the Eternal God.

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