Genesis 21:31

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

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

In context

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.

BSB Berean Standard Bible: So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.
KJV King James Version: Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.
WEB World English Bible: Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because they both swore an oath 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.
DBY Darby Translation: Therefore he called that place Beer-sheba, because there they had sworn, both of them.
WBS Webster Bible: Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba: because there they swore both of them.