Genesis 21:31
King James Version (KJV)
Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.
In context
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 Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.
32 Thus they made a covenant at Beer-sheba: 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 Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.
Genesis 21:31 in every translation
- 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.
- 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.