Genesis 21:31
World English Bible (WEB)
Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because they both swore an oath there.
In context
29 Abimelech said to Abraham, “What do these seven ewe lambs, which you have set by themselves, mean?”
30 He said, “You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand, that it may be a witness to me, that I have dug this well.”
31 Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because they both swore an oath there.
32 So they made a covenant at Beersheba. Abimelech rose up with Phicol, the captain of his army, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
33 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the LORD, the Everlasting God.
Genesis 21:31 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because they both swore an oath there.
- KJV King James Version
- Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.
- 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.