Genesis 26:33
World English Bible (WEB)
He called it “Shibah”. Therefore the name of the city is “Beersheba” to this day.
In context
31 They rose up some time in the morning, and swore an oath to one another. Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
32 The same day, Isaac’s servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had dug, and said to him, “We have found water.”
33 He called it “Shibah”. Therefore the name of the city is “Beersheba” to this day.
34 When Esau was forty years old, he took as wife Judith, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon the Hittite.
35 They grieved Isaac’s and Rebekah’s spirits.
Genesis 26:33 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- He called it “Shibah”. Therefore the name of the city is “Beersheba” to this day.
- KJV King James Version
- And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- So he called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the city is Beersheba.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And he called it Shibah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and he calleth it Shebah, [oath,] therefore the name of the city [is] Beer-Sheba, [well of the oath,] unto this day.
- DBY Darby Translation
- And he called it Shebah; therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba to this day.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba to this day.