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Genesis 21:31

31 Therefore hthat place was called Beersheba,4 because there both of them swore an oath.

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Genesis 21:31 — The New International Version (NIV)

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

Genesis 21:31 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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

Genesis 21:31 — New Living Translation (NLT)

31 Then he named the place Beersheba (which means “well of the oath”), because that was where they had sworn the oath.

Genesis 21:31 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

31 Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.

Genesis 21:31 — New Century Version (NCV)

31 So that place was called Beersheba because they made a promise to each other there.

Genesis 21:31 — American Standard Version (ASV)

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

Genesis 21:31 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

31 Therefore he called that place Beer-sheba, because there they had sworn, both of them.

Genesis 21:31 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

31 This is why that place is called Beersheba,because both of them swore an oath there. 

Genesis 21:31 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

31 Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.

Genesis 21:31 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

31 Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba; because there both of them swore an oath.

Genesis 21:31 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

31 Therefore that place is called Beersheba, because there the two of them swore an oath.

Genesis 21:31 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

31 That place was named Beersheba. That’s because there the two men made a promise with an oath.

Genesis 21:31 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

31 Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because there the two of them took an oath.


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