³⁰Abraham answered, “Accept these lambs from me so that they may be proof^athat I dug this well.” ³¹This is why that place is called Beersheba,^bbecause both of them swore an oath there.

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Footnotes

a 21:30 Or “a witness.”
b 21:31 Beersheba can mean either “Well of the Seven” or “Well of the Oath.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

He said, “These seven ewe lambs you will take from my hand, that this may be a witness for me that I dug this well.” Therefore that place was called Beersheba, because there both of them swore an oath.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

He replied, “Accept these seven lambs from my hand as a witness that I dug this well.”

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

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He replied, “You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from me so that this act will serve as my witness that I dug this well.” Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.

NLTNew Living Translation

Abraham replied, “Please accept these seven lambs to show your agreement that I dug this well.” Then he named the place Beersheba (which means “well of the oath”), because that was where they had sworn the oath.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And he said, “You shall take the seven ewe-lambs from my hand as proof on my behalf that I dug this well.” Therefore that place is called Beersheba, because there the two of them swore an oath.

KJV 1900King James Version

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

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