Genesis 21:31
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31–32That’s how the place got named Beer-sheba (the Oath-Well), because the two of them swore a covenant oath there.
Copyright 2005 Eugene H. Peterson.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Therefore that place was called Beersheba, because there both of them swore an oath.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
So that place was called Beersheba, because the two men swore an oath there.
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Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.
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NLTNew Living Translation
Then he named the place Beersheba (which means “well of the oath”), because that was where they had sworn the oath.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Therefore that place is called Beersheba, because there the two of them swore an oath.
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KJV 1900King James Version
Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.
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