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Genesis 21:31–33

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

32After the treatys had been made at Beersheba,t Abimelek and Phicol the commander of his forcesu returned to the land of the Philistines.v 33Abraham planted a tamarisk treew in Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the Lord,x the Eternal God.y

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Footnotes

  1. dBeersheba can mean well of seven and well of the oath.

Cross references

  1. qSee ver 14
  2. rSee ver 23, See 27
  3. sSee ver 27
  4. tSee ver 14
  5. uSee ver 22
  6. vSee Ge 10:14
  7. w1 Sa 22:6; 31:13
  8. xSee Ge 4:26
  9. yEx 15:18; Dt 32:40; 33:27; Job 36:26; Ps 10:16; 45:6; 90:2; 93:2; 102:24; 103:19; 146:10; Isa 40:28; Jer 10:10; Hab 1:12; 3:6; Heb 13:8

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Therefore that place was called Beersheba, because there both of them swore an oath. So they made a covenant at Beersheba. Then Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army rose up and returned to the land of the Philistines. Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba and called there on the name of the Lord, the Everlasting God.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba because it was there that the two of them swore an oath. After they had made a covenant at Beer-sheba, Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, left and returned to the land of the Philistines.

Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and there he called on the name of the Lord, the Everlasting God.

NLTNew Living Translation

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

After making their covenant at Beersheba, Abimelech left with Phicol, the commander of his army, and they returned home to the land of the Philistines. Then Abraham planted a tamarisk tree at Beersheba, and there he worshiped the Lord, the Eternal God.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Therefore that place is called Beersheba, because there the two of them swore an oath. And they made a covenant at Beersheba. And Abimelech, and Phicol his army commander stood and returned to the land of the Philistines. And he planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called on the name of Yahweh, the everlasting God.

KJV 1900King James Version

Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them. Thus they made a covenant at Beer-sheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines. And Abraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the Lord, the everlasting God.