31Why he called that place Beersheba; because there they swore both of them.


In Context

28 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.

29 And Abimelech said to Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves?

30 And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shall you take of my hand, that they may be a witness to me, that I have dig this well.

31 Why he called that place Beersheba; because there they swore both of them.

32 Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.

33 And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.

Genesis 21:31 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:31Wherefore he called that place Beer- sheba; because there they sware both of them.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:31So that place was called Beersheba, because the two men swore an oath there.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:31Therefore that place was called Bersabee: because both of them did swear.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:31Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba. Because there they sware both of them.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:31Therefore he called that place Beer-sheba, because there they had sworn, both of them.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:31Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:31Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba: because there they swore both of them.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:31Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because they both swore there.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:31therefore hath he called that place 'Beer-Sheba,' for there have both of them sworn.