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


In Context

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

29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?

30 And he said, These seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that it may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.

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

32 So they made a covenant at Beer-sheba. And Abimelech rose up, and Phicol the captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.

33 And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of Jehovah, 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 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:31Why he called that place Beersheba; because there they swore both of them.