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


In Context

28 Abraham set apart seven ewe lambs from the flock,

29 and Abimelech asked Abraham, "What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs you have set apart by themselves?"

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

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

32 After the treaty had been made at Beersheba, Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his forces returned to the land of the Philistines.

33 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called upon the name of the Lord , the Eternal 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 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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