31Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba: 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 thou hast set by themselves?

30 And he said, For these seven ewe-lambs shalt thou take from my hand, that they may be a witness to me, that I have digged this well.

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

32 Thus they made a covenant at Beer-sheba: Then Abimelech arose, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.

33 And Abraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba, 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 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.