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


In Context

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

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

30 He said, |You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand, that it may be a witness to me, that I have dug this well.|

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

32 So they made a covenant at Beersheba. Abimelech rose up with Phicol, the captain of his army, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.

33 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and called there on the name of Yahweh, 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 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.