33and he calleth it Shebah, oath, therefore the name of the city is Beer-Sheba, well of the oath, unto this day.


In Context

30 And he maketh for them a banquet, and they eat and drink,

31 and rise early in the morning, and swear one to another, and Isaac sendeth them away, and they go from him in peace.

32 And it cometh to pass during that day that Isaac's servants come and declare to him concerning the circumstances of the well which they have digged, and say to him, 'We have found water;'

33 and he calleth it Shebah, oath, therefore the name of the city is Beer-Sheba, well of the oath, unto this day.

34 And Esau is a son of forty years, and he taketh a wife, Judith, daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath, daughter of Elon the Hittite,

35 and they are a bitterness of spirit to Isaac and to Rebekah.

Genesis 26:33 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:33And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city [is] Beer-sheba unto this day.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

26:33He called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the town has been Beersheba.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

26:33Whereupon he called it Abundance: and the name of the city was called Bersabee, even to this day.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

26:33And he called it Shibah. Therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:33And he called it Shebah; therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba to this day.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

26:33And he called it Shibah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:33And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba to this day.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:33He called it Shibah. Therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:33And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day.