Genesis 21:31
New International Version
So that place was called Beersheba, because the two men swore an oath there.

New Living Translation
Then he named the place Beersheba (which means “well of the oath”), because that was where they had sworn the oath.

English Standard Version
Therefore that place was called Beersheba, because there both of them swore an oath.

Berean Standard Bible
So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.

King James Bible
Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.

New King James Version
Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.

New American Standard Bible
Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because there the two of them took an oath.

NASB 1995
Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because there the two of them took an oath.

NASB 1977
Therefore he called that place Beersheba; because there the two of them took an oath.

Legacy Standard Bible
Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because there the two of them swore an oath.

Amplified Bible
Therefore that place was called Beersheba (Well of the Oath or Well of the Seven), because there the two of them swore an oath.

Christian Standard Bible
Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.

American Standard Version
Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Because of this he called that place Beersheba, because there both of them had sworn.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Therefore he named the name of that place, The Well of the Oath, for there they both swore.

Contemporary English Version
So they called the place Beersheba, because they made a treaty there.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore that place was called Bersabee: because both of them did swear.

English Revised Version
Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
This is why that place is called Beersheba, because both of them swore an oath there.

Good News Translation
And so the place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them made a vow.

International Standard Version
Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba, because the two of them swore an oath.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Wherefore that place was called Beer-sheba; because there they swore both of them.

Literal Standard Version
therefore he has called that place “Beer-Sheba,” for both of them have sworn there.

Majority Standard Bible
So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.

New American Bible
This is why the place is called Beer-sheba; the two of them took an oath there.

NET Bible
That is why he named that place Beer Sheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.

New Revised Standard Version
Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba; because there both of them swore an oath.

New Heart English Bible
Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because they both swore there.

Webster's Bible Translation
Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba: because there they swore both of them.

World English Bible
Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because they both swore an oath there.

Young's Literal Translation
therefore hath he called that place 'Beer-Sheba,' for there have both of them sworn.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Covenant at Beersheba
30He replied, “You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from my hand as my witness that I dug this well.” 31So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath. 32After they had made the covenant at Beersheba, Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army got up and returned to the land of the Philistines.…

Cross References
Genesis 21:14
Early in the morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a skin of water, put them on Hagar's shoulders, and sent her away with the boy. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba.

Genesis 21:32
After they had made the covenant at Beersheba, Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army got up and returned to the land of the Philistines.

Genesis 26:31
And they got up early the next morning and swore an oath to each other. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they left him in peace.

Genesis 26:33
So he called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the city is Beersheba.

Genesis 46:1
So Israel set out with all that he had, and when he came to Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.

Joshua 15:28
Hazar-shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah,

1 Kings 19:3
And Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there,


Treasury of Scripture

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

called.

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

Beer-sheba.

Genesis 21:14
And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.

Genesis 26:23
And he went up from thence to Beersheba.

Joshua 15:28
And Hazarshual, and Beersheba, and Bizjothjah,

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Genesis 21
1. Isaac is born, and circumcised.
6. Sarah's joy.
8. Isaac is weaned.
9. Hagar and Ishmael sent away.
15. Hagar in distress.
17. The angel relieves and comforts her.
23. Abimelech's covenant with Abraham at Beersheba.














(31) Beer-sheba.--That is, the well of seven, but with a covert allusion to the seven lambs having been used for the ratification of an oath. Robinson found the exact site in the Wady-es-Seba, with its name still preserved as Bir-es-Seba. There are there two wells of solid construction, the first twelve and a half feet in diameter; the other, situated about 200 yards to the south, much smaller, being only five feet in diameter. Both are lined with solid masonry, and reach down to never-failing springs in the rock. Around are stone troughs for watering the cattle, and the parapet of the larger well is worn into deep indentations, by the ropes used in drawing the water (Finn, Bye-ways in Palestine, p. 190).

Verse 31. - Wherefore he called that place Beersheba. I.e. "the well of the oath," φρέαρ ὁρκισμοῦ (LXX., Gesenius, Furst, Rosenmüller), or the well of the seven (Keil), rather than the seven wells (Lange); discovered by Robinson in Bir-es-seba, in the Wady-es-seba, twelve miles to the south of Hebron, with two deep wells of excellent water. "The great well has an internal diameter at the mouth of twelve feet six inches, or a circumference of nearly forty feet. The shaft is formed of excellent masonry to a great depth until it reaches the rock, and at this juncture a spring trickles perpetually. Around the mouth of the well is a circular course of masonry, topped by a circular parapet of about a foot high; and at a distance of ten or twelve feet are stone troughs placed in a concentric circle with the well, the sides of which have deep indentions made by the wear of ropes on the upper edges The second well, about 200 yards farther south, is not more than five feet in diameter, but is formed of equally good masonry, and furnishes equally good water" (vide 'Byeways in Palestine,' by James Finn, M.R.A.S., p. 190). Because there they aware both of them.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
So
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

that
הַה֖וּא (ha·hū)
Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

place
לַמָּק֥וֹם (lam·mā·qō·wm)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4725: A standing, a spot, a condition

was called
קָרָ֛א (qā·rā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read

Beersheba,
שָׁ֑בַע (šā·ḇa‘)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 884: Beersheba -- 'well of seven', a place in the Negev

because
כִּ֛י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

it was there
שָׁ֥ם (šām)
Adverb
Strong's 8033: There, then, thither

that the two
שְׁנֵיהֶֽם׃ (šə·nê·hem)
Number - mdc | third person masculine plural
Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

of them swore an oath.
נִשְׁבְּע֖וּ (niš·bə·‘ū)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 7650: To seven oneself, swear


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