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Genesis 21:31
Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba: because there they swore both of them.
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Genesis 21:31 in other translations
Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.
So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.
Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because they both swore an oath there.
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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.
34 And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.
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