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Genesis 21:31
therefore hath he called that place `Beer-Sheba,' for there have both of them sworn.
Genesis 21:31 · Young's Literal Translation
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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 setteth seven Lambs of the flock by themselves.
29 And Abimelech saith unto Abraham, `What are they--these seven lambs which thou hast set by themselves?'
30 And he saith, `For--the seven lambs thou dost accept from my hand, so that it becometh a witness for me that I have digged this well;'
31 therefore hath he called that place `Beer-Sheba,' for there have both of them sworn.
32 And they make a covenant in Beer-Sheba, and Abimelech riseth--Phichol also, head of his host--and they turn back unto the land of the Philistines;
33 and Abraham planteth a tamarisk in Beer-Sheba, and preacheth there in the name of Jehovah, God age-during;
34 and Abraham sojourneth in the land of the Philistines many days.
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