Genesis 21:31 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

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

KJV:

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

ASV:

Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba. Because there they sware both of them.

BBE:

So he gave that place the name Beer-sheba, because there the two of them had given their oaths.

DBY:

Therefore he called that place Beer-sheba, because there they had sworn, both of them.

ERV:

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

JPS:

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

WBS:

Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba: because there they swore both of them.

WEB:

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

YLT:

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

Genesis 21:31 Cross References

XREF:

Genesis 21:14 So Abraham rose early in the morning and took bread and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar, putting them on her shoulder, and gave her the boy, and sent her away. And she departed and wandered about in the wilderness of Beersheba.

Genesis 26:33 So he called it Shibah; therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

21:31 Beer - sheba - That is, the well of the oath, in remembrance of the covenant that they sware to, that they might be ever mindful of it.

MHC:

21:22-34 Abimelech felt sure that the promises of God would be fulfilled to Abraham. It is wise to connect ourselves with those who are blessed of God; and we ought to requite kindness to those who have been kind to us. Wells of water are scarce and valuable in eastern countries. Abraham took care to have his title to the well allowed, to prevent disputes in future. No more can be expected from an honest man than that he be ready to do right, as soon as he knows he has done wrong. Abraham, being now in a good neighbourhood, stayed a great while there. There he made, not only a constant practice, but an open profession of his religion. There he called on the name of the Lord, as the everlasting God; probably in the grove he planted, which was his place of prayer. Abraham kept up public worship, in which his neighbours might join. Good men should do all they can to make others so. Wherever we sojourn, we must neither neglect nor be ashamed of the worship of Jehovah.

CONC:

Beersheba Beer-sheba Oath Oaths Sware Swore Sworn Wherefore

Beersheba Beer-Sheba Oath Oaths Sware Swore Sworn Wherefore

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