Genesis 21:31

29 And Abimelech said unto 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 of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.

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

32 Thus they made a covenant at Beer-sheba: then Abimelech rose up, 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.

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ÅB
Derfor kalte de dette sted Be'erseba[^1]; for der gjorde de begge sin ed.
OTB
Derfor ble stedet kalt Beersheba, fordi de to avla en ed der.
B1930
Derfor kalte de dette sted Be'erseba; for der gjorde de begge sin ed. / < Edsbrønnen.>
BSB
So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.
KJV
Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.
WEB
Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because they both swore an oath there.
ASV
Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba. Because there they sware both of them.
DARBY
Therefore he called that place Beer-sheba, because there they had sworn, both of them.
BLB
Upon thus, he called that place Beersheba, because there the two of them swore an oath.

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  • Genesis 26:33

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

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  • 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 Beer-sheba.

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  • 1 Kings 4:25

    And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.

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  • Genesis 26:23

    And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba.

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  • 2 Samuel 17:11

    Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.

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  • Judges 20:1

    Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.

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  • Joshua 15:28

    And Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba, and Bizjothjah,

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