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1. Mosebok 21,31

Beersheba
Covenant and promises

29 Abimelek spurte Abraham, “Hva er betydningen av disse syv søyelammene du har satt til side?”

30 Han svarte, “Aksepter disse syv lammene fra min hånd som et vitnesbyrd om at jeg gravde denne brønnen.”

Derfor ble stedet kalt Beersheba, fordi de to avla en ed der.

32 Etter å ha inngått en pakt ved Beersheba, vendte Abimelek og Pikol, hans hærfører, tilbake til filisternes land.

33 Abraham plantet et tamarisktre i Beersheba, og der påkalte han Herrens navn, den evige Gud.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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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.
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.>

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