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Genesis 26:33

BeershebaShibah

31 And they got up early the next morning and swore an oath to each other. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they left him in peace.

32 On that same day, Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. “We have found water!” they told him.

So he called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the city is Beersheba.

34 When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.

35 And they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.

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BSB
So he called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the city is Beersheba.
KJV
And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.
WEB
He called it “Shibah”. Therefore the name of the city is “Beersheba” to this day.
ASV
And he called it Shibah. Therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.
DARBY
And he called it Shebah; therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba to this day.
BLB
And he called it Shibah; upon thus the name of the city [is] Beersheba to this day.
ÅB
Og han kalte den Siba[^4]; derfor heter byen Be'erseba[^5] den dag i dag.
OTB
Han kalte den Sjiba, og derfor heter byen Beersheba den dag i dag.
B1930
Og han kalte den Siba; derfor heter byen Be'erseba den dag i dag. / < ed.> / < 1MO 21, 31.>

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  • Genesis 21:31

    So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.

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  • Genesis 26:28

    “We can plainly see that the LORD has been with you,” they replied. “We recommend that there should now be an oath between us and you. Let us make a covenant with you

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