Genesis 26:33
31 And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
32 And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac’s servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.
And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.
34 And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
35 Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
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 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.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 21:31
Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.
Read in contextGenesis 26:28
And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;
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