Genesis 21:31 - The Scriptures 1998

³¹ So he called that place Be’ĕ

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³¹ Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³¹ Therefore that place was called Beersheba [well of the oath], because there both parties swore an oath.

American Standard Version (1901)

³¹ Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.

Common English Bible

³¹ Therefore, the name of that place is Beer-sheba because there they gave each other their word.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³¹ For this reason, that place was called Beersheba, because there both of them did swear.

Genesis 21:31 Cross References

Genesis 21:14

And Aḇ

Genesis 21:32

Thus they made a covenant at Be’ĕ

Genesis 26:23

And from there he went up to Be’ĕ

Genesis 26:31

And they rose early in the morning and swore an oath with one another. And Yitsḥ

Genesis 26:33

So he called it Shiḇ

Genesis 46:1

And Yisra’ĕ

2 Samuel 17:11

“But I advise: Let all Yisra’ĕ

2 Samuel 24:7

And they came to the stronghold of Tsor and to all the cities of the Ḥ

1 Kings 19:3

And he feared, and rose up and ran for his life, and went to Be’ĕ

1 Kings 4:25

And Yehuḏ

Nehemiah 11:27

and in Ḥ

Amos 5:5

but do not seek Bĕ

Joshua 15:28

and Ḥ

Judges 20:1

And all the children of Yisra’ĕ