So Abraham rose early in the morning and took bread and a skin of water and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, along with the child, and sent her away. And she departed and wandered about in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.
Genesis 26:33 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 He called it Shibah; therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba to this day. Plus de versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And he named [the well] Shibah; therefore the name of the city is Beersheba [well of the oath] to this day. [Gen. 21:31.] American Standard Version (1901) And he called it Shibah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day. Common English Bible He called it Shibah; therefore, the city’s name has been Beer-sheba until today. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, he called it, 'Abundance.' And the name of the city was established as 'Beersheba,' even to the present day. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Whereupon he called it, Abundance: and the name of the city was called Bersabee, even to this day. |
So Abraham rose early in the morning and took bread and a skin of water and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, along with the child, and sent her away. And she departed and wandered about in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.
Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba, because there both of them swore an oath.
They said, “We see plainly that the Lord has been with you, so we say, let there be an oath between you and us, and let us make a covenant with you
That same day Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well that they had dug and said to him, “We have found water!”
but do not seek Bethel, and do not enter into Gilgal or cross over to Beer-sheba, for Gilgal shall surely go into exile, and Bethel shall come to nothing.