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 in the wilderness of Beersheba.
Genesis 26:33 - English Standard Version 2016 He called it Shibah; therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 in the wilderness of Beersheba.
Therefore that place was called Beersheba, because there both of them swore an oath.
They said, “We see plainly that the Lord has been with you. So we said, let there be a sworn pact between us, 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 Beersheba; for Gilgal shall surely go into exile, and Bethel shall come to nothing.”