Genesis 21:31
So he gave that place the name Beer-sheba, because there the two of them had given their oaths.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.
In Context
30And he said, Take these seven lambs from me as a witness that I have made this water-hole.
Cross References
Genesis 26:23And from there he went on to Beer-sheba.
Genesis 46:1And Israel went on his journey with all he had, and came to Beer-sheba, where he made offerings to the God of his father Isaac.
Judges 20:1Then all the children of Israel took up arms, and the people came together like one man, from Dan to Beer-sheba, and the land of Gilead, before the Lord at Mizpah.
2 Samuel 24:7And to the walled town of Tyre, and to all the towns of the Hivites and the Canaanites: and they went out to the South of Judah at Beer-sheba.
1 Kings 19:3And he got up, fearing for his life, and went in flight, and came to Beer-sheba in Judah, parting there from his servant;
Matthew Henry on Genesis 21:23-33
Abimelech's Covenant with Abraham. ( b. c. 1892.) 22 And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest: 23 Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned. 24 And Abraham said, I will swear. 25 And Abraham… Read the whole commentary →