Genesis 26:33

Whereupon he called it Abundance: and the name of the city was called Bersabee, even to this day.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.

In Context

32And behold the same day the servants of Isaac came, telling him of a well which they had digged, and saying: We have found water.

34And Esau being forty years old, married wives, Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hethite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon of the same place.

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Cross References

Genesis 21:31Therefore that place was called Bersabee: because both of them did swear.

Nehemiah 11:27And at Hasersual, and at Bersabee, and in the villages thereof,

Matthew Henry on Genesis 26:27-34

Isaac's Covenant with Abimelech. ( b. c. 1760.) 26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army. 27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you? 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; 29 That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as… Read the whole commentary →

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