Genesis 21:31

Wherefore the place is called Beer seba, because that there they sware both of them.

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

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

In Context

30He aunswered: for these seuen ewe lambes shalt thou take of my hande, that they may be a wytnesse vnto me, that I haue digged this well.

32Thus made they a leage together at Beer seba: and Abimelech and Phicol his chiefe captayne rose vp, and turned agayne into the lande of the Philistines.

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Cross References

Genesis 26:23And he went vp thence to Beer-seba.

Genesis 46:1Israel toke his iourney with all that he had, and came to Beer seba, and offred offeringes vnto the God of his father Isahac.

Judges 20:1Then all the chyldren of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, euen from Dan to Beerseba, with the lande of Gilead, vnto the Lorde in Mispah.

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 →

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