Genesis 21:31

and the place was called Beersheba, because the two men made their agreement at the well. The name Beersheba means “the well where they promised.”

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

30Abraham answered, “Take these seven lambs for yourself. If you take them, then later you can say, ‘Abraham is the one who dug this well.’” So Abimelech took the seven lambs,

32Then Abimelech and Phicol went back home to Philistia.

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Cross References

Genesis 26:23Then Isaac and his people left there and went to Beersheba.

Genesis 46:1Jacob and his family collected all their things to go to Egypt. They set out, but first they went to Beersheba. Jacob burnt a sacrifice there for God, the God of his father Isaac.

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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