Genesis 26:33

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

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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 it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had dug, and they said unto him, We have found water.

34And when Esau was forty years old he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri, the Hittite, and Bahsemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite.

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Cross References

Genesis 21:31Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they swore, both of them.

Nehemiah 11:27And at Chazar-shu'al, and at Beer-sheba' and in its villages,

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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