Genesis 26:33

And he called it, Oath: therefore he called the name of that city, the Well of Oath, until this day.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 in that day, that the servants of Isaac came and told him of the well which they had dug; and they said, We have not found water.

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

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Cross References

Genesis 21:31Therefore he named the name of that place, The Well of the Oath, for there they both swore.

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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