Genesis 21:31
Therfor thilke place was clepid Bersabee, for euere eithir swore there;
Wycliffe (portions)
In The King James Version
Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.
In Context
32and thei maden boond of pees for the pit of an ooth.
Cross References
Genesis 26:23Forsothe he stiede fro that place in to Bersabee,
Genesis 46:1And Israel yede forth with alle thingis that he hadde, and he cam to the pit of ooth; and whanne sacrifices weren slayn there to God of his fadir 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 →