Genesis 21:31

Wherfore the place is called Berseba because they sware both of them.

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

30And he answered: vij. lambes shalt thou take of my hande that it maye be a wytnesse vnto me that I haue dygged this well:

32Thus made they a bonde to gether at Berseba.Than Abimelech and Phicoll his chefe captayne rose vp and turned agayne vnto the lande of the Philistines.

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Cross References

Genesis 26:23Afterward departed he thece and came to Berseba

Genesis 46:1Israel toke his iourney with all that he had and came vnto Berseba and offred offrynges vnto 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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