Genesis 26:33

And he called it Seba wherfore the name of the cyte is called Berseba vnto this daye.

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

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 ye same daye came Isaacs servautes and tolde hi of a well which they had dygged: and sayde vnto hi that thei had founde water.

34When Esau was.xl. yere olde he toke to wyfe Judith the doughter of Bely an Hethite and Busmath the doughter of Elon an Hethite

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Cross References

Genesis 21:31Wherfore the place is called Berseba because they sware both of them.

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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