Genesis 26:33

Wherefore Isaac called that well Abundance; and the name of the city was set Beersheba till into this present day. (And so Isaac called that well Shebah; and the city there is called Beersheba unto this present 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

32Lo! forsooth in that day the servants of Isaac came, telling to him of the well which they had digged, and said, We have found water.

34Esau forsooth forty years eld wedded two wives (or And when Esau was forty years old he wedded two wives), Judith + 26:34 She is also known as Oholibamah or Aholibamah., the daughter of Beeri (the) Hittite, and Bashemath + 26:34 She is also known as Adah., the daughter of Elon, of the same place;

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Cross References

Genesis 21:31Therefore that place was called Beersheba, ( that is, The Well of the Oath + 21:31 Beersheba also means ‘the Well of the Seven’.), for ever either swore there;

Nehemiah 11:27and in Hazarshual, and in Beersheba, and in the villages thereof (or and in their 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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