Genesis 26:33

In 11 translations

BSB

So he called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the city is Beersheba.Shibah can mean oath or seven.Beersheba means well of seven or well of the oath.

KJV

And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.Shebah: That is, an oathBeer-sheba: that is, the well of the oath

WEB

He called it “Shibah”. Therefore the name of the city is “Beersheba” to this day.Shibah means “oath” or “seven”.Beersheba means “well of the oath” or “well of the seven”

ASV

And he called it Shibah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.

LSV

and he calls it Shebah, [oath,] therefore the name of the city [is] Beer-Sheba, [Well of the Oath,] to this day.

YLT

and he calleth it Shebah, [oath,] therefore the name of the city [is] Beer-Sheba, [well of the oath,] unto this day.

DBY

And he called it Shebah; therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba to this day.

DRC

Whereupon he called it Abundance: and the name of the city was called Bersabee, even to this day.

GNV

So hee called it Shibah: therefore the name of the citie is called Beer-sheba vnto this day.

JPS

And he called it Shibah. Therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.

LXXE

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

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WLC

וַיִּקְרָ֥א אֹתָ֖הּ שִׁבְעָ֑ה עַל־כֵּ֤ן שֵׁם־הָעִיר֙ בְּאֵ֣ר שֶׁ֔בַע עַ֖ד הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἐκάλεσεν αὐτὸ, Ὅρκος· διὰ τοῦτο ἐκάλεσεν ὄνομα τῇ πόλει ἐκείνῃ, Φρέαρ Ὅρκου, ἕως τῆς σήμερον ἡμέρας.

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• Genesis 21:31So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.
• Genesis 26:28“We can plainly see that the LORD has been with you,” they replied. “We recommend that there should now be an oath between us and you. Let us make a covenant with you

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