NET Bible
"That is why he named that place Beer Sheba, because the two of them swore an oath there."
— Genesis 21:31, NET Bible
“Wherefore he called that place Beer–sheba; because there they sware both of them.”
“Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them. ”
“Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because they both swore there.”
“Therefore that place was called Bersabee; because there both of them did swear.”
“So he gave that place the name Beer-sheba, because there the two of them had given their oaths.”
“Wherefore he called that place Beer–sheba; because there they sware both of them.”
Then Abraham set seven ewe lambs apart from the flock by themselves.
Abimelech asked Abraham,“What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs that you have set apart?”
He replied,“You must take these seven ewe lambs from my hand as legal proof that I dug this well.”
That is why he named that place Beer Sheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.
So they made a treaty at Beer Sheba. Then Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, returned to the land of the Philistines.
Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer Sheba. There he worshiped the LORD, the eternal God.
So Abraham stayed in the land of the Philistines for quite some time.