World English Bible
"Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because they both swore there."
— Genesis 21:31, World English 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. ”
“That is why he named that place Beer Sheba, because the two of them swore an oath 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.”
Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
Abimelech said to Abraham, "What do these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves mean?"
He said, "You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand, that it may be a witness to me, that I have dug this well."
Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because they both swore there.
So they made a covenant at Beersheba. Abimelech rose up with Phicol, the captain of his army, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and called there on the name of Yahweh, the Everlasting God.
Abraham lived as a foreigner in the land of the Philistines many days.