Genesis 26:33
And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day.
Treasury of Scripture

Shebah. i.e., an oath. therefore.

Genesis 21:31 Why he called that place Beersheba; because there they swore both of them.

Beer-sheba. i.e., the well of the oath.

Genesis 26:28 And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with you: and we said, Let there be now an oath between us, even between us and you...

This may have been the same city which was called Beer-sheba a hundred years before this, in the time of Abraham; but as the well, from which it had its name originally, was closed up by the Philistines, the name of the place might have been abolished with the well; when, therefore, Isaac re-opened it, he restored the ancient name of the place.



Context
Isaac's Covenant with Abimelech

26Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army. 27And Isaac said to them, Why come you to me, seeing you hate me, and have sent me away from you? 28And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with you: and we said, Let there be now an oath between us, even between us and you, and let us make a covenant with you; 29That you will do us no hurt, as we have not touched you, and as we have done to you nothing but good, and have sent you away in peace: you are now the blessed of the LORD. 30And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink. 31And they rose up betimes in the morning, and swore one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace. 32And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had dig, and said to him, We have found water. 33And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day.
Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
And he called it Shibah. Therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.


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


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


King James Bible
And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day.


Young's Literal Translation
and he calleth it Shebah, oath, therefore the name of the city is Beer-Sheba, well of the oath, unto this day.


Strong's Concordance
And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city [is] Beersheba unto this day.
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Genesis Chapter 26 Verse 33

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