31 Therefore he (A)called that place [a]Beersheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.

32 Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba. So Abimelech rose with Phichol, the commander of his army, and they returned to the land of the Philistines. 33 Then Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and (B)there called on the name of the Lord, (C)the Everlasting God.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 21:31 Lit. Well of the Oath or Well of the Seven

14 Those who (A)swear by (B)the [a]sin of Samaria,
Who say,
‘As your god lives, O Dan!’
And, ‘As the way of (C)Beersheba lives!’
They shall fall and never rise again.”

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 8:14 Or Ashima, a Syrian goddess

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