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Genesis 21:31
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KJ21
Therefore he called that place Beersheba [that is, The well of the oath], because there they swore, both of them.
ASV
Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.
AMP
Therefore that place was called Beersheba (Well of the Oath or Well of the Seven), because there the two of them swore an oath.
AMPC
Therefore that place was called Beersheba [well of the oath], because there both parties swore an oath.
BRG
Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.
CSB
Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.
CSBA
Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.
CEB
Therefore, the name of that place is Beer-sheba because there they gave each other their word.
CJB
This is why that place was called Be’er-Sheva [well of seven, well of an oath] — because they both swore an oath there.
CEV
So they called the place Beersheba, because they made a treaty there.
DARBY
Therefore he called that place Beer-sheba, because there they had sworn, both of them.
DRA
Therefore that place was called Bersabee: because there both of them did swear.
ERV
So after that, the well was called Beersheba. Abraham gave the well this name because it was the place where they made a promise to each other.
EASY
Because of that, the name of the place became ‘Beersheba’, because the two men made a promise there.
EHV
Therefore, he called that place Beersheba, because they both took an oath there.
ESV
Therefore that place was called Beersheba, because there both of them swore an oath.
ESVUK
Therefore that place was called Beersheba, because there both of them swore an oath.
EXB
So that place was called Beersheba [21:14; C meaning either “well of seven” or “well of promise”] because they ·made a promise to each other [swore an oath] there.
GNV
Wherefore the place is called Beersheba, because there they both swear.
GW
This is why that place is called Beersheba, because both of them swore an oath there.
GNT
And so the place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them made a vow.
HCSB
Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.
ICB
So that place was called Beersheba because they made a promise to each other there.
ISV
Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba, because the two of them swore an oath.
JUB
Therefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they swore, both of them.
KJV
Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.
AKJV
Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.
LSB
Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because there the two of them swore an oath.
LEB
Therefore that place is called Beersheba, because there the two of them swore an oath.
TLB
So from that time on the well was called Beer-sheba (“Well of the Oath”), because that was the place where they made their covenant.
MSG
That’s how the place got named Beersheba (the Oath-Well), because the two of them swore a covenant oath there. After they had made the covenant at Beersheba, Abimelech and his commander, Phicol, left and went back to Philistine territory.
MEV
Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.
NOG
This is why that place is called Beersheba, because both of them swore an oath there.
NABRE
This is why the place is called Beer-sheba; the two of them took an oath there.
NASB
Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because there the two of them took an oath.
NASB1995
Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because there the two of them took an oath.
NCB
Because of this the place is called Beer-sheba (the well of the seven), for they both swore an oath there.
NCV
So that place was called Beersheba because they made a promise to each other there.
NET
That is why he named that place Beer Sheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.
NIRV
So that place was named Beersheba. That’s because there the two men came to an agreement.
NIV
So that place was called Beersheba, because the two men swore an oath there.
NIVUK
So that place was called Beersheba, because the two men swore an oath there.
NKJV
Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.
NLV
So he gave that place the name Beersheba because both of them made a promise there.
NLT
Then he named the place Beersheba (which means “well of the oath”), because that was where they had sworn the oath.
NRSVA
Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba; because there both of them swore an oath.
NRSVACE
Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba; because there both of them swore an oath.
NRSVCE
Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba; because there both of them swore an oath.
NRSVUE
Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba, because there both of them swore an oath.
OJB
Therefore he called that place Beer-Sheva; because there they swore an oath both of them.
RGT
Therefore the place is called Beersheba, because there they both swore.
RSV
Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba; because there both of them swore an oath.
RSVCE
Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba; because there both of them swore an oath.
TLV
That is why that place is named Beer-sheba, because there both of them made a pledge,
VOICE
From then on, the place where the well was located was called Beersheba because it was there that the two of them swore this oath together.
WEB
Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because they both swore an oath there.
WYC
Therefore that place was called Beersheba, (that is, The Well of the Oath,) for ever either swore there;
YLT
therefore hath he called that place `Beer-Sheba,' for there have both of them sworn.
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