Genesis Chapter 21 verse 31 Holy Bible

ASV Genesis 21:31

Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba. Because there they sware both of them.
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BBE Genesis 21:31

So he gave that place the name Beer-sheba, because there the two of them had given their oaths.
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DARBY Genesis 21:31

Therefore he called that place Beer-sheba, because there they had sworn, both of them.
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KJV Genesis 21:31

Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.
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WBT Genesis 21:31

Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba: because there they swore both of them.
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WEB Genesis 21:31

Therefore he called that place Beersheba,{Beersheba can mean "well of the oath" or "well of seven."} because they both swore there.
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YLT Genesis 21:31

therefore hath he called that place `Beer-Sheba,' for there have both of them sworn.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 31. - Wherefore he called that place Beersheba. I.e. "the well of the oath," φρέαρ ὁρκισμοῦ (LXX., Gesenius, Furst, Rosenmüller), or the well of the seven (Keil), rather than the seven wells (Lange); discovered by Robinson in Bir-es-seba, in the Wady-es-seba, twelve miles to the south of Hebron, with two deep wells of excellent water. "The great well has an internal diameter at the mouth of twelve feet six inches, or a circumference of nearly forty feet. The shaft is formed of excellent masonry to a great depth until it reaches the rock, and at this juncture a spring trickles perpetually. Around the mouth of the well is a circular course of masonry, topped by a circular parapet of about a foot high; and at a distance of ten or twelve feet are stone troughs placed in a concentric circle with the well, the sides of which have deep indentions made by the wear of ropes on the upper edges The second well, about 200 yards farther south, is not more than five feet in diameter, but is formed of equally good masonry, and furnishes equally good water" (vide 'Byeways in Palestine,' by James Finn, M.R.A.S., p. 190). Because there they aware both of them.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(31) Beer-sheba.--That is, the well of seven, but with a covert allusion to the seven lambs having been used for the ratification of an oath. Robinson found the exact site in the Wady-es-Seba, with its name still preserved as Bir-es-Seba. There are there two wells of solid construction, the first twelve and a half feet in diameter; the other, situated about 200 yards to the south, much smaller, being only five feet in diameter. Both are lined with solid masonry, and reach down to never-failing springs in the rock. Around are stone troughs for watering the cattle, and the parapet of the larger well is worn into deep indentations, by the ropes used in drawing the water (Finn, Bye-ways in Palestine, p. 190).