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Genesis 26:33

American Standard Version

And he called it Shibah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.

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Genesis 26:33 in other translations

He called it “Shibah”. Therefore the name of the city is “Beersheba” to this day.

Genesis 26:33 · World English Bible

Genesis 26:33 in context

  1. 31And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
  2. 32And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac’s servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.
  3. 33And he called it Shibah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.
  4. 34And when Esau was forty years old he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
  5. 35and they were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.