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Genesis 26:33

World English Bible

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

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Genesis 26:33 in other translations

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

Genesis 26:33 · American Standard Version

Genesis 26:33 in context

  1. 31They rose up some time in the morning, and swore an oath to one another. Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
  2. 32The same day, Isaac’s servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had dug, and said to him, “We have found water.”
  3. 33He called it “Shibah”. Therefore the name of the city is “Beersheba” to this day.
  4. 34When Esau was forty years old, he took as wife Judith, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon the Hittite.
  5. 35They grieved Isaac’s and Rebekah’s spirits.