Verse List for GEN 21:31

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) So that’s why the place was named ‘Beer-Sheva’ (which means ‘Well of the seven’ or ‘Well of the oath’), because that’s where the two of them made their agreement.

OET-LV Therefore yes/correct/thus/so he _called (to)_place (the)_that Bəʼēr Shəⱱāʼ if/because there they _swore _an _oath the _two _of_of _them.

ULT For that, reason he called that place Beersheba, because there the two of them swore an oath.

UST Abimelech accepted the lambs, so Abraham named that place Beersheba, which means “Well of the Seven” or “Well of the Vow,” because that’s where they both vowed to live at peace with one another.

BSB & MSB So that place was called Beersheba,[fn] because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.

OEB The place was called Beer-sheba, because it was there they swore their oath.

WEBBE & WMBB Therefore he called that place Beersheba,[fn] because they both swore an oath there.

NET That is why he named that place Beer Sheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.

LSV therefore he has called that place “Beer-Sheba,” for both of them have sworn there.

FBV That's why he called the place Beersheba,[fn] because the two of them swore an oath to each other.

T4T So Abimelech accepted the animals, and as a result they called that place Beersheba, which means ‘Friendship Agreement Well’, because there the two of them made that agreement.

LEB Therefore that place is called Beersheba, because there the two of them swore an oath.

BBE So he gave that place the name Beer-sheba, because there the two of them had given their oaths.

Moff No Moff GEN book available

JPS Wherefore that place was called Beer-sheba; because there they swore both of them.

ASV Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.

DRA Therefore that place was called Bersabee: because there both of them did swear.

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

Drby Therefore he called that place Beer-sheba, because there they had sworn, both of them.

RV Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.

SLT For this he called that place, The well of the oath, for there they two aware.

Wbstr Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba: because there they swore both of them.

KJB-1769 Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.[fn]

KJB-1611 Wherefore he called that place, [fn]Beer-sheba: because there they sware both of them.
(Same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

Bshps Wherefore the place is called Beer seba, because that there they sware both of them.

Gnva Wherefore the place is called Beer-sheba, because there they both sware.

Cvdl Therfore is the place called Berseba, because they sware there both together.
(Therefore is the place called Berseba, because they sware there both together.)

Wycl Therfor thilke place was clepid Bersabee, for euere eithir swore there;
(Therefore that place was called Bersabee, for ever either swore there;)

Luth Daher heißt die Stätte Bersaba, daß sie beide miteinander da geschworen haben.
(Therefore is_called the site/place Bersaba, that they/she/them both together there sworn have.)

ClVg Idcirco vocatus est locus ille Bersabee: quia ibi uterque juravit.[fn]
(Therefore called it_is place he/that_one Bersabee: because there both he_swore/promised.)

UHB עַל־כֵּ֗ן קָרָ֛א לַ⁠מָּק֥וֹם הַ⁠ה֖וּא בְּאֵ֣ר שָׁ֑בַע כִּ֛י שָׁ֥ם נִשְׁבְּע֖וּ שְׁנֵי⁠הֶֽם׃ ‡

BrLXX Διὰ τοῦτο ἐπωνόμασε τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ τόπου ἐκείνου, Φρέαρ ὁρκισμοῦ· ὅτι ἐκεῖ ὤμοσαν ἀμφότεροι.

BrTr Therefore he named the name of that place, The Well of the Oath, for there they both swore.