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Genesis 26:33
Genesis 26:33 is verse 33 of Genesis chapter 26, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
So he called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the city is Beersheba.
Shibah can mean oath or seven.
Beersheba means well of seven or well of the oath.
King James Version
And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day.
World English Bible
He called it “Shibah”. Therefore the name of the city is “Beersheba” to this day.
Shibah means “oath” or “seven”.
Beersheba means “well of the oath” or “well of the seven”
Read in context
Genesis 26:31–35 · Berean Standard Bible
31 And they got up early the next morning and swore an oath to each other. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they left him in peace.
32 On that same day, Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. “We have found water!” they told him.
33 So he called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the city is Beersheba.
34 When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.
35 And they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Genesis 21:31So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.
Genesis 26:28“We can plainly see that the LORD has been with you,” they replied. “We recommend that there should now be an oath between us and you. Let us make a covenant with you