33 He called it Shibah,[a] and to this day the name of the town has been Beersheba.[b](A)

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  1. Genesis 26:33 Shibah can mean oath or seven.
  2. Genesis 26:33 Beersheba can mean well of the oath and well of seven.

31 So that place was called Beersheba,[a](A) because the two men swore an oath(B) there.

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  1. Genesis 21:31 Beersheba can mean well of seven and well of the oath.

28 They answered, “We saw clearly that the Lord was with you;(A) so we said, ‘There ought to be a sworn agreement between us’—between us and you. Let us make a treaty(B) with you

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