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.

31 Therefore he (A)called that place [a]Beersheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.

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  1. Genesis 21:31 Lit. Well of the Oath or Well of the Seven

31 Therefore (A)that place was called Beersheba,[a] because there both of them swore an oath.

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  1. Genesis 21:31 Beersheba means well of seven or well of the oath