Genesis 21:31

King James Version

³¹Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.

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Genesis 21:31

New International Version

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

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Footnotes

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

Genesis 21:31

New King James Version

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

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

Genesis 21:31

New American Standard Bible

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

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Genesis 21:31 I.e., well of an oath

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