31 Therefore he called that place [a](A)Beersheba, because there the two of them took an oath. 32 So they made a covenant at Beersheba; and Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, got up and returned to the land of the Philistines. 33 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree at Beersheba, and there (B)he called on the name of the Lord, the (C)Everlasting God.

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

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

32 After the treaty(C) had been made at Beersheba,(D) Abimelek and Phicol the commander of his forces(E) returned to the land of the Philistines.(F) 33 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree(G) in Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the Lord,(H) the Eternal God.(I)

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

14 As for those who swear by the [a](A)guilt of Samaria,
And say, ‘As your god lives, (B)Dan,’
And, ‘As the way of (C)Beersheba lives,’
They will fall and (D)not rise again.”

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  1. Amos 8:14 Or Ashimah

14 Those who swear by the sin of Samaria(A)
    who say, ‘As surely as your god lives, Dan,’(B)
    or, ‘As surely as the god[a] of Beersheba(C) lives’—
    they will fall,(D) never to rise again.(E)

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  1. Amos 8:14 Hebrew the way