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32 On that same day Isaac’s servants came to tell him about the well they had dug, saying to him, ‘We have found water! ’(A) 33 He called it Sheba.[a] Therefore the name of the city is still Beer-sheba[b](B) today.

Esau’s Wives

34 When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hethite, and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hethite.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 26:33 Or Shibah
  2. 26:33 = Well of the Oath

32 That same day Isaac's servants came and told him about the well that they had dug and said to him, “We have found water.” 33 He called it Shibah;[a] therefore the name of the city is (A)Beersheba to this day.

34 When Esau was forty years old, he took (B)Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite to be his wife, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite,

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 26:33 Shibah sounds like the Hebrew for oath

32 And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.

33 And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day.

34 And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:

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