Devine Scripture

Genesis 21:31

Genesis chapter 21 · verse 31 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Wherefore he called that place Beer–sheba; because there they sware both of them.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.

Context

v.30And he said, These seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that it may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.

v.31This passage

v.32So they made a covenant at Beer-sheba: and Abimelech rose up, and Phicol the captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Genesis 26:33

    And he called it Shibah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.

  • Joshua 15:28

    and Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba, and Biziothiah,

  • Genesis 21:14

    And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and gave her the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.

  • 1 Kings 4:25

    And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig-tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.

  • Genesis 26:23

    And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba.

  • Judges 20:1

    Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto Jehovah at Mizpah.