Genesis 26:33
What does Genesis 26:33 mean?
A plain-English look at Genesis 26:33 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And he called it Shibah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beer–sheba unto this day.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And he called it Shibah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And he gave it the name of Shibah: so the name of that town is Beer-sheba to this day.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and he calleth it Shebah, <FI>oath,<Fi> therefore the name of the city <FI>is<Fi> Beer-Sheba, <FI>well of the oath,<Fi> unto this day.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Whereupon he called it Abundance: and the name of the city was called Bersabee, even to this day.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And he called it Shebah; therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba to this day.
Context
v.32And 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.
v.33This passage
v.34And when Esau was forty years old he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 21:31
Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.
- Genesis 26:28
And they said, We saw plainly that Jehovah was with thee: and we said, Let there now be an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee,
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