Genesis 21:31
Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.In other versions
Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba. Because there they sware both of them.
ASV
So he gave that place the name Beer-sheba, because there the two of them had given their oaths.
BBE
Therefore he called that place Beer-sheba, because there they had sworn, both of them.
DBY
Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because they both swore there.
WEB
therefore hath he called that place `Beer-Sheba,' for there have both of them sworn.
YLT
Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they swore both of them.
ENG
Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba: because there they swore both of them.
WBT
So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.
BSB
In context
29And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
30And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.
31Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.
32Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
33And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.