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Gen 26:33 — And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city [is] Beersheba unto this day.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Beer-sheba		i.e., the well of the oath. Gen 26:28; This may have been the same city which was called Beer-sheba a hundred years before this, in the time of Abraham; but as the well, from which it had its name originally, was closed up by the Philistines, the name of the place might have been abolished with the well; when, therefore, Isaac re-opened it, he restored the ancient name of the place.
Shebah		i.e., an oath.
therefore		Gen 21:31

Correlating Passages

Beer-sheba

Gen 26:28

And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, [even] betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;

therefore

Gen 21:31

Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.

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Scott, Thomas. "Genesis 26:33," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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