Genesis 26:33
And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beer–sheba unto this day.
Genesis 26:33 in other translations
| BSB | So he called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the city is Beersheba. |
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| WEB | He called it “Shibah”. Therefore the name of the city is “Beersheba” to this day. |
| ASV | And he called it Shibah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day. |
| YLT | and he calleth it Shebah, oath, therefore the name of the city is Beer-Sheba, well of the oath, unto this day. |
| DARBY | And he called it Shebah; therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba to this day. |
| BBE | And he gave it the name of Shibah: so the name of that town is Beer-sheba to this day. |
| Webster | And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba to this day. |
What does Genesis 26:33 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 26:26-33
26-33. Then Abimelech went to him--As there was a lapse of ninety years between the visit of Abraham and of Isaac, the Abimelech and Phichol spoken of must have been different persons' official titles. Here is another proof of the promise (Ge 12:2) being fulfilled, in an overture of peace being made to him by the king of Gerar. By whatever motive the proposal was dictated--whether fear of his growing power, or…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 26:26-33
When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him, Pr 16:7. Kings' hearts are in his hands, and when he pleases, he can turn them to favour his people. It is not wrong to stand upon our guard in dealing with those who have acted unfairly. But Isaac did not insist on the unkindnesses they had done him; he freely entered into friendship with them. Religion teaches us to be…
Genesis 26:33 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 26:33
- 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 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;
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
21:31
Beer-sheba. i.e., the well of the oath.
28This 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.
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Context
- Genesis 26:32
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.
- Genesis 26:33
And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beer–sheba unto this day.
- Genesis 26:34
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:
Genesis 26:33 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y llamólo Seba: por cuya causa el nombre de aquella ciudad es Beer-seba hasta este día. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il l’appela Shéba; c’est pourquoi le nom de la ville a été Beër-Shéba, jusqu’à aujourd’hui. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und er nannte ihn Sibea; daher der Name der Stadt Beerseba bis auf diesen Tag. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Unde appellavit eum Abundantiam: et nomen urbi impositum est Bersabee, usque in præsentem diem. |