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33 So he named the well [a]Shibah; therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day.(A)

34 When Esau was forty years old he married Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite as his wives; 35 and they were a [b]source of grief to [Esau’s parents] Isaac and Rebekah.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 26:33 This could mean “oath” or “overflow, abundance.” Likewise, the name Beersheba could mean “well of abundance,” or “well of the oath,” or “seven wells.”
  2. Genesis 26:35 Lit bitterness of spirit.

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