31 So that place was called Beersheba,[a](A) because the two men swore an oath(B) there.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 21:31 Beersheba can mean well of seven and well of the oath.

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

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33 But Jacob said, “Swear(A) to me first.” So he swore an oath to him, selling his birthright(B) to Jacob.

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33 And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.

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31 Early the next morning the men swore an oath(A) to each other. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they went away peacefully.

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31 And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.

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53 May the God of Abraham(A) and the God of Nahor,(B) the God of their father, judge between us.”(C)

So Jacob took an oath(D) in the name of the Fear of his father Isaac.(E)

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53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.

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12 “Now then, please swear to me(A) by the Lord that you will show kindness(B) to my family, because I have shown kindness to you. Give me a sure sign(C)

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12 Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the Lord, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token:

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“And remember, you have with you Shimei(A) son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim, who called down bitter curses on me the day I went to Mahanaim.(B) When he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore(C) to him by the Lord: ‘I will not put you to death by the sword.’

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And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the Lord, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.

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