Genesis 21:31

Therefore he called that place Beersheba [that is, The well of the oath], because there they swore, both of them.

Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.

Therefore that place was called Beersheba (Well of the Oath or Well of the Seven), because there the two of them swore an oath.

AMPC

Therefore that place was called Beersheba [well of the oath], because there both parties swore an oath.

BRG

Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.

CSB

Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.

CEB

Therefore, the name of that place is Beer-sheba because there they gave each other their word.

CJB

This is why that place was called Be’er-Sheva [well of seven, well of an oath] — because they both swore an oath there.

CEV

So they called the place Beersheba, because they made a treaty there.

DARBY

Therefore he called that place Beer-sheba, because there they had sworn, both of them.

DRA

Therefore that place was called Bersabee: because there both of them did swear.

ERV

So after that, the well was called Beersheba. Abraham gave the well this name because it was the place where they made a promise to each other.

EASY

Because of that, the name of the place became ‘Beersheba’, because the two men made a promise there.

EHV

Therefore, he called that place Beersheba, because they both took an oath there.

ESV

Therefore that place was called Beersheba, because there both of them swore an oath.

ESVUK

Therefore that place was called Beersheba, because there both of them swore an oath.

EXB

So that place was called Beersheba [21:14; ^Cmeaning either “well of seven” or “well of promise”] because they ·made a promise to each other [swore an oath] there.

GNV

Wherefore the place is called Beersheba, because there they both swear.

This is why that place is called Beersheba, because both of them swore an oath there.

GNT

And so the place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them made a vow.

HCSB

Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.

ICB

So that place was called Beersheba because they made a promise to each other there.

ISV

Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba, because the two of them swore an oath.

JUB

Therefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they swore, both of them.

KJV

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

AKJV

Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.

LSB

Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because there the two of them swore an oath.

LEB

Therefore that place is called Beersheba, because there the two of them swore an oath.

TLB

So from that time on the well was called Beer-sheba (“Well of the Oath”), because that was the place where they made their covenant.

MSG

That’s how the place got named Beersheba (the Oath-Well), because the two of them swore a covenant oath there. After they had made the covenant at Beersheba, Abimelech and his commander, Phicol, left and went back to Philistine territory.

MEV

Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.

NOG

This is why that place is called Beersheba, because both of them swore an oath there.

NABRE

This is why the place is called Beer-sheba; the two of them took an oath there.

NASB

Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because there the two of them took an oath.

NASB1995

Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because there the two of them took an oath.

NCB

Because of this the place is called Beer-sheba (the well of the seven), for they both swore an oath there.

NCV

So that place was called Beersheba because they made a promise to each other there.

NET

That is why he named that place Beer Sheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.

NIRV

So that place was named Beersheba. That’s because there the two men came to an agreement.

NIV

So that place was called Beersheba, because the two men swore an oath there.

NIVUK

So that place was called Beersheba, because the two men swore an oath there.

NKJV

Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.

NLV

So he gave that place the name Beersheba because both of them made a promise there.

NLT

Then he named the place Beersheba (which means “well of the oath”), because that was where they had sworn the oath.

NRSVA