Verse 33
Genesis 26:33
Young's Literal Translation
33
and he calleth it Shebah, [oath,] therefore the name of the city [is] Beer-Sheba, [well of the oath,] unto this day.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּקְרָ֥א אֹתָ֖/הּ שִׁבְעָ֑ה עַל כֵּ֤ן שֵׁם הָ/עִיר֙ בְּאֵ֣ר שֶׁ֔בַע עַ֖ד הַ/יּ֥וֹם הַ/זֶּֽה
English Translation
And he called her seven; therefore the name of the city is called Beersheba to this day.
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Chapter 26 Context
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And there is a famine in the land, besides the first famine which was in the days of Abraham, and Is...
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And Jehovah appeareth unto him, and saith, 'Go not down towards Egypt, tabernacle in the land concer...
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sojourn in this land, and I am with thee, and bless thee, for to thee and to thy seed I give all the...
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and I have multiplied thy seed as stars of the heavens, and I have given to thy seed all these lands...
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because that Abraham hath hearkened to My voice, and keepeth My charge, My commands, My statutes, an...
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And Isaac dwelleth in Gerar;
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and men of the place ask him of his wife, and he saith, 'She [is] my sister:' for he hath been afrai...
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And it cometh to pass, when the days have been prolonged to him there, that Abimelech king of the Ph...
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And Abimelech calleth for Isaac, and saith, 'Lo, she [is] surely thy wife; and how hast thou said, S...
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And Abimelech saith, 'What [is] this thou hast done to us? as a little thing one of the people had l...
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and Abimelech commandeth all the people, saying, 'He who cometh against this man or against his wife...
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And Isaac soweth in that land, and findeth in that year a hundredfold, and Jehovah blesseth him;
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and the man is great, and goeth on, going on and becoming great, till that he hath been very great,
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and he hath possession of a flock, and possession of a herd, and an abundant service; and the Philis...
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and all the wells which his father's servants digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philisti...
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And Abimelech saith unto Isaac, 'Go from us; for thou hast become much mightier than we;'
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and Isaac goeth from thence, and encampeth in the valley of Gerar, and dwelleth there;
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and Isaac turneth back, and diggeth the wells of water which they digged in the days of Abraham his...
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And Isaac's servants dig in the valley, and find there a well of living water,
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and shepherds of Gerar strive with shepherds of Isaac, saying, 'The water [is] ours;' and he calleth...
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and they dig another well, and they strive also for it, and he calleth its name 'Hatred.'
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And he removeth from thence, and diggeth another well, and they have not striven for it, and he call...
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And he goeth up from thence [to] Beer-Sheba,
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and Jehovah appeareth unto him during that night, and saith, 'I [am] the God (Elohim) of Abraham thy...
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and he buildeth there an altar, and preacheth in the name of Jehovah, and stretcheth out there his t...
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And Abimelech hath gone unto him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phichol head of his host;
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and Isaac saith unto them, 'Wherefore have ye come unto me, and ye have hated me, and ye send me awa...
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And they say, 'We have certainly seen that Jehovah hath been with thee, and we say, 'Let there be, w...
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do not evil with us, as we have not touched thee, and as we have only done good with thee, and send...
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And he maketh for them a banquet, and they eat and drink,
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and rise early in the morning, and swear one to another, and Isaac sendeth them away, and they go fr...
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And it cometh to pass during that day that Isaac's servants come and declare to him concerning the c...
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and he calleth it Shebah, [oath,] therefore the name of the city [is] Beer-Sheba, [well of the oath,...
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and they are a bitterness of spirit to Isaac and to Rebekah.
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