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Gen.21.31
Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.
Gen.21.31
That's how the place got named Beersheba (the Oath-Well), because the two of them swore a covenant oath there.
Gen.21.31
So that place was called Beersheba, because the two men swore an oath there.
Gen.21.31
Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.
Gen.21.31
So ever since, that place has been known as Beersheba--"well of the oath"--because that was where they had sworn an oath.
