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Genesis 26:33

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And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day.
Genesis 26:33 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB He called it Shibah. Therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day.
  • BSB So he called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the city is Beersheba.
  • NKJV So he called it Shebah. Therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day.
  • NASB So he called it Shibah; therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day.
  • NLT So Isaac named the well Shibah (which means “oath”). And to this day the town that grew up there is called Beersheba (which means “well of the oath”).

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Quick answer

Isaac names the well Shibah, and so the city is called Beersheba to this day.

Overview

The name plays on 'oath' and 'seven,' tying the well to the covenant just sworn, and explains the enduring name Beersheba. The note 'to this day' shows the account was written for later readers who knew the place. The naming memorializes both God's provision and the peace He granted.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 2

  • Gen 21:31Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.
  • Gen 26:28And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;

Themes, concepts, people & topics

Topics (3)
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Christ at the center

From the first promise that the seed of the woman would crush the serpent (3:15), through Abraham's blessing to all nations and Judah's coming ruler, Genesis sows every seed that flowers in Christ — the true offspring, the better Adam, the ram caught for Isaac.

How Genesis 26:33 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

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And he calledקָרָאit Shebahשִׁבְעָהtherefore the nameשֵׁםof the cityעִירis Beershebaבְּאֵר שֶׁבַעunto this dayיוֹם
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