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Genesis 26:33

NETBible	So he named it Shibah;¹ that is why the name of the city has been Beer Sheba² to this day.
NIV © biblegateway Gen 26:33	He called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the town has been Beersheba.
NASB © biblegateway Gen 26:33	So he called it Shibah; therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day.
NLT © biblegateway Gen 26:33	So Isaac named the well "Oath," and from that time to this, the town that grew up there has been called Beersheba––"well of the oath."
MSG © biblegateway Gen 26:33	Isaac named the well Sheba (Oath), and that's the name of the city, Beersheba (Oath-Well), to this day.
BBE © SABDAweb Gen 26:33	And he gave it the name of Shibah: so the name of that town is Beer-sheba to this day.
NRSV © bibleoremus Gen 26:33	He called it Shibah; therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba to this day.
NKJV © biblegateway Gen 26:33	So he called it Shebah. Therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day.
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KJV	And he called <07121> (8799) it Shebah <07656>_: therefore the name <08034> of the city <05892> [is] Beersheba <0884> unto this day <03117>_. {Shebah: That is, an oath} {Beersheba: that is, the well of the oath}
NASB © biblegateway Gen 26:33	So he called <07121> it Shibah <07656> ; therefore <05921> <3651> the name <08034> of the city <05892> is Beersheba <0884> to this <02088> day <03117> .
LXXM	kai <2532> CONJ ekalesen <2564> V-AAI-3S auto <846> D-ASN orkov <3727> N-NSM dia <1223> PREP touto <3778> D-ASN onoma <3686> N-ASN th <3588> T-DSF polei <4172> N-DSF frear <5421> N-NSN orkou <3727> N-GSM ewv <2193> PREP thv <3588> T-GSF shmeron <4594> ADV hmerav <2250> N-GSF
NET [draft] ITL	So he named <07121> it Shibah <07656> ; that is why <03651> <05921> the name <08034> of the city <05892> has been Beer Sheba <0884> to <05704> this <02088> day <03117> .
HEBREW	o hzh <02088> Mwyh <03117> de <05704> ebs <0884> rab <0> ryeh <05892> Ms <08034> Nk <03651> le <05921> hebs <07656> hta <0853> arqyw (26:33) <07121>

NETBible

So he named it Shibah;¹ that is why the name of the city has been Beer Sheba² to this day.

NET Notes

¹sn The name Shibah (שִׁבְעָה, shiv’ah) means (or at least sounds like) the word meaning “oath.” The name was a reminder of the oath sworn by Isaac and the Philistines to solidify their treaty.

²sn The name Beer Sheba (בְּאֵר שָׁבַע, bÿ’er shava’) means “well of an oath” or “well of seven.” According to Gen 21:31 Abraham gave Beer Sheba its name when he made a treaty with the Philistines. Because of the parallels between this earlier story and the account in 26:26-33, some scholars see chaps. 21 and 26 as two versions (or doublets) of one original story. However, if one takes the text as it stands, it appears that Isaac made a later treaty agreement with the people of the land that was similar to his father’s. Abraham dug a well at the site and named the place Beer Sheba; Isaac dug another well there and named the well Shibah. Later generations then associated the name Beer Sheba with Isaac, even though Abraham gave the place its name at an earlier time.