therefore hath he called that place `Beer-Sheba,' for there have both of them sworn.
Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.
So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.
Therefore he called that place Beer-sheba, because there they had sworn, both of them.
Genesis — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
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