Genesis 26:33 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 26:33

So he called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the city is Beersheba.

BSB

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ASV

And he called it Shibah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.

KJV

And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beer–sheba unto this day.

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Commentary

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Hebrew Questions on Genesis (420)

(Verse 32 and 33.) And the servants of Isaac came and told him about the well that they had dug, and they said to him, 'We have found water.' So he called it Shebah. I don't know how it is translated in the Septuagint: 'And the servants of Isaac came and told him about the well that they had dug, and they said to him, 'We have not found water.' So he called it Oath.' What is the etymology behind calling it Oath just because they did not find water?

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

He called it Shebah - This was probably the same well which was called Beersheba in the time of Abraham, which the Philistines had filled up, and which the servants of Isaac had reopened. The same name is therefore given to it which it had before, with the addition of the emphatic letter ה he, by which its signification became extended, so that now it signified not merely an oath or full, but satisfaction and abundance.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Then Abimelech went to him--As there was a lapse of ninety years between the visit of Abraham and of Isaac, the Abimelech and Phichol spoken of must have been different persons' official titles. Here is another proof of the promise (Ge 12:2) being fulfilled, in an overture of peace being made to him by the king of Gerar.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּקְרָ֥א	vai.yik.Ra'	and he called	H7121 →
אֹתָ֖הּ	'o.Tah	<obj.> it	H853 →
שִׁבְעָ֑ה	shiv.'Ah	Shibah	H7656 →
עַל־	'al-	there-	H5921 →
כֵּ֤ן	ken	-fore	H3651 →
שֵׁם־	shem-	[the] name of	H8034 →
הָעִיר֙	ha.'Ir	the city	H5892 →
בְּאֵ֣ר	be.'Er	[is] Beer	H884 →
שֶׁ֔בַע	She.va'	Sheba	H884 →
עַ֖ד	'ad	until	H5704 →
הַיּ֥וֹם	hai.Yom	the day	H3117 →
הַזֶּֽה׃ ס	ha.Zeh	<the> this	H2088 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H884beer[is] Beer68×

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Through
Genesis 26:28
“We can plainly see that the LORD has been with you,” they replied. “We recommend that there should now be an oath between us and you. Let us make a covenant with you
leads to
- Genesis 21:22–23
  At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, “God is with you in all that you do.
- Genesis 21:31–32
  So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.
- Isaiah 45:14
  This is what the LORD says: “The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, along with the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge…
- Joshua 3:7
  Now the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, so they may know that I am with you just as I was with Moses.
- Isaiah 61:9
  Their descendants will be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples. All who see them will acknowledge that they are a people the LORD has blessed.
Through
Genesis 21:31
So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.
leads to
- Genesis 21:14
  Early in the morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a skin of water, put them on Hagar’s shoulders, and sent her away with the boy. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of…
- Joshua 15:28
  Hazar-shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah,
- 1 Kings 4:25
  Throughout the days of Solomon, Judah and Israel dwelt securely from Dan to Beersheba, each man under his own vine and his own fig tree.

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