Bible verse
So he called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the city is Beersheba.
Genesis 26:33 · BSB
The verses around it, from Genesis 26.
29 that you will not harm us, just as we have not harmed you but have done only good to you, sending you on your way in peace. And now you are blessed by the LORD.”
30 So Isaac prepared a feast for them, and they ate and drank.
31 And they got up early the next morning and swore an oath to each other. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they left him in peace.
32 On that same day, Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. “We have found water!” they told him.
33 So he called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the city is Beersheba.
34 When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.
35 And they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.
KJV
And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city [is] Beersheba unto this day.
ASV
And he called it Shibah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.
ERV
And he called it Shibah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.
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