Genesis 26:33

33 He called it Shibah,^[a] and to this day the name of the town has been Beersheba.^[b]

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Genesis 26:33 in Other Translations

KJV

33 And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day.

ESV

33 He called it Shibah; therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day.

NLT

33 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”).

MSG

33 Isaac named the well Sheba (Oath), and that's the name of the city, Beersheba (Oath-Well), to this day.

CSB

33 He called it Oath. Therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba to this day.

Genesis 26:33 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 26:33

And he called it Sheba
Which, according to Jerom, signifies "fulness", as if it had its name from the abundance of water in it; but rather it signifies an "oath", and was so called from the oath, which he and Abimelech had just took to one another; and these circumstances meeting together, the taking of the oath, and the account of the well, therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day;
that is, the well of the oath: it had been so called by Abraham an hundred years ago or more; but now upon this occasion it was renewed and confirmed, and so continued until the times of Moses, and many ages after.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Genesis 26:33 In-Context

31 Early the next morning the men swore an oath to each other. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they went away peacefully.

32 That day Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. They said, “We’ve found water!”

33 He called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the town has been Beersheba.

34 When Esau was forty years old, he married Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and also Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.

35 They were a source of grief to Isaac and Rebekah.

Cross References 1

1. S Genesis 21:14

Footnotes 2

[a]. "Shibah" can mean "oath" or "seven."
[b]. "Beersheba" can mean "well of the oath" and "well of seven."