Chuàngshìjì 21:31

31 Suǒyǐ tā gĕi nà dìfang qǐmíng jiào Bièshìbā ( jiù shì méng shì de jǐng ) , yīnwei tāmen èr rén zaì nàli qǐ le shì .

Chuàngshìjì 21:31 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 21:31

Wherefore he called that place Beersheba
Either Abraham or Abimelech, or both, called it so; or it may be read impersonally, "therefore the place was called Beersheba" ^F20, for two reasons, one implied, the other expressed; one was, because of the seven lambs before mentioned; so the Targum of Jonathan,

``and therefore he called the well the well of seven lambs;''

"Beer" signifying a well, and "sheba" seven; the other, and which is more certain, being expressed, is as follows; because there they sware both of them;
by the living God, to keep the covenant inviolably they had made between them.

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 (arqy) "vocatus", V. L. Calvin, Piscator.

Chuàngshìjì 21:31 In-Context

29 Yàbǐmǐlè wèn Yàbólāhǎn shuō , nǐ bǎ zhè qī zhǐ mǔ yánggāo lìng fàng zaì yī chǔ , shì shénme yìsi ne .

30 Tā shuō , nǐ yào cóng wǒ shǒu lǐ shòu zhè qī zhǐ mǔ yánggāo , zuò wǒ wā zhè kǒu jǐng de zhèngjù .

31 Suǒyǐ tā gĕi nà dìfang qǐmíng jiào Bièshìbā ( jiù shì méng shì de jǐng ) , yīnwei tāmen èr rén zaì nàli qǐ le shì .

32 Tāmen zaì Bièshìbā lì le yuē , Yàbǐmǐlè jiù tóng tā jūnzhǎng Fēigè qǐshēn huí Fēilìshì dì qù le .

33 Yàbólāhǎn zaì Bièshìbā zāi shàng yī kē chuísīliǔ shù , yòu zaì nàli qiúgào Yēhéhuá yǒngshēng shén de míng .