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Génesis 21:31

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31 Por eso a aquel lugar le dieron el nombre de Berseba,[a] porque allĂ­ los dos hicieron un juramento.

Génesis 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.
FOOTNOTES:

F20 (arqy) "vocatus", V. L. Calvin, Piscator.
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Génesis 21:31 In-Context

29 por lo que Abimélec le preguntó:—¿Qué pasa? ¿Por qué has apartado estas siete corderas?
30 —Acepta estas siete corderas —le contestó Abraham—. Ellas servirán de prueba de que yo cavé este pozo.
31 Por eso a aquel lugar le dieron el nombre de Berseba, porque allĂ­ los dos hicieron un juramento.
32 Después de haber hecho el pacto en Berseba, Abimélec y Ficol, el jefe de su ejército, volvieron al país de los filisteos.
33 Abraham plantó un tamarisco en Berseba, y en ese lugar invocó el nombre del SEÑOR, el Dios eterno.

Footnotes 1

  • [a] En hebreo, "Berseba " significa "pozo de los siete" , o "pozo del juramento" .

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