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Genesis 21:31

Listen to Genesis 21:31
31 Daarom noemde men die plaats Ber-seba, omdat die beiden daar gezworen hadden.

Genesis 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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Genesis 21:31 In-Context

29 Zo zeide Abimelech tot Abraham: Wat zullen hier deze zeven ooilammeren, die gij bijzonder gesteld hebt?
30 En hij zeide: Dat gij de zeven ooilammeren van mijn hand nemen zult, opdat het mij tot een getuigenis zij, dat ik dezen put gegraven heb.
31 Daarom noemde men die plaats Ber-seba, omdat die beiden daar gezworen hadden.
32 Alzo maakten zij een verbond te Ber-seba. Daarna stond Abimelech op, en Pichol, zijn krijgsoverste, en zij keerden wederom naar het land der Filistijnen.
33 En hij plantte een bos in Ber-seba, en riep aldaar den Naam des HEEREN, des eeuwigen Gods, aan.

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