Genesis 21:31
New International Version
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- Genesis 21:31 Beersheba can mean well of seven and well of the oath.
Genesis 21:31
King James Version
31 Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.
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Genesis 21:31
New King James Version
31 Therefore he (A)called that place [a]Beersheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.
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- Genesis 21:31 Lit. Well of the Oath or Well of the Seven
Genesis 31:47-49
New International Version
47 Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed.[a](A)
48 Laban said, “This heap(B) is a witness between you and me today.”(C) That is why it was called Galeed. 49 It was also called Mizpah,[b](D) because he said, “May the Lord keep watch between you and me when we are away from each other.
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- Genesis 31:47 The Aramaic Jegar Sahadutha and the Hebrew Galeed both mean witness heap.
- Genesis 31:49 Mizpah means watchtower.
Genesis 31:47-49
King James Version
47 And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.
48 And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;
49 And Mizpah; for he said, The Lord watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
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Genesis 31:47-49
New King James Version
47 Laban called it [a]Jegar Sahadutha, but Jacob called it [b]Galeed. 48 And Laban said, (A)“This heap is a witness between you and me this day.” Therefore its name was called Galeed, 49 also (B)Mizpah,[c] because he said, “May the Lord watch between you and me when we are absent one from another.
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- Genesis 31:47 Lit., in Aram., Heap of Witness
- Genesis 31:47 Lit., in Heb., Heap of Witness
- Genesis 31:49 Lit. Watch
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