genesis 26:33

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Genesis 26:33

King James Version (KJV)

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— D.L. Moody
Genesis 26:33
Verse 33 of 35

Scripture focus

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

Genesis 26:33KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Genesis 26:33

Theological / Devotional

He called it Shebah. Isaac’s servants informed him of their success in opening a new well that very day, and to it he gave the name of Shebah, meaning “oath,” in commemoration of the treaty with Abimelech. The statement, “therefore the name of the city is called Beer-sheba,” does not discredit the fact that Abraham had already given that very name to the place (Genesis 21:31). There was now an added reason for perpetuating the name assigned the spot a century earlier. As the treaty between Abimelech and Isaac was but a renewal of the earlier treaty, so the name Shebah given by Isaac to the new well was a reaffirmation of the earlier name, Beersheba.

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