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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
על כן קרא למקום ההוא--באר שבע כי שם נשבעו שניהם
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
`l kn qrA lmqvm hhvA--bAr SHb` ky SHm nSHb`v SHnyhm

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
idcirco vocatus est locus ille Bersabee quia ibi uterque iuraverunt

King James Variants
American King James Version   
Why he called that place Beersheba; because there they swore both of them.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Therefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they swore both of them.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.
Authorized (King James) Version   
Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.
New King James Version   
Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.
21st Century King James Version   
Therefore he called that place Beersheba [that is, The well of the oath], because there they swore, both of them.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba. Because there they sware both of them.
Darby Bible Translation   
Therefore he called that place Beer-sheba, because there they had sworn, both of them.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
Therefore that place was called Bersabee: because both of them did swear.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
Therefore that place was called Beersheba, because there both of them swore an oath.
God's Word   
This is why that place is called Beersheba, because both of them swore an oath there.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.
International Standard Version   
Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba, because the two of them swore an oath.
NET Bible   
That is why he named that place Beer Sheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.
New American Standard Bible   
Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because there the two of them took an oath.
New International Version   
So that place was called Beersheba, because the two men swore an oath there.
New Living Translation   
Then he named the place Beersheba (which means "well of the oath"), because that was where they had sworn the oath.
Webster's Bible Translation   
Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba: because there they swore both of them.
The World English Bible   
Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because they both swore there.
EasyEnglish Bible   
Because of that, the name of the place became ‘Beersheba’, because the two men made a promise there.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
therefore hath he called that place `Beer-Sheba,' for there have both of them sworn.
New Life Version   
So he gave that place the name Beersheba because both of them made a promise there.
The Voice Bible   
From then on, the place where the well was located was called Beersheba because it was there that the two of them swore this oath together.
Living Bible   
So from that time on the well was called Beer-sheba (“Well of the Oath”), because that was the place where they made their covenant.
New Catholic Bible   
Because of this the place is called Beer-sheba (the well of the seven), for they both swore an oath there.
Legacy Standard Bible   
Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because there the two of them swore an oath.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
Therefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they swore, both of them.
Christian Standard Bible   
Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Therefore that place was called Beersheba [well of the oath], because there both parties swore an oath.
New Century Version   
So that place was called Beersheba because they made a promise to each other there.
The Message   
That’s how the place got named Beersheba (the Oath-Well), because the two of them swore a covenant oath there. After they had made the covenant at Beersheba, Abimelech and his commander, Phicol, left and went back to Philistine territory.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
Therefore, he called that place Beersheba, because they both took an oath there.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba; because there both of them swore an oath.
Good News Translation®   
And so the place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them made a vow.
Wycliffe Bible   
Therefore that place was called Beersheba, (that is, The Well of the Oath,) for ever either swore there;
Contemporary English Version   
So they called the place Beersheba, because they made a treaty there.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba; because there both of them swore an oath.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba, because there both of them swore an oath.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba; because there both of them swore an oath.
Common English Bible © 2011   
Therefore, the name of that place is Beer-sheba because there they gave each other their word.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
Therefore that place was called Beersheba (Well of the Oath or Well of the Seven), because there the two of them swore an oath.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
Therefore that place was called Beersheba, because there both of them swore an oath.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
This is why the place is called Beer-sheba; the two of them took an oath there.
New American Standard Bible   
Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because there the two of them took an oath.
The Expanded Bible   
So that place was called Beersheba [21:14; C meaning either “well of seven” or “well of promise”] because they ·made a promise to each other [swore an oath] there.
Tree of Life Version   
That is why that place is named Beer-sheba, because there both of them made a pledge,
Revised Standard Version   
Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba; because there both of them swore an oath.
New International Reader's Version   
So that place was named Beersheba. That’s because there the two men came to an agreement.
BRG Bible   
Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.
Complete Jewish Bible   
This is why that place was called Be’er-Sheva [well of seven, well of an oath] — because they both swore an oath there.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba; because there both of them swore an oath.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Therefore he called that place Beer-Sheva; because there they swore an oath both of them.
Names of God Bible   
This is why that place is called Beersheba, because both of them swore an oath there.
Modern English Version   
Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.
Easy-to-Read Version   
So after that, the well was called Beersheba. Abraham gave the well this name because it was the place where they made a promise to each other.
International Children’s Bible   
So that place was called Beersheba because they made a promise to each other there.
Lexham English Bible   
Therefore that place is called Beersheba, because there the two of them swore an oath.
New International Version - UK   
So that place was called Beersheba, because the two men swore an oath there.