Genesis 21:31 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

therefore hath he called that place `Beer-Sheba,` for there have both of them sworn.

English ASV

Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba. Because there they sware both of them.

English Amplified

Therefore that place was called Beersheba [well of the oath], because there both parties swore an oath.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Therefore that place was called Beersheba [well of the oath], because there both parties swore an oath.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Therefore he called that place Beer-sheba, because there they had sworn, both of them.

English EASY 2024

Because of that, the name of the place became ‘Beersheba’, because the two men made a promise there.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

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.

Therefore that place was called Beersheba, because there both of them swore an oath.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

And so the place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them made a vow.

English God's Word - GW 1995

So ever since, that place has been known as Beersheba—"well of the oath"—because that was where they had sworn an oath.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.

English KJV 1611

Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.

English LSB

Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because there the two of them swore an oath.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Therefore he called that place Beer-sheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because there the two of them took an oath.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

This is why the place is called Beer-sheba; the two took an oath there.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

That is why he named that place Beer Sheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

That place was named Beersheba. That's because there the two men made a promise with an oath.

English NIV

So that place was called Beersheba, because the two men swore an oath there.

English NKJ 1982

Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.

English NLT

So ever since, that place has been known as Beersheba--"well of the oath"--because that was where they had sworn an oath.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba; because there both of them swore an oath.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

That place was called Beersheba, because it was there that both men swore an oath to one another.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba; because there both of them swore an oath.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

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.

English Tyndale 1537

Wherefore the place is called Berseba, because they sware both of them.

Genesis 21:31 — Compare Translations