Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
Wherefore he called that place, Beer-sheba: because there they sware both of them.
1611 marginal noteThat is, The well of the othe.
KJV dictionary & concordance
Swore; made a solemn oath or declared with an oath.
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First occurrence: Genesis 21:31
Complete exact-word concordance
Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.
Wherefore he called that place, Beer-sheba: because there they sware both of them.
1611 marginal noteThat is, The well of the othe.
¶ The Lord God of heaven, which took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.
¶ The LORD God of heauen which tooke mee from my fathers house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake vnto mee, and that sware vnto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I giue this land, he shall send his Angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife vnto my sonne from thence.
1611 marginal noteChap. 12.7. and 13.15. and 15.18. and 26.4.
And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.
And the seruant put his hand vnder the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.
And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
And Iacob said, Sweare to mee this day: and he sware to him: and he sold his birthright vnto Iacob.
1611 marginal noteHebr. 12.16.
Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
Soiourne in this land, and I wil be with thee, and will blesse thee: for vnto thee, and vnto thy seed I will giue all these countreys, and I wil performe the othe, which I sware vnto Abraham thy father.
1611 marginal noteChap. 13.15. and 15.18.
And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
And they rose vp betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.
The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, iudge betwixt vs. And Iacob sware by the feare of his father Isaac.
And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed’s head.
And he said, Sweare vnto mee: and he sware vnto him. And Israel bowed himselfe vpon the beds head.
1611 marginal noteHeb. 11.21.
And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
And Ioseph saide vnto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land, vnto the land which hee sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Iacob.
1611 marginal noteHeb. 12.22.
¶ And it shall be when the Lord shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.
¶ And it shalbe when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hiuites, and the Iebusites, which he sware vnto thy fathers to giue thee, a land flowing with milke and hony, that thou shalt keepe this seruice in this moneth.
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