Genesis 21:31 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Genesis 21:31 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- The Birth of Isaac 7. מלל mı̂lēl “speak,” an ancient and therefore solemn and poetical word. 14. חמת chêmet “bottle,” akin to חמה chāmâh , “surround, enclose,” and הוּם chu...
Genesis 21:31 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 12:1 to Genesis 25:18 . The Story of Abraham. In this section the three main sources, J. E, P are present. Gunkel has given strong reasons for holding that J is here made up of two main...
Genesis 21:31 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Beer-sheba . Hebrew. well of the oath.
Genesis 21:31 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

31. Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba. Moses has once already called the place by this name, but proleptically. Now, however, he declares when, and for what reason, the name was given...
Genesis 21:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them. He called that place Beer-sheba - באר שבע Beer-shaba, literally, the well of swearing or of the oath, because they bot...
Genesis 21:31 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them. Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba - [Hebrew, Beer-shaba here, and Beer-sheba in Genesis 26:33 . The n...
Genesis 21:31 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Birth of Isaac. Dismissal of Hagar and Ishmael. Covenant between Abraham and Abimelech 8. Weaned] in his second or third year, as is usual among Orientals.
Genesis 21:31 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Beer-sheba. — That is, the well of seven, but with a covert allusion to the seven lambs having been used for the ratification of an oath. Robinson found the exact site in the Wady-es-Seba, with i...
Genesis 21:31 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

ISHMAEL AND ISAAC Genesis 21:1-34 ; Genesis 22:1-24 Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman. Which things are an allegory.- Galatians 4:22 . "Abraham stretched...
Genesis 21:31 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Abraham and Abimelech Covenant Genesis 21:22-34 Abimelech was impressed with Abraham's growing prosperity. He felt that it could not be explained on merely natural grounds. “God is with thee in...
Genesis 21:31 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

At last in God's 'Set time," and in spite of all natural difficulties, the long-promised son was born. Sarah who at an earlier point had laughed with the laughter of incredulity, now laughed with the...
Genesis 21:31 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. Aris...
Genesis 21:31 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Wherefore he called that place Beersheba ,.... Either Abraham or Abimelech, or both, called it so; or it may be read impersonally, "therefore the place was called Beersheba" t, for two reasons, one...
Genesis 21:31 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them. Ver. 31. They sware both of them. ] Or, they were sworn. The Hebrew is passive (נשׁבע). To show that an oath is not...
Genesis 21:31 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Beer-sheba That is, the well of the oath , or the well of the seven , (for the word equally signifies either,) alluding to the seven ewe- lambs which Abraham set by themselves and gave to Abime...
Genesis 21:31 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE PROMISE FULFILLED IN ISAAC Now the grace of God bears its most important fruit in the history of Abraham. Sarah, at the unlikely age of 90 years, gives birth to Isaac, at the time God Himself...
Genesis 21:31 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Abimelech's Covenant with Abraham. B. C. 1892. 22 And it came to pass at that time, th...
Genesis 21:31 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Which name was communicated unto a city adjoining: of which see Genesis 26:23 Joshua 15:28 2 Samuel 17:11 , 2 Samuel 24:2 .
Genesis 21:31 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Wherefore he called that place Beersheba, when there they swore, both of them.' Beersheba means ‘the well of seven', and is the name given to that particular well. The name is given to remind both s...
Genesis 21:31 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 21:22 . Phichol.] Name signifies “mouth of all,” i.e., all-commanding. Probably an official title. Genesis 21:23 . Nor with my son, nor with my son’s son. ] The LXX...
Genesis 21:31 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 21 In the story of Hagar and Ishmael, we notice: I. The outcast. As Abraham is the father of all the faithful, so the Arab Ishmael is the father of all our outcasts. He was an impudent bo...
Genesis 21:31 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 21:3 . Isaac; that is, laughter or holy joy. Luke 6:21 . Sarah had once laughed through unbelief; now being ashamed of that, she could sing with Mary, My soul doth magnify the Lord, and m...
Genesis 21:31 - The Biblical Illustrator

Swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me Abraham the friend of man I. ABRAHAM YIELDS READILY TO THE REQUEST FOR HIS FRIENDSHIP. Abimelech’s motives in seeking the frien...
Genesis 21:31 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 21:22 And it came to pass at that time ,—possibly in immediate sequence to the incident of the preceding chapter, but, "according to the common law of Hebrew narrative,...
Genesis 21:31 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Covenant Between Abraham and Abimelech
Genesis 21:31 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

called. Genesis 26:33 Beer-sheba. Genesis 21:14 Genesis 26:23 Joshua 15:28 Judges 20:1 2 Samuel 17:11 1 Kings 4:25
Genesis 21:31 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Beer — sheba — That is, the well of the oath, in remembrance of the covenant that they sware to, that they might be ever mindful of it.

Genesis 21:31 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 21:31 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 21:31 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 21:31 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 21:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 21:31 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 21:31 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 21:31 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 21:31 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 21:31 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 21:31 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 21:31 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 21:31 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 21:31 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 21:31 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 21:31 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 21:31 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 21:31 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 21:31 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 21:31 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 21:31 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 21:31 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 21:31 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 21:31 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 21:31 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 21:31 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 21:31 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes