Genesis 26:33

Shebah. Hebrew an oath.

therefore. Same name given by Abraham (Genesis 21:31). Names were sometimes reimposed for. new reason. Compare Bethel (Genesis 28:18; Genesis 28:19 with Genesis 35:6; Genesis 35:7) and Israel (Genesis 32:28 with Genesis 35:10).

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- The Events of Isaac’s Life 5. משׁמרת mı̂shmeret , “charge, ordinance.” מציה mı̂tsvâh , “command,” special order. חק choq , “decree,...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 26. Isaac and the Philistines. Apart from Genesis 26:34 f. this chapter belongs to J. The original has been expanded in Genesis 26:1-6 ,...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day. He called it Shebah - This was probably the same well which was...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

He called it Sheba, &c.— As the wells which Abraham dug had been stopped up, most probably the names of them also had been forgotten. Isaac, th...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaac at Gerar Many of the notes on Genesis 20, 21 are applicable to this chapter It is thought probable that the present narrative is in the main...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Shebah] RV 'Shibah,' i.e. 'Oath,' in allusion to the covenant. See on Genesis 21:31 .
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day. — There was no city at this time at Beer-sheba, but one is mentioned at the conquest of...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

We have here the account of the first direct divine communication of Jehovah to Isaac. It came in a time of difficulty such as that which had caused...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Sheba means an oath, Beer the well; hence Beersheba, the well of the oath.
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he called it Sheba ,.... Which, according to Jerom, signifies "fulness", as if it had its name from the abundance of water in it; but rather it...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city [is] Beersheba unto this day. Ver. 33. Is Beersheba to this day. ] So it was before; but t...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

ISAAC IN GERAR A famine occurs in the land, just as it had in the days of Abraham (ch.12:10). In that case Abraham went down to Egypt, whereas Isa...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaac's Covenant with Abimelech. B. C. 1760....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This name had been given before, either to this or a neighbouring place, by Abraham, Genesis 21:31 ; but was now buried in oblivion, as his wells...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaac and Abimelech - a Story of Wells ( Genesis 26:12-33 ). Genesis 26:12 ‘And Isaac sowed in that land and found in that same year a hundred...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 26:20-22 , Genesis 26:33 These four names are the names of four wells of springing water, dug in a valley, to feed families and flocks...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 26:1 . Abimelech was a name common to the kings of Gerar, and the Philistines were of African descent. Genesis 10:14 . Genesis 26:2 ....
The Biblical Illustrator

Isaac digged again the wells of water Isaac’s wells These four names are the names ( Genesis 26:20-22 ; Genesis 26:33 ) of four wells of sprin...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Shebah. i.e., an oath. therefore. Genesis 21:31 Beer-sheba. i.e., the well of the oath. Genesis 26:28

³³ And he called it Shebah:i therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day.

Related Commentaries of Genesis 26:33

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 26:33