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

21:31 Beer-sheba.Beer-sheba” means both “well of the oath” and “well of the seven.” Even though it was on land claimed by the Philistines, it was commonly understood at the time that the man who dug a well was its owner.


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