# Genesis 21.33

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**Book:** [Genesis](/codex/genesis/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 31. Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them. 32. So they made a covenant at Beer-sheba: and Abimelech rose up, and Phicol the captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
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> **33. And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of Jehovah, the Everlasting God.**
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> 34. And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days. (Genesis 21:31-34, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 31. Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because they both swore there. 32. So they made a covenant at Beersheba. Abimelech rose up with Phicol, the captain of his army, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
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> **33. Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and called there on the name of Yahweh, the Everlasting God.**
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> 34. Abraham lived as a foreigner in the land of the Philistines many days. (Genesis 21:31-34, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 31. Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them. <sup>Beersheba: that is, The well of the oath</sup> 32. Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
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> **33. And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God. <sup>grove: or, tree</sup>**
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> 34. And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days. (Genesis 21:31-34, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 31. therefore hath he called that place 'Beer-Sheba,' for there have both of them sworn. 32. And they make a covenant in Beer-Sheba, and Abimelech riseth, Phichol also, head of his host, and they turn back unto the land of the Philistines;
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> **33. and [Abraham] planteth a tamarisk in Beer-Sheba, and preacheth there in the name of Jehovah, God age-during;**
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> 34. and Abraham sojourneth in the land of the Philistines many days. (Genesis 21:31-34, YLT)

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

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## Quoted in

**Lexicon:**

- [H0410 - el](/codex/h0410-el/)
- [H5769 - olam](/codex/h5769-olam/)

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.