Genesis 26:33 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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

Genesis 26:33 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 21:31
Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.
Genesis 26:28
And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;

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Afflictions and Adversities Shebah

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 26-33)

We have here the contests that had been between Isaac and the Philistines issuing in a happy peace and reconciliation. I. Abimelech pays a friendly visit to Isaac, in token of the respect he had for him, Gen. 26:26. Note, When a man’s ways please the Lord he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him, Prov. 16:7. Kings’ hearts are in his hands, and when he pleases he can turn them to favour hi…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 33)

26-33. Then Abimelech went to him--As there was a lapse of ninety years between the visit of Abraham and of Isaac, the Abimelech and Phichol spoken of must have been different persons’ official titles. Here is another proof of the promise (Ge 12:2) being fulfilled, in an overture of peace being made to him by the king of Gerar. By whatever motive the proposal was dictated--whether fear of his grow…