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Genesis 21:33 KJV
Genesis · chapter 21 · verse 33
And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.Genesis 21:33 · King James Version
Genesis 21:33 in context
31Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.
32Thus 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.
33And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.
34And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines’ land many days.
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Key words (Strong's)
- everlastingʻôwlâmproperly, concealedH5769 →
- BeershebaBᵉʼêr ShebaʻBeer-Sheba, a place in PalestineH884 →
- plantednâṭaʻproperly, to strike inH5193 →
- calledqârâʼto call out toH7121 →
- groveʼêshela tamarisk treeH815 →
- nameshêman appellation, as amark or memorial of individualityH8034 →
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Observe, 1. Abraham, having got into a good neighbourhood, knew when he was well off, and continued a great while there. There he planted a grove for a shade to his tent, or perhaps an orchard of fruit-trees;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 33-34