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The Book of Genesis, Chapter 26, Verse 33

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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 found water.
King James Version
And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city [is] Beersheba unto this day.
American Standard Version
And he called it Shibah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.
New English Translation
So he named it Shibah; that is why the name of the city has been Beer Sheba to this day.
World English Bible
He called it Shibah. Therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day.
34
And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
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Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
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And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, [here am] I.
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And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:
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Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me [some] venison;
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And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring [it] to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.
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And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt [for] venison, [and] to bring [it].
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And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,
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Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD before my death.
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Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.