Genesis 21:33 (KJV)

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And Abraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba and called there on the name of the LORD the everlasting God
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Cross-references

grove. or, tree. Am 8:14

Beer-sheba. De 16:21 Re 2:7

called. Ge 4:26 Ge 12:8 Ge 26:23 Ge 26:25 Ge 26:33

everlasting. De 33:27 Ps 90:2 Isa 40:28 Isa 57:15 Jer 10:10 Ro 1:20 Ro 16:26 1Ti 1:17

The original word {eshel,} has been variously translated a grove, a plantation, an orchard, a cultivated field, and an oak; but it may denote a kind of tamarisk, as it is rendered by Gesenius, the same with the Arabic {athl.} on the name.Dr. Shuckford justly contends, that the expression rendered, "he called on the name," signifies "he invoked in the name."

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