So that place was called Beersheba, because the two men swore an oath there.
OJBTherefore he called that place Be'er-Sheva; because there they swore an oath both of them.
Onkelos (Etheridge)Therefore he called that place Beer Shava, because there they sware together.
T4TSo Abimelech accepted the animals, and as a result they called that place Beersheba, which means ‘Friendship Agreement Well’, because there the two of them made that agreement.