Genesis 21:31

American Standard Version (1901)

Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 26:33 : 33 And he called it Shibah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.
  • Gen 21:14 : 14 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and [gave her] the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.
  • Gen 26:23 : 23 And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba.
  • Josh 15:28 : 28 and Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba, and Biziothiah,
  • Judg 20:1 : 1 Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto Jehovah at Mizpah.
  • 2 Sam 17:11 : 11 But I counsel that all Israel be gathered together unto thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.
  • 1 Kgs 4:25 : 25 And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig-tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.

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    32So they made a covenant at Beer-sheba: and Abimelech rose up, and Phicol the captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.

    33And [Abraham] planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of Jehovah, the Everlasting God.

  • Gen 26:31-33
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    31And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.

    32And 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.

    33And he called it Shibah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.

  • Gen 21:29-30
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    29And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?

    30And he said, These seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that it may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.

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    14Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

  • Gen 22:19
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    19So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.

  • Gen 26:20-23
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    20And the herdsmen of Gerar strove with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him.

    21And they digged another well, and they strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.

    22And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now Jehovah hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.

    23And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba.

  • Gen 21:23-25
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    23now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.

    24And Abraham said, I will swear.

    25And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.

  • Gen 21:27
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    27And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and they two made a covenant.

  • Gen 35:14-15
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    14And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he spake with him, a pillar of stone: and he poured out a drink-offering thereon, and poured oil thereon.

    15And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Beth-el.

  • Gen 26:25
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    25And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of Jehovah, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well.

  • Gen 31:53
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    53The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the Fear of his father Isaac.

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    16And from thence [they journeyed] to Beer: that is the well whereof Jehovah said unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.

  • Gen 31:47-48
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    47And Laban called it Jegar-saha-dutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.

    48And Laban said, This heap is witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed:

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    28And they dwelt at Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual,

  • Josh 15:28
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    28and Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba, and Biziothiah,

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    1And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.

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    2And they had for their inheritance Beer-sheba, or Sheba, and Moladah,

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    16and said, By myself have I sworn, saith Jehovah, because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son,

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    13For when God made promise to Abraham, since he could swear by none greater, he sware by himself,

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    20And he erected there an altar, and called it El-Elohe-Israel.

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    27and in Hazar-shual, and in Beer-sheba and the towns thereof,

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    16[ The covenant] which he made with Abraham, And his oath unto Isaac,

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    28And they said, We saw plainly that Jehovah was with thee: and we said, Let there now be an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee,

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    7And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el; because there God was revealed unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.

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    17And Isaac departed thence, and encamped in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.

    18And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham; and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.

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    9And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning this matter.

  • Gen 22:14
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    14And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of Jehovah it shall be provided.

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    9[ The covenant] which he made with Abraham, And his oath unto Isaac,