Genesis 21:31
So he gave that place the name Beer-sheba, because there the two of them had given their oaths.
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- Gen 26:33 : 33 And he gave it the name of Shibah: so the name of that town is Beer-sheba to this day.
- Gen 21:14 : 14 And early in the morning Abraham got up, and gave Hagar some bread and a water-skin, and put the boy on her back, and sent her away: and she went, wandering in the waste land of Beer-sheba.
- Gen 26:23 : 23 And from there he went on 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 took up arms, and the people came together like one man, from Dan to Beer-sheba, and the land of Gilead, before the Lord at Mizpah.
- 2 Sam 17:11 : 11 But my suggestion is that all Israel, from Dan as far as Beer-sheba, comes together to you, a great army like the sands of the sea in number; and that you yourself go out among them.
- 1 Kgs 4:25 : 25 So Judah and Israel were living safely, every man under his vine and his fig-tree, from Dan as far as Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.
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32 So they made an agreement at Beer-sheba, and Abimelech and Phicol, the captain of his army, went back to the land of the Philistines.
33 And Abraham, after planting a holy tree in Beer-sheba, gave worship to the name of the Lord, the Eternal God.
- Gen 26:31-333 verses82%
31 And early in the morning they took an oath one to the other: then Isaac sent them away and they went on their way in peace.
32 And that day Isaac's servants came to him and gave him word of the water-hole which they had made, and said to him, We have come to water.
33 And he gave it the name of Shibah: so the name of that town is Beer-sheba to this day.
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29 Then Abimelech said, What are these seven lambs which you have put on one side?
30 And he said, Take these seven lambs from me as a witness that I have made this water-hole.
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14 So that fountain was named, Fountain of Life and Vision: it is between Kadesh and Bered.
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19 Then Abraham went back to his young men and they went together to Beer-sheba, the place where Abraham was living.
- Gen 26:20-234 verses74%
20 But the herdmen of Gerar had a fight with Isaac's herdmen, for they said, The spring is ours: so he gave the spring the name of Esek, because there was a fight about it.
21 Then they made another water-hole, and there was a fight about that, so he gave it the name of Sitnah.
22 Then he went away from there, and made another water-hole, about which there was no fighting: so he gave it the name of Rehoboth, for he said, Now the Lord has made room for us, and we will have fruit in this land.
23 And from there he went on to Beer-sheba.
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23 Now, then, give me your oath, in the name of God, that you will not be false to me or to my sons after me, but that as I have been good to you, so you will be to me and to this land where you have been living.
24 And Abraham said, I will give you my oath.
25 But Abraham made a protest to Abimelech because of a water-hole which Abimelech's servants had taken by force.
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27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them made an agreement together.
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14 And Jacob put up a pillar in the place where he had been talking with God, and put a drink offering on it, and oil.
15 And he gave to the place where God had been talking with him, the name of Beth-el.
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25 Then he made an altar there, and gave worship to the name of the Lord, and he put up his tents there, and there his servants made a water-hole.
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53 May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, be our judge. Then Jacob took an oath by the Fear of his father Isaac.
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16 From there they went on to Beer, the water-spring of which the Lord said to Moses, Make the people come together and I will give them water.
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47 And the name Laban gave it was Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob gave it the name of Galeed.
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28 And they were living at Beer-sheba and Moladah and Hazar-shual,
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28 And Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba, and Biziothiah;
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1 And Israel went on his journey with all he had, and came to Beer-sheba, where he made offerings to the God of his father Isaac.
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2 And they had for their heritage Beer-sheba and Shema and Moladah
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16 Saying, I have taken an oath by my name, says the Lord, because you have done this and have not kept back from me your dearly loved only son,
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13 For when God made his oath to Abraham, because there was no greater oath, he made it by himself,
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20 And there he put up an altar, naming it El, the God of Israel.
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27 And in Hazar-shual, and in Beer-sheba and its daughter-towns,
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16 The agreement which he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac;
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7 And there he made an altar, naming the place El-beth-el: because it was there he had the vision of God when he was in flight from his brother.
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17 So Isaac went away from there, and put up his tents in the valley of Gerar, making his living-place there.
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9 And the servant put his hand under Abraham's leg, and gave him his oath about this thing.
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14 And Abraham gave that place the name Yahweh-yireh: as it is said to this day, In the mountain the Lord is seen.
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9 The agreement which he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac;