Genesis 21:31

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That is why the place was called Beersheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.

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  • Gen 26:33 : 33 He called it Shibah. Therefore, the name of the city is Beersheba to this day.
  • Gen 21:14 : 14 Early in the morning, Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. He set them on her shoulder, along with the boy, and sent her away. She departed and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.
  • Gen 26:23 : 23 From there Isaac went up to Beersheba.
  • Josh 15:28 : 28 Hazar-shual, Beer-sheba, and Biziothiah.
  • Judg 20:1 : 1 Then all the Israelites went out, and the entire assembly came together as one man, from Dan to Beersheba and the land of Gilead, to the LORD at Mizpah.
  • 2 Sam 17:11 : 11 'This is my advice: Gather all Israel to you, from Dan to Beersheba, as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and you yourself lead them into battle.'

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    32 After making the covenant at Beersheba, Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, returned to the land of the Philistines.

    33 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called upon the name of the Lord, the Eternal God.

  • Gen 26:31-33
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    31 They rose early in the morning and took an oath to one another. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they departed from him in peace.

    32 That same day, Isaac's servants came and told him about the well they had dug, saying, "We have found water!"

    33 He called it Shibah. Therefore, the name of the city is Beersheba to this day.

  • Gen 21:29-30
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    29 Abimelech asked Abraham, 'What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs that you have set apart by themselves?'

    30 He replied, 'Accept these seven lambs from my hand as a witness that I dug this well.'

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    14 Therefore the well was called Beer Lahai Roi; it is located between Kadesh and Bered.

  • Gen 22:19
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    19 Then Abraham returned to his young men, and together they set out and went to Beersheba, and Abraham settled in Beersheba.

  • Gen 26:20-23
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    20 But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen and said, "The water is ours!" So he named the well Esek, because they disputed with him.

    21 Isaac’s servants then dug another well, but they also quarreled over it. So he named it Sitnah.

    22 He moved from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over this one. So he named it Rehoboth, and he said, "Now the LORD has given us room, and we will flourish in the land."

    23 From there Isaac went up to Beersheba.

  • Gen 21:23-25
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    23 Now swear to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me, my children, or my descendants. Show to me and the land where you have lived the same kindness I have shown to you.

    24 Abraham said, 'I swear it.'

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    27 So Abraham took sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them made a covenant.

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    14 Jacob set up a stone pillar at the place where God had spoken with him. He poured out a drink offering on it and also poured oil on it.

    15 Jacob called the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.

  • Gen 26:25
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    25 So Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD. He pitched his tent there, and his servants dug a well.

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    53 May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.' So Jacob took an oath in the name of the Fear of his father Isaac.

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    16 From there they went to Beer. This is the well where the LORD said to Moses, 'Gather the people together, and I will give them water.'

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    47 Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed.

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    28 They lived in Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar-Shual,

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    28 Hazar-shual, Beer-sheba, and Biziothiah.

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    1 Israel set out with everything he had and came to Beersheba, where he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.

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    2 In their inheritance, they had Beersheba, Sheba, and Moladah,

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    27 as well as in Hazar-shual, Beersheba and its surrounding villages,

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    16 The covenant he made with Abraham, and the oath he swore to Isaac.

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    28 They replied, "We have clearly seen that the LORD has been with you. So we said, 'There should now be an oath between us and you; let us make a covenant with you.'"

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    7 There he built an altar and named the place El Bethel (God of Bethel), because it was there that God revealed Himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother.

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    17 So Isaac departed from there, pitched his tent in the Valley of Gerar, and settled there.

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    9 So the servant placed his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.

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    9 The covenant He made with Abraham, and His oath to Isaac.