Genesis 21:31

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Wherefore the place is called Beer seba, because that there they sware both of them.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 26:33 : 33 And he called it Sebah: and the name of the citie is called Beer-seba vnto this day.
  • Gen 21:14 : 14 And so Abraham rose vp early in the mornyng, and tooke bread, and a bottel of water, and gaue it vnto Hagar, puttyng it on her shoulder, and the lad also, and sent her away: who departing, wandered vp and downe in the wildernesse of Beer seba.
  • Gen 26:23 : 23 And he went vp thence to Beer-seba.
  • Josh 15:28 : 28 Hazarsual, Beersabe, and Baziothia,
  • Judg 20:1 : 1 Then all the chyldren of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, euen from Dan to Beerseba, with the lande of Gilead, vnto the Lorde in Mispah.
  • 2 Sam 17:11 : 11 Therfore my counsell is, that al Israel be gathered vnto thee fro Dan to Beerseba, as the sande of the sea in numbre, and that thou go to battayle in thyne owne person.
  • 1 Kgs 4:25 : 25 And Iuda and Israel dwelt without feare, euery man vnder his vine and vnder his figgetree, from Danto Beerseba all the dayes of Solomon.

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  • Gen 21:32-33
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    32Thus made they a leage together at Beer seba: and Abimelech and Phicol his chiefe captayne rose vp, and turned agayne into the lande of the Philistines.

    33And Abraham planted a wood in Beer seba, and called there on the name of the Lorde the euerlasting God.

  • Gen 26:31-33
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    31And they rose vp betymes in the mornyng, and sware one to another: And Isahac sent them away, and they departed from hym in peace.

    32And the same daye Isahacs seruauntes came and tolde hym of a well which they had dygged, and sayde vnto hym, we haue founde water.

    33And he called it Sebah: and the name of the citie is called Beer-seba vnto this day.

  • Gen 21:29-30
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    29And Abimelech sayd vnto Abraham: what meane these seuen ewe lambes whiche thou hast set by them selues?

    30He aunswered: for these seuen ewe lambes shalt thou take of my hande, that they may be a wytnesse vnto me, that I haue digged this well.

  • Gen 16:14
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    14Wherfore ye well was called the well of hym that lyueth and seeth me: and it is betweene Cades and Bared.

  • Gen 22:19
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    19So turned Abraham againe vnto his young men: and they rose vp, and went together to Beer seba, and Abraham dwelt at Beer seba.

  • Gen 26:20-23
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    20And the heardmen of Gerar did striue with Isahacs heardmen, saying: the water is ours. Then called he the well contention, because they stroue with hym.

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

    22And then he departed thence, & digged another well, for the which they stroue not. Therfore called he it roomth, saying: the Lorde hath made vs nowe roome that we may encrease vpon the earth.

    23And he went vp thence to Beer-seba.

  • Gen 21:23-25
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    23And nowe therefore, sweare vnto me euen here by God, that thou wylt not hurt me, nor my chyldren, nor my chyldrens children: but that thou shalt deale with me and the countrey where thou hast ben a straunger, accordyng vnto the kyndnesse that I haue shewed thee.

    24And Abraham saide, I will sweare.

    25And Abraham rebuked Abimelech for a wel of water, which Abimeleches seruauntes had violently taken away.

  • Gen 21:27
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    27And Abraham toke sheepe and Oxen, and gaue them vnto Abimelech: & they made both of them a leage together.

  • Gen 35:14-15
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    14And Iacob set vp on ende in the place where he talked with him euen a stone set he vp on ende, & powred drinke offering theron, & powred also oyle theron.

    15And Iacob called the name of the place where God spake with hym, Bethel.

  • Gen 26:25
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    25And he builded an aulter there, and called vpon the name of the Lorde, and pitched his tent: and there Isahacs seruauntes dygged a well.

  • Gen 31:53
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    53The God of Abraham, and the God of Nachor, and the God of theyr father, be iudge betwixt vs. And Iacob sware by the feare of his father Isahac.

  • Num 21:16
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    16From thence they returned vnto Beer: The same is the well wherof the Lord spake vnto Moyses: Gather the people together, and I will geue them water.

  • Gen 31:47-48
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    47And Laban called it Iegar Sahadutha: but Iacob called it Galeed.

    48Then saide Laban: this heape is witnesse betwene thee and me this day, therfore it is called Galeed,

  • 1 Chr 4:28
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    28And they dwelt at Beerseba, Molada, and at Hazar Sual,

  • Josh 15:28
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    28Hazarsual, Beersabe, and Baziothia,

  • Gen 46:1
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    1Israel toke his iourney with all that he had, and came to Beer seba, and offred offeringes vnto the God of his father Isahac.

  • Josh 19:2
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    2And they had in their inheritaunce, Beersabe, Sabe, and Moladah,

  • Gen 22:16
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    16And sayd: by my selfe haue I sworne, sayeth the Lorde, because thou hast done this thyng, and hast not spared yea thyne onlye sonne,

  • Heb 6:13
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    13For when God made promise to Abraham, because he had no greater to sweare by, he sware by hym selfe,

  • Gen 33:20
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    20And he made there an aulter, and called it, the mightie God of Israel.

  • Neh 11:27
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    27In the towne of Sual, Beerseba, and in the villages therof:

  • 1 Chr 16:16
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    16euen of his couenaunt that he made with Abraham, and of his othe vnto Isaac.

  • Gen 26:28
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    28Whiche aunswered: We sawe most certainly that the Lord was with thee, and we sayde: let there be nowe an oth betwixt vs, euen betwixt vs and thee, and let vs make a league with thee:

  • Gen 35:7
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    7And he builded there an aulter, and called the place, the God of Bethel, because that god appeared vnto him there when he fled fro the face of his brother.

  • Gen 26:17-18
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    17Therefore Isahac departed thence, and abode in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.

    18And Isahac returning, digged againe the welles of water which they digged in the dayes of Abraham his father, which the Philistines had stopped after the death of Abraham, & named them after the same names by the which his father had named them.

  • Gen 24:9
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    9And the seruaunt put his hand vnder the thigh of Abraham his maister, and sware to hym as concernyng yt matter.

  • Gen 22:14
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    14And Abraham called ye name of the place, the Lorde wyll see. As it is sayde this day, in the mounte will the Lorde be seene.

  • Ps 105:9
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    9euen of his couenaunt that he made with Abraham, and of his othe vnto Isaac.