Genesis 21:31
Wherefore the place is called Beer-sheba, because there they both sware.
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- Gen 26:33 : 33 So hee called it Shibah: therefore the name of the citie is called Beer-sheba vnto this day.
- Gen 21:14 : 14 So Abraham arose vp early in ye morning, and tooke bread, and a bottell of water, and gaue it vnto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the childe also, and sent her away: who departing wandred in the wildernesse of Beer-sheba.
- Gen 26:23 : 23 So he went vp thence to Beer-sheba.
- Josh 15:28 : 28 And Hasar-shual, and Beersheba, and Biziothiah,
- Judg 20:1 : 1 Then all the children of Israel went out, and the Congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, vnto the Lord in Mizpeh.
- 2 Sam 17:11 : 11 Therefore my counsell is, that all Israel be gathered vnto thee, from Dan euen to Beer-sheba as the sand of the sea in nomber, and that thou goe to battell in thine owne person.
- 1 Kgs 4:25 : 25 And Iudah and Israel dwelt without feare, euery man vnder his vine, and vnder his fig tree, from Dan, euen to Beer-sheba, all the dayes of Salomon.
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- Gen 21:32-332 verses84%
32 Thus made they a couenant at Beer-sheba: afterward Abimelech and Phichol his chiefe captaine rose vp, and turned againe vnto the land of the Philistims.
33 And Abraham planted a groue in Beer-sheba, and called there on the Name of ye Lord, the euerlasting God.
- Gen 26:31-333 verses82%
31 And they rose vp betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: then Izhak let them go, and they departed from him in peace.
32 And that same day Izhaks seruantes came and tolde him of a well, which they had digged, and said vnto him, We haue found water.
33 So hee called it Shibah: therefore the name of the citie is called Beer-sheba vnto this day.
- Gen 21:29-302 verses79%
29 Then Abimelech said vnto Abraham, What meane these seuen lambes, which thou hast set by themselues?
30 And he answered, Because thou shalt receiue of mine hand these seuen lambes, that it may be a witnes vnto me, that I haue digged this well.
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14 Wherefore the well was called, Beerlahai-roi. lo, it is betweene Kadesh and Bered.
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19 Then turned Abraham againe vnto his seruants, and they rose vp & went together to Beer-sheba: and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.
- Gen 26:20-234 verses74%
20 But the herdmen of Gerar did striue with Izhaks herdmen, saying, The water is ours: therefore called he the name of the wel Esek, because they were at strife with him.
21 Afterwarde they digged another well, and stroue for that also, and he called the name of it Sitnah.
22 Then he remoued thence, and digged an other well, for the which they stroue not: therefore called hee the name of it Rehoboth, and sayde, Because the Lorde hath nowe made vs roome, we shall increase vpon the earth.
23 So he went vp thence to Beer-sheba.
- Gen 21:23-253 verses74%
23 Nowe therefore sweare vnto me here by God, that thou wilt not hurt me, nor my children, nor my childrens children: thou shalt deale with me, and with the countrey, where thou hast bene a stranger, according vnto the kindnesse that I haue shewed thee.
24 Then Abraham said, I will sweare.
25 And Abraham rebuked Abimelech for a well of water, which Abimelechs seruants had violently taken away.
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27 Then Abraham tooke sheepe and beeues, and gaue them vnto Abimelech: and they two made a couenant.
- Gen 35:14-152 verses72%
14 And Iaakob set vp a pillar in the place where he talked with him, a pillar of stone, and powred drinke offring thereon: also hee powred oyle thereon.
15 And Iaakob called the name of the place, where God spake with him, Beth-el.
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25 Then he builte an altar there, and called vpon the Name of the Lorde, and there spred his tent: where also Izhaks seruauntes digged a well.
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53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nabor, and the God of their father be iudge betweene vs: But Iaakob sware by the feare of his father Izhak.
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16 And from thence they turned to Beer: the same is the well where the Lord said vnto Moses, Assemble the people, and I wil giue them water.
- Gen 31:47-482 verses70%
47 And Laban called it Iegar-sahadutha, and Iaakob called it Galeed.
48 For Laban sayd, This heape is witnesse betweene me and thee this day: therefore he called the name of it Galeed.
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28 And they dwelt at Beer-sheba, & at Moladah, and at Hazar Shual,
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28 And Hasar-shual, and Beersheba, and Biziothiah,
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1 Then Israel tooke his iourney with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifice vnto the God of his father Izhak.
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2 Nowe they had in their inheritance, Beersheba, and Sheba, and Moladah,
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16 And saide, By my selfe haue I sworne (saith ye Lord) because thou hast done this thing, and hast not spared thine onely sonne,
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13 For when God made the promise to Abraham, because he had no greater to sweare by, he sware by himselfe,
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20 And he set vp there an altar, and called it, The mightie God of Israel.
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27 And in Hazer-shual, and in Beer-sheba, and in the villages thereof,
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16 Which he made with Abraham, and his othe to Izhak:
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28 Who answered, Wee sawe certainely that the Lorde was with thee, and wee thought thus, Let there be nowe an othe betweene vs, euen betweene vs and thee, and let vs make a couenant with thee.
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7 And he built there an altar, and had called the place, The God of Beth-el, because that God appeared vnto him there, when he fled from his brother.
- Gen 26:17-182 verses68%
17 Therefore Izhak departed thence and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
18 And Izhak returning, digged the welles of water, which they had digged in the dayes of Abraham his father: for the Philistims had stopped them after the death of Abraham, and hee gaue them the same names, which his father gaue them.
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9 Then the seruant put his hand vnder the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him for this matter.
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14 And Abraham called the name of that place, Iehouah-ijreh. as it is said this day, In the mount will the Lord be seene.
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9 Euen that which he made with Abraham, and his othe vnto Izhak: