Genesis 21:31

Geneva Bible (1560)

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 21:32-33
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    32Thus 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.

    33And Abraham planted a groue in Beer-sheba, and called there on the Name of ye Lord, the euerlasting God.

  • Gen 26:31-33
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    31And they rose vp betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: then Izhak let them go, and they departed from him in peace.

    32And that same day Izhaks seruantes came and tolde him of a well, which they had digged, and said vnto him, We haue found water.

    33So hee called it Shibah: therefore the name of the citie is called Beer-sheba vnto this day.

  • Gen 21:29-30
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    29Then Abimelech said vnto Abraham, What meane these seuen lambes, which thou hast set by themselues?

    30And 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.

  • Gen 16:14
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    14Wherefore the well was called, Beerlahai-roi. lo, it is betweene Kadesh and Bered.

  • Gen 22:19
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    19Then turned Abraham againe vnto his seruants, and they rose vp & went together to Beer-sheba: and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.

  • Gen 26:20-23
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    20But 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.

    21Afterwarde they digged another well, and stroue for that also, and he called the name of it Sitnah.

    22Then 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.

    23So he went vp thence to Beer-sheba.

  • Gen 21:23-25
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    23Nowe 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.

    24Then Abraham said, I will sweare.

    25And Abraham rebuked Abimelech for a well of water, which Abimelechs seruants had violently taken away.

  • Gen 21:27
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    27Then Abraham tooke sheepe and beeues, and gaue them vnto Abimelech: and they two made a couenant.

  • Gen 35:14-15
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    14And 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.

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

  • Gen 26:25
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    25Then 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.

  • Gen 31:53
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    53The 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.

  • Num 21:16
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    16And 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 31:47-48
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    47And Laban called it Iegar-sahadutha, and Iaakob called it Galeed.

    48For Laban sayd, This heape is witnesse betweene me and thee this day: therefore he called the name of it Galeed.

  • 1 Chr 4:28
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    28And they dwelt at Beer-sheba, & at Moladah, and at Hazar Shual,

  • Josh 15:28
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    28And Hasar-shual, and Beersheba, and Biziothiah,

  • Gen 46:1
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    1Then Israel tooke his iourney with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifice vnto the God of his father Izhak.

  • Josh 19:2
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    2Nowe they had in their inheritance, Beersheba, and Sheba, and Moladah,

  • Gen 22:16
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    16And saide, By my selfe haue I sworne (saith ye Lord) because thou hast done this thing, and hast not spared thine onely sonne,

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

  • Gen 33:20
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    20And he set vp there an altar, and called it, The mightie God of Israel.

  • Neh 11:27
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    27And in Hazer-shual, and in Beer-sheba, and in the villages thereof,

  • 1 Chr 16:16
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    16Which he made with Abraham, and his othe to Izhak:

  • Gen 26:28
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    28Who 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.

  • Gen 35:7
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    7And 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 26:17-18
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    17Therefore Izhak departed thence and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.

    18And 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.

  • Gen 24:9
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    9Then the seruant put his hand vnder the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him for this matter.

  • Gen 22:14
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    14And Abraham called the name of that place, Iehouah-ijreh. as it is said this day, In the mount will the Lord be seene.

  • Ps 105:9
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    9Euen that which he made with Abraham, and his othe vnto Izhak: