Genesis 21:31
Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.
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- Gen 26:33 : 33 And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.
- Gen 21:14 : 14 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.
- Gen 26:23 : 23 And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba.
- Josh 15:28 : 28 And Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba, and Bizjothjah,
- Judg 20:1 : 1 Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.
- 2 Sam 17:11 : 11 Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.
- 1 Kgs 4:25 : 25 And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.
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32 Thus they made a covenant at Beer-sheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
33 And Abraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.
- Gen 26:31-333 verses82%
31 And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
32 And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digd, and said unto him, We have found water.
33 And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.
- Gen 21:29-302 verses79%
29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
30 And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digd this well.
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14 Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
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19 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went tother to Beer-sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.
- Gen 26:20-234 verses74%
20 And the herdmen of rar did strive with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.
21 And they digd another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.
22 And he removed from thence, and digd another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
23 And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba.
- Gen 21:23-253 verses74%
23 Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.
24 And Abraham said, I will swear.
25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
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27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
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14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.
15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Beth-el.
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25 And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digd a well.
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53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, jud betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.
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16 And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the LORD spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.
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47 And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.
48 And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;
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28 And they dwelt at Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-shual,
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28 And Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba, and Bizjothjah,
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1 And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.
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2 And they had in their inheritance Beer-sheba, or Sheba, and Moladah,
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16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:
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13 For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,
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20 And he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-Israel.
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27 And at Hazar-shual, and at Beer-sheba, and in the villages thereof,
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16 Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac;
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28 And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;
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7 And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
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17 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of rar, and dwelt there.
18 And Isaac digd again the wells of water, which they had digd in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.
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9 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.
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14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.
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9 Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;