Genesis 21:31
Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because they both swore 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 Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder; and gave her the child, and sent her away. She departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.
- Gen 26:23 : 23 He went up from there to Beersheba.
- Josh 15:28 : 28 Hazar Shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah,
- Judg 20:1 : 1 Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, to Yahweh at Mizpah.
- 2 Sam 17:11 : 11 But I counsel that all Israel be gathered together to you, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that you go to battle in your own person.
- 1 Kgs 4:25 : 25 Judah and Israel lived safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.
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- Gen 21:32-332 verses84%
32 So they made a covenant at Beersheba. Abimelech rose up with Phicol, the captain of his army, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
33 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and called there on the name of Yahweh, the Everlasting God.
- Gen 26:31-333 verses82%
31 They rose up some time in the morning, and swore one to another. Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
32 It happened the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had dug, and said to him, "We have found water."
33 He called it Shibah. Therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day.
- Gen 21:29-302 verses79%
29 Abimelech said to Abraham, "What do these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves mean?"
30 He said, "You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand, that it may be a witness to me, that I have dug this well."
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14 Therefore the well was called Beer Lahai Roi. Behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
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19 So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba. Abraham lived at Beersheba.
- Gen 26:20-234 verses74%
20 The herdsmen of Gerar argued with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, "The water is ours." He called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him.
21 They dug another well, and they argued over that, also. He called its name Sitnah.
22 He left that place, and dug another well. They didn't argue over that one. He called it Rehoboth. He said, "For now Yahweh has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land."
23 He went up from there to Beersheba.
- Gen 21:23-253 verses74%
23 Now, therefore, swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son. But according to the kindness that I have done to you, you shall do to me, and to the land in which you have lived as a foreigner."
24 Abraham said, "I will swear."
25 Abraham complained to Abimelech because of a water well, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
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27 Abraham took sheep and cattle, and gave them to Abimelech. Those two made a covenant.
- Gen 35:14-152 verses72%
14 Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he spoke with him, a pillar of stone. He poured out a drink offering on it, and poured oil on it.
15 Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him "Bethel."
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25 He built an altar there, and called on the name of Yahweh, and pitched his tent there. There Isaac's servants dug a well.
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53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us." Then Jacob swore by the fear of his father, Isaac.
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16 From there they traveled to Beer: that is the well of which Yahweh said to Moses, "Gather the people together, and I will give them water."
- Gen 31:47-482 verses70%
47 Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, but Jacob called it Galeed.
48 Laban said, "This heap is witness between me and you this day." Therefore it was named Galeed
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28 They lived at Beersheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual,
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28 Hazar Shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah,
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1 Israel traveled with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father, Isaac.
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2 They had for their inheritance Beersheba (or Sheba), Moladah,
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16 and said, "I have sworn by myself, says Yahweh, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son,
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13 For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he could swear by none greater, he swore by himself,
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20 He erected an altar there, and called it El Elohe Israel.
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27 and in Hazar Shual, and in Beersheba and its towns,
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16 [the covenant] which he made with Abraham, his oath to Isaac.
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28 They said, "We saw plainly that Yahweh was with you. We said, 'Let there now be an oath between us, even between us and you, and let us make a covenant with you,
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7 He built an altar there, and called the place El Beth El; because there God was revealed to him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
- Gen 26:17-182 verses68%
17 Isaac departed from there, encamped in the valley of Gerar, and lived there.
18 Isaac dug again the wells of water, which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father. For the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham. He called their names after the names by which his father had called them.
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9 The servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.
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14 Abraham called the name of that place Yahweh Will Provide. As it is said to this day, "On Yahweh's mountain, it will be provided."
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9 the covenant which he made with Abraham, his oath to Isaac,