Genesis 21:31

Webster's Bible (1833)

Therefore he called that place Beersheba,{Beersheba can mean "well of the oath" or "well of seven."} because they both swore there.

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  • Gen 26:33 : 33 He called it Shibah.{Shibah means "oath" or "seven."} Therefore the name of the city is Beersheba{Beersheba means "well of the oath" or "well of the seven"} 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 and Hazar Shual, and Beersheba, and 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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    32So they made a covenant at Beersheba. Abimelech rose up with Phicol, the captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.

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    31They rose up some time in the morning, and swore one to another. Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.

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    19So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba. Abraham lived at Beersheba.

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    20The 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.

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    23Now 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."

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    27Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them to Abimelech. Those two made a covenant.

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    14Jacob 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.

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    25He 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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