Genesis 21:31
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Wherefore he called that place Beer–sheba; because there they sware both of them.So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.
In other translations
Wherefore he called that place Beer–sheba; because there they sware both of them.So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.
Hebrew words
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Related verses
- Genesis 26:33And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beer–sheba unto this day.So he called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the city is Beersheba.
- Genesis 21:14And 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.Early in the morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a skin of water, put them on Hagar’s shoulders, and sent her away with the boy. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba.
- Genesis 26:23And he went up from thence to Beer–sheba.From there Isaac went up to Beersheba,
- Joshua 15:28And Hazar–shual, and Beer–sheba, and Bizjothjah,Hazar-shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah,
- 2 Samuel 17:11Therefore 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.Instead, I advise that all Israel from Dan to Beersheba—a multitude like the sand on the seashore—be gathered to you, and that you yourself lead them into battle.
- 1 Kings 4:25And 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.Throughout the days of Solomon, Judah and Israel dwelt securely from Dan to Beersheba, each man under his own vine and his own fig tree.
- Judges 20:1Then 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.Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah.
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People and places
Places: Beersheba (Genesis 21)