Beersheba (Genesis 21)
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Other places named Beersheba: Beersheba (Joshua 15).
| Type | settlement |
|---|---|
| Also called | Beer-sheba, Beer Sheba, Shibah, Sheba, Shebah, Desert of Beersheba, Wilderness of Beer-sheba, Wilderness of Beersheba |
| Most likely | another name for Beersheba (Joshua 15) (medium confidence) |
| Coordinates | 31.245° N, 34.841° E |
| Mentioned in | 10 verses |
| First mention | Genesis 21:14 |
Beersheba (Genesis 21) is a settlement named in 10 verses of the Bible. It is most likely another name for Beersheba (Joshua 15) (medium confidence; 1 other proposal below).
Location
Where scholars place it, most confident first. Confidence is OpenBible.info's score from the sources it surveys; it is not this site's judgment.
| Identification | Confidence | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|
| another name for Beersheba (Joshua 15) | medium (41%) | 31.245° N, 34.841° E |
| Bir es Seba | low (29%) | 31.237° N, 34.793° E |
Journeys
Verses
Genesis
- 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 21:31Wherefore 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.
- Genesis 21:32Thus 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.After they had made the covenant at Beersheba, Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army got up and returned to the land of the Philistines.
- Genesis 21:33And Abraham planted a grove in Beer–sheba, and called there on the name of the Lord, the everlasting God.And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called upon the name of the LORD, the Eternal God.
- Genesis 22:19So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer–sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer–sheba.Abraham went back to his servants, and they got up and set out together for Beersheba. And Abraham settled in Beersheba.
- Genesis 26:23And he went up from thence to Beer–sheba.From there Isaac went up to Beersheba,
- 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 28:10And Jacob went out from Beer–sheba, and went toward Haran.Meanwhile Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran.
- Genesis 46:1And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer–sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.So Israel set out with all that he had, and when he came to Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
- Genesis 46:5And Jacob rose up from Beer–sheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.Then Jacob departed from Beersheba, and the sons of Israel took their father Jacob in the wagons Pharaoh had sent to carry him, along with their children and wives.
Notes
- Locations from the OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Verses are those where at least one of ten English translations names this place, per OpenBible.info.