World English Bible

Genesis 21:31

“Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because they both swore there.”

Genesis 21:31 in the King James Version

Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.

Abimelech said to Abraham, "What do these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves mean?

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.

Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because they both swore there.

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.

Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and called there on the name of Yahweh, the Everlasting God.

Genesis 26:33
He called it Shibah. Therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day.
Genesis 21:14
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.
Genesis 26:23
He went up from there to Beersheba.
Joshua 15:28
Hazar Shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah,
1 Kings 4:25
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.
Judges 20:1
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 Samuel 17:11
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.

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The book of beginnings, describing creation, humanity’s fall, God’s promises, and the patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph).