Genesis 21:31
"Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them."
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- Genesis 26:33
"And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day."
Read in chapter → - Genesis 21:14
"And 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 Beersheba."
Read in chapter → - 1 Kings 4:25
"And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon."
Read in chapter → - Judges 20:1
"Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh."
Read in chapter → - Joshua 15:28
"And Hazarshual, and Beersheba, and Bizjothjah,"
Read in chapter → - Genesis 26:23
"And he went up from thence to Beersheba."
Read in chapter → - 2 Samuel 17:11
"Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person."
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