Genesis 21:31
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.”
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“So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Wherefore he called that place Beer–sheba; because there they sware both of them.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“therefore hath he called that place `Beer-Sheba,' for there have both of them sworn.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 21:31 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 21:14Early 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 26:23From there Isaac went up to Beersheba,
- Genesis 26:33So he called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the city is Beersheba.
- Genesis 46:1So Israel set out with all that he had, and when he came to Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
- Joshua 15:28Hazar-shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah,
- Judges 20:1Then 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.
- 2 Samuel 17:11Instead, 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.
- 2 Samuel 24:7They went toward the fortress of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and Canaanites. Finally, they went on to the Negev of Judah, to Beersheba.
- 1 Kings 4:25Throughout the days of Solomon, Judah and Israel dwelt securely from Dan to Beersheba, each man under his own vine and his own fig tree.
- 1 Kings 19:3And Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there,
- Nehemiah 11:27in Hazar-shual; in Beersheba and its villages;
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