Genesis 21:33

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“And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called upon the name of the LORD, the Eternal God.”

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BSBPD

“And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called upon the name of the LORD, the Eternal God.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And Abraham planted a grove in Beer–sheba, and called there on the name of the Lord, the everlasting God.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of Jehovah, the Everlasting God.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and <FI>Abraham<Fi> planteth a tamarisk in Beer-Sheba, and preacheth there in the name of Jehovah, God age-during;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 21:33 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 4:26And to Seth also a son was born, and he called him Enosh. At that time men began to call upon the name of the LORD.
  2. Genesis 12:8From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD.
  3. Genesis 26:23From there Isaac went up to Beersheba,
  4. Genesis 26:25So Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD, and he pitched his tent there. His servants also dug a well there.
  5. Genesis 26:33So he called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the city is Beersheba.
  6. Deuteronomy 16:21Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole next to the altar you will build for the LORD your God,
  7. Deuteronomy 33:27The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He drives out the enemy before you, giving the command, ‘Destroy him!’
  8. Judges 3:7So the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.
  9. Psalms 90:2Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.
  10. Isaiah 40:28Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out.
  11. Isaiah 57:15For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.
  12. Jeremiah 10:10But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, and the nations cannot endure His indignation.
  13. Amos 8:14Those who swear by the guilt of Samaria and say, ‘As surely as your god lives, O Dan,’ or, ‘As surely as the way of Beersheba lives’— they will fall, never to rise again.”
  14. Romans 1:20For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse.
  15. Romans 16:26but now revealed and made known through the writings of the prophets by the command of the eternal God, in order to lead all nations to the obedience that comes from faith—
  16. 1 Timothy 1:17Now to the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

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