31 So that place was called Beersheba,[a](A) because the two men swore an oath(B) there.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 21:31 Beersheba can mean well of seven and well of the oath.

32 After the treaty(A) had been made at Beersheba,(B) Abimelek and Phicol the commander of his forces(C) returned to the land of the Philistines.(D)

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19 Then Abraham returned to his servants, and they set off together for Beersheba.(A) And Abraham stayed in Beersheba.

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33 He called it Shibah,[a] and to this day the name of the town has been Beersheba.[b](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 26:33 Shibah can mean oath or seven.
  2. Genesis 26:33 Beersheba can mean well of the oath and well of seven.

Jacob’s Dream at Bethel

10 Jacob left Beersheba(A) and set out for Harran.(B)

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Jacob Goes to Egypt

46 So Israel(A) set out with all that was his, and when he reached Beersheba,(B) he offered sacrifices(C) to the God of his father Isaac.(D)

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Then Jacob left Beersheba,(A) and Israel’s(B) sons took their father Jacob and their children and their wives in the carts(C) that Pharaoh had sent to transport him.

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It included:

Beersheba(A) (or Sheba),[a] Moladah,(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 19:2 Or Beersheba, Sheba; 1 Chron. 4:28 does not have Sheba.

The Israelites Punish the Benjamites

20 Then all Israel(A) from Dan to Beersheba(B) and from the land of Gilead came together as one(C) and assembled(D) before the Lord in Mizpah.(E)

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20 And all Israel from Dan to Beersheba(A) recognized that Samuel was attested as a prophet of the Lord.(B)

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28 They lived in Beersheba,(A) Moladah,(B) Hazar Shual,

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27 in Hazar Shual,(A) in Beersheba(B) and its settlements,

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