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.

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

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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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32 Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.

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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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19 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at 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.

33 And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day.

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Jacob’s Dream at Bethel

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

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10 And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.

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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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46 And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.

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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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And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.

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28 Hazar Shual,(A) Beersheba,(B) Biziothiah,

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28 And Hazarshual, and Beersheba, and Bizjothjah,

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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.

And they had in their inheritance Beersheba, and Sheba, and Moladah,

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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 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.

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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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20 And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the Lord.

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

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28 And they dwelt at Beersheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual,

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

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27 And at Hazarshual, and at Beersheba, and in the villages thereof,

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