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Genesis 21:31
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31 So that place was called Beersheba,[a](A) because the two men swore an oath(B) there.

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  1. Genesis 21:31 Beersheba can mean well of seven and well of the oath.
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Genesis 21:31
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31 Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.

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Genesis 21:31
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31 Therefore (A)that place was called Beersheba,[a] because there both of them swore an oath.

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  1. Genesis 21:31 Beersheba means well of seven or well of the oath
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Genesis 21:32
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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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Genesis 21:32
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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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Genesis 21:32
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32 So they made a covenant at Beersheba. Then Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army rose up and returned to the land of the Philistines.

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Genesis 22
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Genesis 22:19
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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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Genesis 22:19
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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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Genesis 22:19
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19 So Abraham returned to his young men, and they arose and went together to (A)Beersheba. And Abraham lived at (B)Beersheba.

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Genesis 21
Genesis 23
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Genesis 26:33
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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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  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.
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Genesis 26:33
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33 And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day.

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Genesis 26:33
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33 He called it Shibah;[a] therefore the name of the city is (A)Beersheba to this day.

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  1. Genesis 26:33 Shibah sounds like the Hebrew for oath
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Genesis 28:10
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Jacob’s Dream at Bethel

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

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Genesis 28:10
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10 And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.

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Genesis 28:10
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Jacob's Dream

10 Jacob left (A)Beersheba and went toward (B)Haran.

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Genesis 27
Genesis 29
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Genesis 46:1
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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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Genesis 46:1
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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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Genesis 46:1
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Joseph Brings His Family to Egypt

46 So Israel took his journey with all that he had and came to (A)Beersheba, and offered sacrifices (B)to the God of his father Isaac.

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Genesis 45
Genesis 47
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Genesis 46:5
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5 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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Genesis 46:5
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5 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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Genesis 46:5
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5 Then Jacob set out from Beersheba. The sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons (A)that Pharaoh had sent to carry him.

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Joshua 15:28
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28 Hazar Shual,(A) Beersheba,(B) Biziothiah,

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Joshua 15:28
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28 And Hazarshual, and Beersheba, and Bizjothjah,

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Joshua 15:28
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28 Hazar-shual, (A)Beersheba, Biziothiah,

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Joshua 16
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Joshua 19:2
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2 It included:

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

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  1. Joshua 19:2 Or Beersheba, Sheba; 1 Chron. 4:28 does not have Sheba.
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Joshua 19:2
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2 And they had in their inheritance Beersheba, and Sheba, and Moladah,

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Joshua 19:2
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2 (A)And they had for their inheritance Beersheba, Sheba, Moladah,

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