Genesis 21:31

American King James Version (1999)

Why he called that place Beersheba; because there they swore both of them.

Cross References

Genesis 21:14

And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.

Genesis 21:32

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.

Genesis 26:23

And he went up from there to Beersheba.

Genesis 26:31

And they rose up betimes in the morning, and swore one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.

Genesis 26:33

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

Genesis 46:1

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

2 Samuel 17:11

Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered to you, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that you go to battle in your own person.

2 Samuel 24:7

And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, even to Beersheba.

1 Kings 19:3

And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.

1 Kings 4:25

And Judah and Israel dwelled safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.

Nehemiah 11:27

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

Amos 5:5

But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nothing.

Joshua 15:28

And Hazarshual, and Beersheba, and Bizjothjah,

Judges 20:1

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, to the LORD in Mizpeh.