Genesis 21:31

Bible in Basic English 1965

So he gave that place the name Beer-sheba, because there the two of them had given their oaths.

Cross References

Genesis 21:14

And early in the morning Abraham got up, and gave Hagar some bread and a water-skin, and put the boy on her back, and sent her away: and she went, wandering in the waste land of Beer-sheba.

Genesis 21:32

So they made an agreement at Beer-sheba, and Abimelech and Phicol, the captain of his army, went back to the land of the Philistines.

Genesis 26:23

And from there he went on to Beer-sheba.

Genesis 26:31

And early in the morning they took an oath one to the other: then Isaac sent them away and they went on their way in peace.

Genesis 26:33

And he gave it the name of Shibah: so the name of that town is Beer-sheba to this day.

Genesis 46:1

And Israel went on his journey with all he had, and came to Beer-sheba, where he made offerings to the God of his father Isaac.

2 Samuel 17:11

But my suggestion is that all Israel, from Dan as far as Beer-sheba, comes together to you, a great army like the sands of the sea in number; and that you yourself go out among them.

2 Samuel 24:7

And to the walled town of Tyre, and to all the towns of the Hivites and the Canaanites: and they went out to the South of Judah at Beer-sheba.

1 Kings 19:3

And he got up, fearing for his life, and went in flight, and came to Beer-sheba in Judah, parting there from his servant;

1 Kings 4:25

So Judah and Israel were living safely, every man under his vine and his fig-tree, from Dan as far as Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.

Nehemiah 11:27

And in Hazar-shual, and in Beer-sheba and its daughter-towns,

Amos 5:5

Do not be looking for help to Beth-el, and do not go to Gilgal, or make your way to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal will certainly be taken prisoner, and Beth-el will come to nothing.

Joshua 15:28

And Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba, and Biziothiah;

Judges 20:1

Then all the children of Israel took up arms, and the people came together like one man, from Dan to Beer-sheba, and the land of Gilead, before the Lord at Mizpah.