Genesis 26:33

Bible in Basic English 1965

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

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 21:31

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

Genesis 26:28

And they said, We saw clearly that the Lord was with you: so we said, Let there be an oath between us and you, and let us make an agreement with you;

Genesis 26:32

And that day Isaac's servants came to him and gave him word of the water-hole which they had made, and said to him, We have come to water.

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.