Genesis 21:31

Good News Translation

And so the place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them made a vow.

Cross References

Genesis 21:14

Early the next morning Abraham gave Hagar some food and a leather bag full of water. He put the child on her back and sent her away. She left and wandered about in the wilderness of Beersheba.

Genesis 21:32

After they had made this agreement at Beersheba, Abimelech and Phicol went back to Philistia.

Genesis 26:23

Isaac left and went to Beersheba.

Genesis 26:31

Early next morning each man made his promise and sealed it with a vow. Isaac said good-bye to them, and they parted as friends.

Genesis 26:33

He named the well “Vow.” That is how the city of Beersheba got its name.

Genesis 46:1

Jacob packed up all he had and went to Beersheba, where he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.

2 Samuel 17:11

My advice is that you bring all the Israelites together from one end of the country to the other, as many as the grains of sand on the seashore, and that you lead them personally in battle.

2 Samuel 24:7

Then they went south to the fortified city of Tyre, on to all the cities of the Hivites and the Canaanites, and finally to Beersheba, in the southern part of Judah.

1 Kings 19:3

Elijah was afraid and fled for his life; he took his servant and went to Beersheba in Judah. Leaving the servant there,

1 Kings 4:25

As long as he lived, the people throughout Judah and Israel lived in safety, each family with its own grapevines and fig trees.

Nehemiah 11:27

and Hazarshual, and in Beersheba and the villages around it.

Amos 5:5

Do not go to Beersheba to worship. Do not try to find me at Bethel—Bethel will come to nothing. Do not go to Gilgal—her people are doomed to exile.”

Joshua 15:28

Hazar Shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah,

Judges 20:1

All the people of Israel from Dan in the north to Beersheba in the south, as well as from the land of Gilead in the east, answered the call. They gathered in one body in the Lord's presence at Mizpah.