Genesis 21:31

New English Translation

That is why he named that place Beer Sheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.

Cross References

Genesis 21:14

Early in the morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. He put them on her shoulders, gave her the child, and sent her away. So she went wandering aimlessly through the wilderness of Beer Sheba.

Genesis 21:32

So they made a treaty at Beer Sheba. Then Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, returned to the land of the Philistines.

Genesis 26:23

From there Isaac went up to Beer Sheba.

Genesis 26:31

Early in the morning the men made a treaty with each other. Isaac sent them off; they separated on good terms.

Genesis 26:33

So he named it Shibah; that is why the name of the city has been Beer Sheba to this day.

Genesis 46:1

So Israel began his journey, taking with him all that he had. When he came to Beer Sheba he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.

2 Samuel 17:11

My advice therefore is this: Let all Israel from Dan to Beer Sheba – in number like the sand by the sea! – be mustered to you, and you lead them personally into battle.

2 Samuel 24:7

Then they went to the fortress of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and the Canaanites. Then they went on to the Negev of Judah, to Beer Sheba.

1 Kings 19:3

Elijah was afraid, so he got up and fled for his life to Beer Sheba in Judah. He left his servant there,

1 Kings 4:25

All the people of Judah and Israel had security; everyone from Dan to Beer Sheba enjoyed the produce of their vines and fig trees throughout Solomon’s lifetime.

Nehemiah 11:27

in Hazar Shual, in Beer Sheba and its villages,

Amos 5:5

Do not seek Bethel! Do not visit Gilgal! Do not journey down to Beer Sheba! For the people of Gilgal will certainly be carried into exile; and Bethel will become a place where disaster abounds.”

Joshua 15:28

Hazar Shual, Beer Sheba, Biziothiah,

Judges 20:1

All the Israelites from Dan to Beer Sheba and from the land of Gilead left their homes and assembled together before the Lord at Mizpah.