Genesis 26:33

New English Translation

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

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 21:31

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

Genesis 26:28

They replied, “We could plainly see that the Lord is with you. So we decided there should be a pact between us – between us and you. Allow us to make a treaty with you

Genesis 26:32

That day Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. “We’ve found water,” they reported.

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.”