Genesis 21:31

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba, because there both of them swore an oath.

Cross References

Genesis 21:14

So Abraham rose early in the morning and took bread and a skin of water and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, along with the child, and sent her away. And she departed and wandered about in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.

Genesis 21:32

When they had made a covenant at Beer-sheba, Abimelech, with Phicol the commander of his army, left and returned to the land of the Philistines.

Genesis 26:23

From there he went up to Beer-sheba.

Genesis 26:31

In the morning they rose early and exchanged oaths, and Isaac set them on their way, and they departed from him in peace.

Genesis 26:33

He called it Shibah; therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba to this day.

Genesis 46:1

When Israel set out on his journey with all that he had and came to Beer-sheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.

2 Samuel 17:11

But my counsel is that all Israel be gathered to you, from Dan to Beer-sheba, like the sand by the sea for multitude, and that you go to battle in person.

2 Samuel 24:7

and came to the fortress of Tyre and to all the cities of the Hivites and Canaanites, and they went out to the Negeb of Judah at Beer-sheba.

1 Kings 19:3

Then he was afraid; he got up and fled for his life and came to Beer-sheba, which belongs to Judah; he left his servant there.

1 Kings 4:25

During Solomon’s lifetime Judah and Israel lived in safety, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all of them under their vines and fig trees.

Nehemiah 11:27

in Hazar-shual, in Beer-sheba and its villages,

Amos 5:5

but do not seek Bethel, and do not enter into Gilgal or cross over to Beer-sheba, for Gilgal shall surely go into exile, and Bethel shall come to nothing.

Joshua 15:28

Hazar-shual, Beer-sheba, Biziothiah,

Judges 20:1

Then all the Israelites came out, from Dan to Beer-sheba, including the land of Gilead, and the congregation assembled in one body before the Lord at Mizpah.