Early in the morning Abraham got up, took bread and a waterskin, put them on Hagar’s shoulders, and sent her and the boy away. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of Beer-sheba.
Genesis 21:31 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba , because it was there that the two of them swore an oath. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Therefore that place was called Beersheba [well of the oath], because there both parties swore an oath. American Standard Version (1901) Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them. Common English Bible Therefore, the name of that place is Beer-sheba because there they gave each other their word. Catholic Public Domain Version For this reason, that place was called Beersheba, because there both of them did swear. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Therefore that place was called Bersabee: because there both of them did swear. |
Early in the morning Abraham got up, took bread and a waterskin, put them on Hagar’s shoulders, and sent her and the boy away. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of Beer-sheba.
After they had made a covenant at Beer-sheba, Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, left and returned to the land of the Philistines.
They got up early in the morning and swore an oath to each other. , Isaac sent them on their way, and they left him in peace.
He called it Sheba. Therefore the name of the city is still Beer-sheba , today.
Israel set out with all that he had and came to Beer-sheba, and he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
Instead, I advise that all Israel from Dan to Beer-sheba #– #as numerous as the sand by the sea #– #be gathered to you and that you personally go into battle.
They went to the fortress of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and Canaanites. Afterwards, they went to the Negev of Judah at Beer-sheba.
Then Elijah became afraid , and immediately ran for his life. When he came to Beer-sheba that belonged to Judah, he left his servant there,
Throughout Solomon’s reign, Judah and Israel lived in safety from Dan to Beer-sheba, each person under his own vine and his own fig tree.
Do not seek Bethel or go to Gilgal or journey to Beer-sheba, for Gilgal will certainly go into exile, and Bethel will come to nothing.
All the Israelites from Dan to Beer-sheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the community assembled as one body before the Lord at Mizpah.