Avraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder; and gave her the child, and sent her away. She departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Be'er-Sheva.
Genesis 21:31 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Therefore he called that place Be'er-Sheva, because they both swore there. 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. |
Avraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder; and gave her the child, and sent her away. She departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Be'er-Sheva.
So they made a covenant at Be'er-Sheva. Avimelekh rose up with Pikhol, the captain of his army, and they returned into the land of the Pelishtim.
They rose up some time in the morning, and swore one to another. Yitzchak sent them away, and they departed from him in shalom.
He called it Shibah. Therefore the name of the city is Be'er-Sheva to this day.
Yisra'el traveled with all that he had, and came to Be'er-Sheva, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father, Yitzchak.
But I counsel that all Yisra'el be gathered together to you, from Dan even to Be'er-Sheva, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that you go to battle in your own person.
and came to the stronghold of Tzor, and to all the cities of the Chivvi, and of the Kena`anim; and they went out to the south of Yehudah, at Be'er-Sheva.
When he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Be'er-Sheva, which belongs to Yehudah, and left his servant there.
Yehudah and Yisra'el lived safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Be'er-Sheva, all the days of Shlomo.
but don't seek Beit-El, nor enter into Gilgal, and don't pass to Be'er-Sheva: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Beit-El shall come to nothing.
Then all the children of Yisra'el went out, and the congregation was assembled as one man, from Dan even to Be'er-Sheva, with the land of Gil`ad, to the LORD at Mitzpah.