Genesis 21:31

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Genesis 21:31 Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because there the two of them took an oath. (NASB ©1995)

Genesis 21:14 So Abraham rose early in the morning and took bread and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar, putting them on her shoulder, and gave her the boy, and sent her away. And she departed and wandered about in the wilderness of Beersheba.

Genesis 26:33 So he called it Shibah; therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day. (NASB ©1995)

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Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.

called. 26:33

Beer-sheba. i.e., the well of the oath, or the well of the seven: alluding to the seven ewe lambs. The verb rendered 'to swear' is derived from the word translated seven.

14 26:23 Jos 15:28 Jud 20:1 2Sa 17:11 1Ki 4:25

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