Genesis 21:31
So he called that place Beersheba, because there they both swore an oath.
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In The King James Version
Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.
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Cross References
Genesis 26:23Then Isaac went up from there to Beersheba.
Genesis 46:1Israel made his journey with all that he had and went to Beersheba. There he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
Judges 20:1Then all the people of Israel came out as one man, from Dan to Beersheba, including the land of Gilead also, and they assembled together before Yahweh at Mizpah.
2 Samuel 24:7They reached the stronghold of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and the Canaanites. Then they went out to the Negev in Judah at Beersheba.
1 Kings 19:3When Elijah heard that, he arose and fled for his life and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 21:23-33
Abimelech's Covenant with Abraham. ( b. c. 1892.) 22 And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest: 23 Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned. 24 And Abraham said, I will swear. 25 And Abraham… Read the whole commentary →