Genesis 21:31
עַל ־ כֵּן קָרָא לַמָּקוֹם הַהוּא בְּאֵר שָׁבַע כִּי שָׁם נִשְׁבְּעוּ שְׁנֵיהֶֽם ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 26:23וַיַּעַל מִשָּׁם בְּאֵר שָֽׁבַע ׃
Genesis 46:1וַיִּסַּע יִשְׂרָאֵל וְכָל ־ אֲשֶׁר ־ לוֹ וַיָּבֹא בְּאֵרָה שָּׁבַע וַיִּזְבַּח זְבָחִים לֵאלֹהֵי אָבִיו יִצְחָֽק ׃
Judges 20:1וַיֵּצְאוּ כָּל ־ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַתִּקָּהֵל הָעֵדָה כְּאִישׁ אֶחָד לְמִדָּן וְעַד ־ בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע וְאֶרֶץ הַגִּלְעָד אֶל ־ יְהוָה הַמִּצְפָּֽה ׃
2 Samuel 24:7וַיָּבֹאוּ מִבְצַר ־ צֹר וְכָל ־ עָרֵי הַחִוִּי וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִי וַיֵּֽצְאוּ אֶל ־ נֶגֶב יְהוּדָה בְּאֵר שָֽׁבַע ׃
1 Kings 19:3וַיַּרְא וַיָּקָם וַיֵּלֶךְ אֶל ־ נַפְשׁוֹ וַיָּבֹא בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע אֲשֶׁר לִֽיהוּדָה וַיַּנַּח אֶֽת ־ נַעֲרוֹ שָֽׁם ׃
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 →