Cross References Therefore that place was called Bersabee; because there both of them did swear. Genesis 21:14 So Abraham rose up in the morning, and taking bread and a bottle of water, put it upon her shoulder, and delivered the boy, and sent her away. And she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Bersabee. Genesis 21:32 And they made a league for the well of oath. Genesis 26:31 Arising in the morning, they swore one to another: and Isaac sent them away peaceably to their own home. Genesis 26:33 Whereupon he called it Abundance: and the name of the city was called Bersabee, even to this day. Genesis 46:1 And Israel taking his journey, with all that he had, came to the well of the oath, and killing victims there to the God of his father Isaac, Joshua 15:28 And Hasersual and Bersabee and Baziothia, 1 Kings 19:3 Then EIias was afraid, and rising up, he went whithersoever he had a mind: and he came to Bersabee of Juda, and left his servant there, Amos 5:5 But seek not Bethel, and go not into Galgal, neither shall you pass over to Bersabee: for Galgal shall go into captivity, and Bethel shall be unprofitable. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Therefore that place was called Bersabee; because there both of them did swear. called. Genesis 26:33 Whereupon he called it Abundance: and the name of the city was called Bersabee, even to this day. Beer-sheba. Genesis 21:14 So Abraham rose up in the morning, and taking bread and a bottle of water, put it upon her shoulder, and delivered the boy, and sent her away. And she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Bersabee. Genesis 26:23 And he went up from that place to Bersabee, Joshua 15:28 And Hasersual and Bersabee and Baziothia, Judges 20:1 Then all the children of Israel went out, and gathered together as one man, from Dan to Bersabee, with the land of Galaad, to the Lord in Maspha: 2 Samuel 17:11 But this seemeth to me to be good counsel: Let all Israel be gathered to thee, from Dan to Bersabee, as the sand of the sea which cannot be numbered: and thou shalt be in the midst of them. 1 Kings 4:25 And Juda, and Israel, dwelt without any fear, every one under his vine, and under his fig tree, from Dan to Bersabee, all the days of Solomon. Context The Covenant at Beersheba…30But he said: Thou shalt take seven ewelambs at my hand: that they may be a testimony for me, that I dug this well. 31Therefore that place was called Bersabee; because there both of them did swear.32And they made a league for the well of oath.… Lexicon Soעַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against that הַה֖וּא (ha·hū) Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are place לַמָּק֥וֹם (lam·mā·qō·wm) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4725: A standing, a spot, a condition was called קָרָ֛א (qā·rā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7121: To call, proclaim, read Beersheba, שָׁ֑בַע (šā·ḇa‘) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 884: Beersheba -- 'well of seven', a place in the Negev because כִּ֛י (kî) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction it was there שָׁ֥ם (šām) Adverb Strong's Hebrew 8033: There, then, thither that the two שְׁנֵיהֶֽם׃ (šə·nê·hem) Number - mdc | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 8147: Two (a cardinal number) of them swore an oath. נִשְׁבְּע֖וּ (niš·bə·‘ū) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 7650: To seven oneself, swear Additional Translations So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.Why he called that place Beersheba; because there they swore both of them. Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba. Because there they sware both of them. Therefore he named the name of that place, The Well of the Oath, for there they both swore. Therefore he called that place Beer-sheba, because there they had sworn, both of them. Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them. Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba: because there they swore both of them. Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because they both swore there. therefore hath he called that place 'Beer-Sheba,' for there have both of them sworn. Jump to Previous Beersheba Beer-Sheba Oath Oaths Sware Swore Sworn WhereforeJump to Next Beersheba Beer-Sheba Oath Oaths Sware Swore Sworn WhereforeLinks Genesis 21:31 NIVGenesis 21:31 NLT Genesis 21:31 ESV Genesis 21:31 NASB Genesis 21:31 KJV Genesis 21:31 Bible Apps Genesis 21:31 Biblia Paralela Genesis 21:31 Chinese Bible Genesis 21:31 French Bible Genesis 21:31 German Bible Alphabetical: an because Beersheba called he men oath of place So swore that the them there Therefore took two was OT Law: Genesis 21:31 Therefore he called that place Beersheba because (Gen. Ge Gn) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |