Genesis 21:31
Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because they both swore an oath there.
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- Genesis 26:33 He called it “Shibah”. Therefore the name of the city is “Beersheba” to this day.
- Genesis 21:14 Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a container 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 Beersheba.
- Genesis 26:23 He went up from there to Beersheba.