So he called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the city is Beersheba. Cross References Genesis 21:14 Early in the morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a skin of water, put them on Hagar's shoulders, and sent her away with the boy. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba. Genesis 21:31 So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath. Genesis 26:32 On that same day, Isaac's servants came and told him about the well they had dug. "We have found water!" they told him. Treasury of Scripture And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day. Shebah. Genesis 21:31 Beer-sheba. Genesis 26:28 |
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