Genesis 21:31
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31 Therefore (A)that place was called Beersheba,[a] because there both of them swore an oath.
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- Genesis 21:31 Beersheba means well of seven or well of the oath
Genesis 26:33
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33 He called it Shibah;[a] therefore the name of the city is (A)Beersheba to this day.
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- Genesis 26:33 Shibah sounds like the Hebrew for oath
Genesis 21:14
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14 So Abraham rose early in the morning and took bread and a skin of water and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, along with the child, and sent her away. And she departed and wandered in the wilderness of (A)Beersheba.
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1 Kings 4:25
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25 And Judah and Israel (A)lived in safety, (B)from Dan even to Beersheba, (C)every man under his vine and under his fig tree, all the days of Solomon.
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2 Samuel 17:11
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11 But my counsel is that all Israel be gathered to you, (A)from Dan to Beersheba, (B)as the sand by the sea for multitude, and that you go to battle in person.
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Judges 20:1
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Israel's War with the Tribe of Benjamin
20 Then (A)all the people of Israel came out, (B)from Dan to Beersheba, including the land of Gilead, and the congregation assembled as one man to the Lord at (C)Mizpah.
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Joshua 15:28
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28 Hazar-shual, (A)Beersheba, Biziothiah,
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Genesis 26:23
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23 From there he went up to Beersheba.
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