³³ He called it Shibah,^[a] and to this day the name of the town has been Beersheba.^[b](A)

²⁸ They lived in Beersheba,^(A) Moladah,^(B) Hazar Shual,

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³¹ So that place was called Beersheba,^[a](A) because the two men swore an oath^(B) there.

³² After the treaty^(C) had been made at Beersheba,^(D) Abimelek and Phicol the commander of his forces^(E) returned to the land of the Philistines.^{(F) 33} Abraham planted a tamarisk tree^(G) in Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the Lord,^(H) the Eternal God.^(I)

¹⁴ Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar.^(A) He set them on her shoulders and then sent her off with the boy. She went on her way and wandered in the Desert of Beersheba.^(B)