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Beersheba

The Negev (southern Judah) · Old Testament · 33 verses

Beersheba was a town in the Negev, marking the southern edge of the land, so that the phrase from Dan to Beersheba described its full extent. Its name is linked with a well and an oath. The name appears in Genesis, Joshua, Judges and 8 more in the King James text.

About Beersheba

Beersheba was a town in the Negev, marking the southern edge of the land, so that the phrase from Dan to Beersheba described its full extent. Its name is linked with a well and an oath.

Its place in the story

Abraham dug a well and made a covenant with Abimelech at Beersheba, and both Isaac and Jacob had dealings with God there. Jacob offered sacrifices at Beersheba as he set out for Egypt, where God spoke to him.

Beersheba in Scripture (KJV)

“And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.”
Genesis 21:14 (KJV)
“Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.”
Genesis 21:31 (KJV)
“Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.”
Genesis 21:32 (KJV)
“And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.”
Genesis 21:33 (KJV)
“So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.”
Genesis 22:19 (KJV)
“And he went up from thence to Beersheba.”
Genesis 26:23 (KJV)
“And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day.”
Genesis 26:33 (KJV)
“And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.”
Genesis 28:10 (KJV)

Beersheba is named 33 times in Scripture; 8 shown above.

Where it leads

Beersheba is one of the places where God renewed his promises to the patriarchs, promises the New Testament sees carried forward to Christ.

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Beersheba was a town in the Negev, marking the southern edge of the land, so that the phrase from Dan to Beersheba described its full extent. Its name is linked with a well and an oath. The name appears in Genesis, Joshua, Judges and 8 more in the King James text.

What happened at Beersheba?

Abraham dug a well and made a covenant with Abimelech at Beersheba, and both Isaac and Jacob had dealings with God there. Jacob offered sacrifices at Beersheba as he set out for Egypt, where God spoke to him.

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