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Gen 21:31 — Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

called		Gen 26:33
Beer-sheba		"i.e., The well of the oath, or the well of the seven: alluding to the seven ewe lambs. The verb rendered ""to swear"" is derived from the word translated seven. Gen 21:14; Gen 26:23; Jos 15:28; Jdg 20:1; 2Sa 17:11; 1Ki 4:25"

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called

Gen 26:33

And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city [is] Beersheba unto this day.

Beer-sheba

	Gen 21:14	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.
	Gen 26:23	And he went up from thence to Beersheba.
	Jos 15:28	And Hazarshual, and Beersheba, and Bizjothjah,
	Jdg 20:1	Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.
	2Sa 17:11	Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that [is] by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.
	1Ki 4:25	And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.

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Scott, Thomas. "Genesis 21:31," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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