Beersheba (2)
Beersheba is a settlement mentioned in 10 verses. Its most likely location is another name for Beersheba 1. The name means “the well of an oath; the seventh well.”
Where is Beersheba?
Approx. 31.2447, 34.8408 · OpenStreetMap · Google Maps
Possible modern locations
| Identification | Type | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| another name for Beersheba 1 | settlement | Medium |
| Bir es Seba | settlement | Medium |
Verses that mention Beersheba
- Genesis 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 Beer–sheba.
- Genesis 21:31
Wherefore he called that place Beer–sheba; because there they sware both of them.
- Genesis 21:32
Thus they made a covenant at Beer–sheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
- Genesis 21:33
And Abraham planted a grove in Beer–sheba, and called there on the name of the Lord, the everlasting God.
- Genesis 22:19
So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer–sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer–sheba.
- Genesis 26:23
And he went up from thence to Beer–sheba.
- Genesis 26:33
And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beer–sheba unto this day.
- Genesis 28:10
And Jacob went out from Beer–sheba, and went toward Haran.
- Genesis 46:1
And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer–sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.
- Genesis 46:5
And Jacob rose up from Beer–sheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.