Genesis 21:31
“Wherefore he called that place Beer–sheba; because there they sware both of them.”
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.
Wherefore he called that place Beer–sheba; because there they sware both of them.
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.
And Abraham planted a grove in Beer–sheba, and called there on the name of the Lord, the everlasting God.
Cross-References
“And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beer–sheba unto this day.”
“And he went up from thence to Beer–sheba.”
“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.”
“And Hazar–shual, and Beer–sheba, and Bizjothjah,”
“And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beer–sheba, all the days of Solomon.”