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Genesis 26:23

Beersheba

21 Then they dug another well and quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.

22 He moved on from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. He named it Rehoboth and said, “At last the LORD has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”

From there Isaac went up to Beersheba,

24 and that night the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of My servant Abraham.”

25 So Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD, and he pitched his tent there. His servants also dug a well there.

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BSB
From there Isaac went up to Beersheba,
KJV
And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba.
WEB
He went up from there to Beersheba.
ASV
And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba.
DARBY
And he went up thence to Beer-sheba.
BLB
And he went up from there to Beersheba.
ÅB
Siden dro han derfra opp til Be'erseba.
OTB
Fra det stedet reiste han til Beersheba.
B1930
Siden drog han derfra op til Be'erseba.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Genesis 46:1

    So Israel set out with all that he had, and when he came to Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.

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  • Judges 20:1

    Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah.

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  • Genesis 21:31

    So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.

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