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Genesis 21:28-34
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Genesis 21:28-34
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Abraham set apart seven ewe lambs from the flock,
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and Abimelek asked Abraham, “What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs you have set apart by themselves?”
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He replied, “Accept these seven lambs from my hand as a witness that I dug this well.”
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So that place was called Beersheba,
[a]
because the two men swore an oath there.
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After the treaty had been made at Beersheba, Abimelek and Phicol the commander of his forces returned to the land of the Philistines.
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Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the LORD, the Eternal God.
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And Abraham stayed in the land of the Philistines for a long time.
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1.
Ge 31:44,47,48,50,52
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Jos 22:27,28,34
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Joshua 24:27
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Isaiah 19:20
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Malachi 2:14
2.
ver 25;
Genesis 26:25,32
3.
S ver 14;
Genesis 26:33
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S ver 23,S 27
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S ver 27
6.
S ver 14
7.
S ver 22
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S
Genesis 10:14
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1 Samuel 22:6
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1 Samuel 31:13
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Genesis 4:26
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Exodus 15:18
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Deuteronomy 32:40
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Deuteronomy 33:27
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Job 36:26
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Psalms 10:16
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Psalms 45:6
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Psalms 90:2
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Psalms 93:2
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Psalms 102:24
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Psalms 103:19
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Psalms 146:10
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Isaiah 40:28
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Jeremiah 10:10
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Habakkuk 1:12
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Habakkuk 3:6
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Hebrews 13:8
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Genesis 10:14
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[a].
"Beersheba" can mean "well of seven" and "well of the oath."
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