KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Genesis 21:31–32
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Genesis 21:31
31Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.
31Wherefore he called that place, †Beer-sheba: because there they sware both of them.
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Genesis 21:32
32Thus 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.
32Thus they made a couenant at Beeer-sheba: then Abimelech rose vp, and Phichol the chiefe captaine of his hoste, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
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DEFINED WORDS
Genesis 21:31
Why; for what reason.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Named, summoned, invited, proclaimed, or addressed, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A location, position, room, occasion, office, or passage, according to context.
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For the reason that; since.
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Swore; made a solemn oath or declared with an oath.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
DEFINED WORDS
Genesis 21:32
Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.
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A solemn, binding agreement, pledge, or declared arrangement; in Scripture, especially one established by God.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
Arose, stood up, or went upward; also a fragrant flower, according to context.
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Principal, foremost, highest in rank or importance; also a leader.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
An army or organized multitude; also one who receives guests.
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Came, sent, or gave back; restored or repaid.
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The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region.
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From verse 31
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Open the full verse study33And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.
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Open the full verse study14And 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.
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Open the full verse study25And 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.
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Open the full verse study11Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.
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Open the full verse study23And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba.
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Open the full verse study28And Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba, and Bizjothjah,
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Open the full verse study1THEN all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the Lord in Mizpeh.
From verse 32
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Open the full verse study3Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
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Open the full verse study17¶ And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:
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Open the full verse study14And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.
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Open the full verse study13¶ And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.
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Open the full verse study27And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
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Open the full verse study14For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.
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Open the full verse study8And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.
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Open the full verse study53The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.
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Open the full verse study1AND the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.
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