From there Isaac went up to Beer Sheba.

Meanwhile Jacob left Beer Sheba and set out for Haran.

Now Isaac came from Beer Lahai Roi, for he was living in the Negev.

After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac. Isaac lived near Beer Lahai Roi.

That is why the well was called Beer Lahai Roi. (It is located between Kadesh and Bered.)

Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer Sheba. There he worshiped the Lord, the eternal God.

Then Abraham returned to his servants, and they set out together for Beer Sheba where Abraham stayed.

That is why he named that place Beer Sheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.

So he named it Shibah; that is why the name of the city has been Beer Sheba to this day.

So they made a treaty at Beer Sheba. Then Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, returned to the land of the Philistines.

So Israel began his journey, taking with him all that he had. When he came to Beer Sheba he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.

Then Jacob started out from Beer Sheba, and the sons of Israel carried their father Jacob, their little children, and their wives in the wagons that Pharaoh had sent along to transport him.

Early in the morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. He put them on her shoulders, gave her the child, and sent her away. So she went wandering aimlessly through the wilderness of Beer Sheba.