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Genesis 22:19

So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.

KJV

Reversus est Abraham ad pueros suos, abieruntque Bersabee simul, et habitavit ibi.

Vulgate

ἀπεστράφη δὲ Ἀβραὰμ πρὸς τοὺς παῖδας αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀναστάντες ἐπορεύθησαν ἐπὶ τὸ φρέαρ τοῦ ὃρκου· καὶ κατῴκησεν Ἀβραὰμ ἐπὶ τῷ φρέατι τοῦ ὅρκου.

LXX

So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.

ASV

וַ/יָּ֤שָׁב אַבְרָהָם֙ אֶל נְעָרָ֔י/ו וַ/יָּקֻ֛מוּ וַ/יֵּלְכ֥וּ יַחְדָּ֖ו אֶל בְּאֵ֣ר שָׁ֑בַע וַ/יֵּ֥שֶׁב אַבְרָהָ֖ם בִּ/בְאֵ֥ר שָֽׁבַע

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Abraham
Places Beersheba

In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אַבְרָהָ֖ם
'brhm
proper_noun · 174×
בְּאֵ֣ר
b'r
proper_noun · 68×
יַחְדָּ֑ו
ychdv
noun · 141×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
יָּ֣קָם
yqm
verb · 626×
נַּ֖עַר
n'r
noun · 239×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§706Against all human hope, God promises descendants to Abraham, as the fruit of faith and of the power of the Holy Spirit.68 In Abraham's progeny all the nations of the earth will be blessed. This progeny will be Christ himself,69 in whom the outpouring of the Holy Spirit will "gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad."70 God commits himself by his own solemn o…

Cross-references

  • Gen 21:31 — Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.